Cairns, John Jr.2014-01-232014-01-232009http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25006All life on Earth depends on the biospheric life support system to provide both natural capital, or resources, and ecosystem services. Why, then, is the human economy, a subset of the biosphere, given the highest priority by both politicians and the general public? If humans do not make the biosphere s health the top priority, the effects of global warming will change the biosphere into a vastly different, unlivable system.en-USIn Copyrightbiospheric life support systemtipping pointshuman economyBiospheric Health and Integrity: The Top Priority for HumankindPresentationhttp://www.johncairns.net/Papers/Biospheric_Health_and_Integrity.pptSupercourse Lectures