"Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Studying the Earth’s Biosphere"

Abstract

Short CommunicationOver the last century the technological power of humanity has reached a level that allows to exert a global influence on the biosphere. The greatest concern is global warming affecting the biosphere-climate system (BCS). In the situation of negative changes in BCS, a comprehensive assessment of possible actions to overcome negative trends is necessary. But it is impossible without an adequate forecast of BCS's reaction to these actions. The forecast can only be built on the basis of adequate mathematical models, representing our understanding the structure of BCS and the mechanisms that ensure its stability. Biophysics is characterized by the construction of conceptual models designed not to accurately reproduce all properties of the original, but only its essential properties that are significant in the context of the research being conducted. The key feature of the biosphere according to V.I. Vernadsky is a high degree of closure of substance flows, which ensures the long-term, and potentially endless, existence of the Earth's biosphere.