Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment

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Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment. / Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto; Menéndez, Lumila Paula; Laciny, Alice et al.
In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 756, 144014, 20.02.2021.

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Cazzolla Gatti, R, Menéndez, LP, Laciny, A, Bobadilla Rodríguez, H, Bravo Morante, G, Carmen, E, Dorninger, C, Fabris, F, Grunstra, NDS, Schnorr, SL, Stuhlträger, J, Villanueva Hernandez, LA, Jakab, M, Sarto-Jackson, I & Caniglia, G 2021, 'Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 756, 144014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144014

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Cazzolla Gatti, R., Menéndez, L. P., Laciny, A., Bobadilla Rodríguez, H., Bravo Morante, G., Carmen, E., Dorninger, C., Fabris, F., Grunstra, N. D. S., Schnorr, S. L., Stuhlträger, J., Villanueva Hernandez, L. A., Jakab, M., Sarto-Jackson, I., & Caniglia, G. (2021). Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment. Science of the Total Environment, 756, Article 144014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144014

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Cazzolla Gatti R, Menéndez LP, Laciny A, Bobadilla Rodríguez H, Bravo Morante G, Carmen E et al. Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment. Science of the Total Environment. 2021 Feb 20;756:144014. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144014

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title = "Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment",
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.",
keywords = "Complexity, COVID-19, Interdisciplinarity, Pandemics, Total environment, Transdisciplinary studies",
author = "{Cazzolla Gatti}, Roberto and Men{\'e}ndez, {Lumila Paula} and Alice Laciny and {Bobadilla Rodr{\'i}guez}, Hern{\'a}n and {Bravo Morante}, Guillermo and Esther Carmen and Christian Dorninger and Flavia Fabris and Grunstra, {Nicole D.S.} and Schnorr, {Stephanie L.} and Julia Stuhltr{\"a}ger and {Villanueva Hernandez}, {Luis Alejandro} and Manuel Jakab and Isabella Sarto-Jackson and Guido Caniglia",
note = "We would like to thank the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI) for providing a stimulating environment that fostered the conversations and collaborative writing that led to this paper. We also thank Amitangshu Acharya from the Institute of Geography, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, U.K. for his help in discussing some ideas of this paper during his fellowship at the KLI. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",
year = "2021",
month = feb,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144014",
language = "English",
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journal = "Science of the Total Environment",
issn = "0048-9697",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Diversity lost

T2 - COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment

AU - Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto

AU - Menéndez, Lumila Paula

AU - Laciny, Alice

AU - Bobadilla Rodríguez, Hernán

AU - Bravo Morante, Guillermo

AU - Carmen, Esther

AU - Dorninger, Christian

AU - Fabris, Flavia

AU - Grunstra, Nicole D.S.

AU - Schnorr, Stephanie L.

AU - Stuhlträger, Julia

AU - Villanueva Hernandez, Luis Alejandro

AU - Jakab, Manuel

AU - Sarto-Jackson, Isabella

AU - Caniglia, Guido

N1 - We would like to thank the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI) for providing a stimulating environment that fostered the conversations and collaborative writing that led to this paper. We also thank Amitangshu Acharya from the Institute of Geography, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, U.K. for his help in discussing some ideas of this paper during his fellowship at the KLI. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

PY - 2021/2/20

Y1 - 2021/2/20

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Complexity

KW - COVID-19

KW - Interdisciplinarity

KW - Pandemics

KW - Total environment

KW - Transdisciplinary studies

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JO - Science of the Total Environment

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