{"guid":"f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","title":"Closing the loop: Reconnecting social-technologial dynamics to Earth System science","subtitle":null,"slug":"34c3-9138-closing_the_loop_reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_earth_system_science","link":"https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2017/Fahrplan/events/9138.html","description":"International commitment to the appropriately ambitious Paris climate agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 has pulled into the limelight the urgent need for major scientific progress in understanding and modelling the Anthropocene, the tightly intertwined social-techno-ecological planetary system that humanity now inhabits. The Anthropocene qualitatively differs from previous eras in Earth’s history in three key characteristics: (1) There is planetary-scale human agency. (2) There are social and economic networks of teleconnections spanning the globe. (3) It is dominated by planetary-scale social-ecological feedbacks. Bolting together old concepts and methodologies cannot be an adequate approach to describing this new geological era. Instead, we need a new paradigm in Earth System science that is founded equally on a deep understanding of the physical and biological Earth System – and of the economic, technological, social and cultural forces that are now an intrinsic part of it. It is time to close the loop and bring socially mediated dynamics and the technosphere explicitly into theory, analysis and computer models that let us study the whole Earth System.","original_language":"eng","persons":["Jonathan Donges"],"tags":["34c3","9138","Science"],"view_count":320,"promoted":false,"date":"2017-12-29T00:00:00.000+01:00","release_date":"2017-12-29T01:00:00.000+01:00","updated_at":"2025-08-14T15:45:04.853+02:00","length":2045,"duration":2045,"thumb_url":"https://static.media.ccc.de/media/congress/2017/9138-hd.jpg","poster_url":"https://static.media.ccc.de/media/congress/2017/9138-hd_preview.jpg","timeline_url":"https://static.media.ccc.de/media/congress/2017/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea-timeline.jpg","thumbnails_url":"https://static.media.ccc.de/media/congress/2017/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea-thumbnails.vtt","frontend_link":"https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9138-closing_the_loop_reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_earth_system_science","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_title":"34C3: TUWAT","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3","related":[{"event_id":4763,"event_guid":"2ef3b60f-6e5c-4c23-a145-d263685ec13e","weight":13},{"event_id":4765,"event_guid":"9326038b-f781-4707-b35a-9ef52f98d35a","weight":8},{"event_id":4794,"event_guid":"a2887b4a-0c9d-4220-a52f-c65c20ae25d7","weight":6},{"event_id":4808,"event_guid":"acab4111-aba7-44f7-b56e-ef805dcacd00","weight":9},{"event_id":4815,"event_guid":"f6265504-14b2-41e6-a134-6fec8c00cee4","weight":13},{"event_id":4825,"event_guid":"a39634b4-d220-4c84-bf5a-e52c375827c5","weight":5},{"event_id":4826,"event_guid":"16645200-2036-4a3c-a44d-a5ff44ac2991","weight":14},{"event_id":4850,"event_guid":"949bee69-3be0-4cc8-915b-5f1167141dcc","weight":10},{"event_id":4857,"event_guid":"5cbe3344-f83a-492d-afc2-f1697959ff5e","weight":15},{"event_id":4862,"event_guid":"82d8204a-7147-452d-b5a3-91969e3a3ac6","weight":15},{"event_id":4866,"event_guid":"117a52b4-f675-49dd-aafe-659c07b6bc9c","weight":18},{"event_id":4876,"event_guid":"dec6a7e0-2651-4bb5-8300-977795e901ed","weight":9},{"event_id":4879,"event_guid":"73bcc647-faa3-4c6c-8a48-8d540de454ee","weight":11},{"event_id":4886,"event_guid":"eaf5d978-ea98-4474-9d40-7f493167d26d","weight":31},{"event_id":4887,"event_guid":"2541602b-f58c-4dec-9722-db72b1dea19e","weight":16},{"event_id":4888,"event_guid":"2d374ca6-9f86-49d1-bfc6-8084f61c4db3","weight":15},{"event_id":4889,"event_guid":"8b136e88-ea36-4398-bac2-13cf2a509d5e","weight":23},{"event_id":4891,"event_guid":"2dd1ed02-2a4f-4c15-93e5-6d171fea74df","weight":4},{"event_id":4893,"event_guid":"6c4b2648-3840-476c-b966-c008010bca66","weight":8},{"event_id":4894,"event_guid":"e22f47ae-a45d-4e01-8e4b-fcfd1e6585d4","weight":27},{"event_id":4896,"event_guid":"44949d62-284f-46b6-ad7b-2359aa1f7a0b","weight":5},{"event_id":4901,"event_guid":"bb975ea3-1b67-4a0d-a166-48f435dc9515","weight":17},{"event_id":4913,"event_guid":"aa99c1b2-80cf-4a67-8106-55e7a097294e","weight":16},{"event_id":4914,"event_guid":"d8db120c-29f7-48f6-b9de-27ea8d1e9a9b","weight":15},{"event_id":4915,"event_guid":"15858ba2-f109-48f3-9934-a4362a0f5e78","weight":16},{"event_id":4928,"event_guid":"4042ac64-4a70-482f-a527-c5509f7694b9","weight":14}],"recordings":[{"size":null,"length":null,"mime_type":"application/x-subrip","language":"eng","filename":"DRAFT_34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science.en_DRAFT.srt","state":"todo","folder":"","high_quality":true,"width":null,"height":null,"updated_at":"2022-01-26T18:56:31.135+01:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2017/DRAFT_34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science.en_DRAFT.srt","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/57408","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3"},{"size":162,"length":2045,"mime_type":"video/mp4","language":"eng","filename":"34c3-9138-eng-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science.mp4","state":"new","folder":"h264-hd","high_quality":true,"width":1920,"height":1080,"updated_at":"2017-12-29T23:47:05.630+01:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2017/h264-hd/34c3-9138-eng-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science.mp4","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/21777","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3"},{"size":161,"length":2045,"mime_type":"video/mp4","language":"deu","filename":"34c3-9138-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science.mp4","state":"new","folder":"h264-hd","high_quality":true,"width":1920,"height":1080,"updated_at":"2017-12-29T23:47:14.537+01:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2017/h264-hd/34c3-9138-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science.mp4","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/21778","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3"},{"size":271,"length":2045,"mime_type":"video/mp4","language":"eng-deu","filename":"34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_hd.mp4","state":"new","folder":"h264-hd","high_quality":true,"width":1920,"height":1080,"updated_at":"2017-12-29T23:47:26.890+01:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2017/h264-hd/34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_hd.mp4","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/21779","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3"},{"size":144,"length":2045,"mime_type":"video/mp4","language":"eng-deu","filename":"34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_hd-slides.mp4","state":"new","folder":"slides-h264-hd","high_quality":true,"width":1920,"height":1080,"updated_at":"2017-12-30T00:23:39.118+01:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2017/slides-h264-hd/34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_hd-slides.mp4","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/21824","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3"},{"size":108,"length":2045,"mime_type":"video/mp4","language":"eng-deu","filename":"34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_sd.mp4","state":"new","folder":"h264-sd","high_quality":false,"width":720,"height":576,"updated_at":"2017-12-30T02:00:11.318+01:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2017/h264-sd/34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_sd.mp4","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/21863","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3"},{"size":24,"length":2030,"mime_type":"audio/opus","language":"eng","filename":"34c3-9138-eng-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science.opus","state":"new","folder":"opus","high_quality":false,"width":0,"height":0,"updated_at":"2017-12-30T02:00:38.309+01:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2017/opus/34c3-9138-eng-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science.opus","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/21864","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3"},{"size":30,"length":2030,"mime_type":"audio/mpeg","language":"eng","filename":"34c3-9138-eng-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science.mp3","state":"new","folder":"mp3","high_quality":false,"width":0,"height":0,"updated_at":"2017-12-30T02:01:36.207+01:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2017/mp3/34c3-9138-eng-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science.mp3","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/21865","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3"},{"size":222,"length":2045,"mime_type":"video/webm","language":"eng-deu","filename":"34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_webm-sd.webm","state":"new","folder":"webm-sd","high_quality":false,"width":720,"height":576,"updated_at":"2017-12-30T02:12:13.360+01:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2017/webm-sd/34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_webm-sd.webm","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/21883","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3"},{"size":356,"length":2045,"mime_type":"video/webm","language":"eng-deu","filename":"34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_webm-hd.webm","state":"new","folder":"webm-hd","high_quality":true,"width":1920,"height":1080,"updated_at":"2017-12-30T12:05:30.760+01:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2017/webm-hd/34c3-9138-eng-deu-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_webm-hd.webm","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/21930","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3"},{"size":44,"length":2045,"mime_type":"video/mp4","language":"eng","filename":"34c3-9138-eng-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_sd-slides.mp4","state":"new","folder":"slides-h264-sd","high_quality":false,"width":720,"height":576,"updated_at":"2018-01-02T16:14:36.346+01:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2017/slides-h264-sd/34c3-9138-eng-Closing_the_loop_Reconnecting_social-technologial_dynamics_to_Earth_System_science_sd-slides.mp4","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/22365","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/f64a902e-db0e-4a8e-b5b7-b6e3136a4dea","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/34c3"}]}