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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Environmental Dynamics and Global Climate Change</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Environmental Dynamics and Global Climate Change</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Environmental Dynamics and Global Climate Change</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2218-4422</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2541-9307</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Yugra State University</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">108267</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18822/edgcc108267</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Chronicle</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Хроника</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Unknown</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The Blue Earth Project: “Is Humanity Settling its own Fate on Ecological Survival?”</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>The Blue Earth Project: “Is Humanity Settling its own Fate on Ecological Survival?”</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Jheeta</surname><given-names>Sohan</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>sohan@sohanjheeta.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" 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xml:lang="en"><surname>Rezaei</surname><given-names>Ahya</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="IR">Iran, Islamic Republic of</country></address><email>ahya1996rz@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nyambuya</surname><given-names>Golden Gadzirayi</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="ZW">Zimbabwe</country></address><email>gadzirai@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff9"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gupta</surname><given-names>Vinod</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="IN">India</country></address><email>vkgcmd@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff10"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Changela</surname><given-names>Hitesh</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="GB">United Kingdom</country></address><email>changela@unm.edu</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff11"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Bhatt</surname><given-names>Mukesh Chiman</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>m.bhatt@physics.org</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff12"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Simpemba</surname><given-names>Prospery</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>pcs200800@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff13"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gustafson</surname><given-names>Lowell</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>lowell.gustafson@villanova.edu</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff14"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Omo</surname><given-names>Medina Kadiri</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>mokadiri@uniben.edu</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff15"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Godoy-Faúndez</surname><given-names>Alex</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>alexgodoy@ingenieros.udd.cl</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff16"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nelson</surname><given-names>Nathan</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>nelson@tauex.tau.ac.il</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff17"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nielsen</surname><given-names>John Nick</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>john.n.nielsen@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Smith</surname><given-names>David</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>dave.smithathome@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><institution>Network of Researchers on the Chemical Evolution of Life (NoRCEL)</institution></aff><aff id="aff2"><institution>National Technical University of Athens</institution></aff><aff id="aff3"><institution>University of St Andrews, Centre for Exoplanet Science</institution></aff><aff id="aff4"><institution>Yugra State University</institution></aff><aff id="aff5"><institution>University of Jyväskylä</institution></aff><aff id="aff6"><institution>National Autonomous University of Mexico</institution></aff><aff id="aff7"><institution>Federal University of Paraíba</institution></aff><aff id="aff8"><institution>Bou Ali Sina University</institution></aff><aff id="aff9"><institution>National University of Science and Technology</institution></aff><aff id="aff10"><institution>CMD Postgraduate College</institution></aff><aff id="aff11"><institution>J’Heyrovski Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff id="aff12"><institution>School of Law–Birkbeck, University of London</institution></aff><aff id="aff13"><institution>Copperbelt University</institution></aff><aff id="aff14"><institution>Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences</institution></aff><aff id="aff15"><institution>University of Benin</institution></aff><aff id="aff16"><institution>Universidad del Desarrollo</institution></aff><aff id="aff17"><institution>The Tel Aviv University</institution></aff><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-07-14" publication-format="electronic"><day>14</day><month>07</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>13</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>49</fpage><lpage>58</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-05-26"><day>26</day><month>05</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Jheeta S., Chatzitheodoridis E., Dominik M., Kotsyurbenko4 O., Laine P., Palacios Pérez M., Torres de Farias S., McGrath K., Rezaei A., Nyambuya G.G., Gupta V., Changela H., Bhatt M.C., Simpemba P., Gustafson L., Medina M.O., Godoy-Faúndez A., Nelson N., Nielsen J.N., Smith D.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Jheeta S., Chatzitheodoridis E., Dominik M., Kotsyurbenko4 O., Laine P., Palacios Pérez M., Torres de Farias S., McGrath K., Rezaei A., Nyambuya G., Gupta V., Changela H., Bhatt M., Simpemba P., Gustafson L., Medina M., Godoy-Faúndez A., Nelson N., Nielsen J., Smith D.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Jheeta S., Chatzitheodoridis E., Dominik M., Kotsyurbenko4 O., Laine P., Palacios Pérez M., Torres de Farias S., McGrath K., Rezaei A., Nyambuya G.G., Gupta V., Changela H., Bhatt M.C., Simpemba P., Gustafson L., Medina M.O., Godoy-Faúndez A., Nelson N., Nielsen J.N., Smith D.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Jheeta S., Chatzitheodoridis E., Dominik M., Kotsyurbenko4 O., Laine P., Palacios Pérez M., Torres de Farias S., McGrath K., Rezaei A., Nyambuya G., Gupta V., Changela H., Bhatt M., Simpemba P., Gustafson L., Medina M., Godoy-Faúndez A., Nelson N., Nielsen J., Smith D.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://edgccjournal.org/EDGCC/article/view/108267">https://edgccjournal.org/EDGCC/article/view/108267</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This is a report from NoRCEL’s Blue Earth Project symposium BEP2022 held online on January 8<sup>th</sup>, 2022. We are reporting the outcome pertaining to the following question: “Is Humanity Settling its own Fate on Ecological Survival?” A succinct conclusion drawn is that the Earth is facing the sixth mass extinction of flora and fauna; this being different from the previous five extinctions, in that it is entirely due to mankind’s activities. Five invited eminent speakers delivered their input, highlighting the fact that there is extensive deterioration of the environment at large, coupled with an unprecedented demise of ecosystems leading to the extinction of species across the globe.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>This is a report from NoRCEL’s Blue Earth Project symposium BEP2022 held online on January 8<sup>th</sup>, 2022. We are reporting the outcome pertaining to the following question: “Is Humanity Settling its own Fate on Ecological Survival?” A succinct conclusion drawn is that the Earth is facing the sixth mass extinction of flora and fauna; this being different from the previous five extinctions, in that it is entirely due to mankind’s activities. Five invited eminent speakers delivered their input, highlighting the fact that there is extensive deterioration of the environment at large, coupled with an unprecedented demise of ecosystems leading to the extinction of species across the globe.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>global warming</kwd><kwd>climate change</kwd><kwd>pollutants</kwd><kwd>population explosion</kwd><kwd>biosphere</kwd><kwd>species extinction</kwd><kwd>ecosystem demise</kwd><kwd>water shortage</kwd><kwd>ozone</kwd><kwd>carbon-neutral. carbon footprint.</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">NoRCEL (Funding); Sohan Jheeta; Elias Chatzitheodoridis; Martin Dominik; Oleg Kotsyurbenko; Pauli Laine; Miryam Palacios Pérez; Sávio Torres de Farias; Kathy McGrath; Ahya Rezaei; Golden Gadzirayi Nyambuya Nyambuya; Vinod Gupta; Hitesh Changela; Mukesh Chiman Bhatt; Prospery Simpemba; Lowell Gustafson; Medina Omo Kadiri; Alex Godoy-Faúndez; Nathan Nelson; John n. 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