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DOI	10.1016/j.gr.2024.01.013
	Habitable planet to sustainable civilization: Global climate change with related clean energy transition reliant on declining critical metal resources
	Santosh, M.; Groves, David I.; Yang, Cheng-Xue
发表日期	2024
ISSN	1342-937X
EISSN	1878-0571
起始页码	130
卷号	130
英文摘要	It took nearly four billion years after the birth of the Earth to make our planet habitable in terms of marine and terrestrial environment, resources, and life. This was made possible because of Earth's unique tectonic system of recycling of critical elements through plate tectonics and subduction. However, with the spiraling growth in population and fast depletion of metallic resources, modern civilization is facing a severe energy crisis, in addition to the challenges to environment and life posed by anthropogenic activities and climate change. Here we present an outline of the evolutionary tectonic and geodynamic history of Earth from its birth into a habitable planet. We briefly address the current challenges that humans face in the fields of energy, environment, resources, and climate towards achieving sustainability of our modern civilization. We also evaluate the paradox of Net Zero targets, particularly in terms of the fast depletion of non-renewable critical metals required for alternate energy, as well as the threat of increasing 'graveyards' from green energy toxic waste enveloping the globe. We alert the unsound concepts being propagated, as viewed from a geological scale and geoscience perspective, on global warming and sea level changes. Our study emphasizes the need for a holistic logical and well-integrated scientific approach, rather than a one-dimensional climate science view, to effectively address the challenges of the planet's sustainability. (c) 2024 International Association for Gondwana Research. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Energy; Environment; Net Zero; resources; Climate; Sustainability
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Geology
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001199963000001
来源期刊	GONDWANA RESEARCH
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/288753
作者单位	China University of Geosciences; University of Adelaide; Yonsei University; China University of Geosciences
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Santosh, M.,Groves, David I.,Yang, Cheng-Xue. Habitable planet to sustainable civilization: Global climate change with related clean energy transition reliant on declining critical metal resources[J],2024,130.
APA	Santosh, M.,Groves, David I.,&Yang, Cheng-Xue.(2024).Habitable planet to sustainable civilization: Global climate change with related clean energy transition reliant on declining critical metal resources.GONDWANA RESEARCH,130.
MLA	Santosh, M.,et al."Habitable planet to sustainable civilization: Global climate change with related clean energy transition reliant on declining critical metal resources".GONDWANA RESEARCH 130(2024).