The System Units and Flows

The Earth's dashboard and labsheets are available at different spatial scales and for different units of the Earth's life-support system. Focus can be on units (anatomy) or flows (physiology).

The Main Units

The main units are:

• The Ocean
• The Atmosphere
• The Land Surface and Land Cover
• The Biosphere
• The Humansphere
• The Technosphere

The Main Flows

• The Water Cycle
• The Oxygen Cycle
• The Carbon Cycle
• The Nitrogen Cycle
• The Phosporous Cycle
• Pollutants

Earth's Anatomy

There are many ways to subdived and structure Earth's units into regions and systems that can be considered individually as systems embedded in a larger environment.

The Ocean

The Atmosphere

The Land Surface and Land Cover

The Biosphere

The biosphere can be separated into a set fo different bioregions. Karl Burkart provides an overview of the global distribution of the major bioregions for 2020.

The Humansphere

The Technosphere

Earth's Physiology