Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto and Menéndez, Lumila Paula and Laciny, Alice and Bobadilla, Hernán and Bravo Morante, Guillermo and Carmen, Esther and Dorninger, Christian and Fabris, Flavia and Grunstra, Nicole D.S. and Schnorr, Stephanie and Stuhlträger, Julia and Villanueva Hernández, Luis Alejandro and Jakab, Manuel and Sarto-Jackson, Isabella and Caniglia, Guido (2021) Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment. Science of The Total Environment, 756. p. 144014.

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Abstract

If we want to learn how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, we have to embrace the complexity of this global phenomenon and capture interdependencies across scales and contexts. Yet, we still lack systematic approaches that we can use to deal holistically with the pandemic and its effects. In this Discussion, we first introduce a framework that highlights the systemic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of the total environment as a self-regulating and evolving system comprising of three spheres, the Geosphere, the Biosphere, and the Anthroposphere. Then, we use this framework to explore and organize information from the rapidly growing number of scientific papers, preprints, preliminary scientific reports, and journalistic pieces that give insights into the pandemic crisis. With this work, we point out that the pandemic should be understood as the result of preconditions that led to depletion of human, biological, and geochemical diversity as well as of feedback that differentially impacted the three spheres. We contend that protecting and promoting diversity, is necessary to contribute to more effective decision-making processes and policy interventions to face the current and future pandemics.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto roberto.cazzolla-gatti@kli.ac.at 0000-0001-5130-8492 Menéndez, Lumila Paula Laciny, Alice Bobadilla, Hernán hernanfelipe.bobadilla@polimi.it 0000-0003-0003-9952 Bravo Morante, Guillermo Carmen, Esther Dorninger, Christian Fabris, Flavia Grunstra, Nicole D.S. Schnorr, Stephanie Stuhlträger, Julia Villanueva Hernández, Luis Alejandro Jakab, Manuel Sarto-Jackson, Isabella sarto@kli.ac.at Caniglia, Guido
Keywords:	Pandemics Complexity Interdisciplinarity Total environment COVID-19
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Complex Systems Specific Sciences > Earth Sciences General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Hernan Bobadilla
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2024 13:54
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2024 13:54
Item ID:	24228
Journal or Publication Title:	Science of The Total Environment
Publisher:	Elsevier
Official URL:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
DOI or Unique Handle:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144014
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Complex Systems Specific Sciences > Earth Sciences General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	2021
Page Range:	p. 144014
Volume:	756
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24228

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