Figure C1b.1 Threats of the Human sustainability in the GT

Figure C1b.1 Threats of the Human sustainability in the GT
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Influencers

The Influencers of Human life sustainability impact three areas: 1. progress, 2. Hazards, and 3. Catastrophe. Figure C1b summarizes the influences on threats and disasters. Both significantly affect life's sustainability on Earth, including the existence and further development of the Human.

Sun and solar flare

The Sun is a star of the Universe and produces solar flares. These significant eruptions of energy come off the body of the Sun, containing several different forms of energy: heat, magnetic energy, and ionizing radiation. The ionizing radiation released during solar flares includes x-rays and gamma rays.

Asteroids, meteoroids

An asteroid is a small planet in the inner solar system. Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun like planets, with much smaller bodies. There are a lot of asteroids in our solar system. If something slows down an asteroid, it can "fall" to the Sun, Mars, or Jupiter.

A meteorite is a celestial body that at least partially survives a fly through the Earth's atmosphere and hits the Earth's surface. Catastrophic films (with themes of an earthly apocalypse) portray a meteorite as a giant cosmic body, which is already terrifying in its dimensions.

However, as new scientific studies (source Internet) suggest, the meteorite's size is less important than the place (material) that the falling meteorite encounters. More than 60,000 meteorites have been found on Earth and are divided into three main types: stony, iron, and stony. Monitoring meteorites (of the potential of their danger) is growing globally in international cooperation.

Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. About 71% of the Earth's surface is made up of water. The ocean covers most of that area, dwarfing other saltwater and freshwater bodies like lakes and rivers. The remaining 29% of Earth's surface belongs to the land, consisting of continents and islands. Much of Earth's polar regions are covered in ice.

Earth's surface rests on several rigid tectonic plates, slowly moved by an underlying convective mantle layer. Earth's core remains active, generating Earth's magnetic field. The partner of the GT, the Humans, know all of this, but they are heedless and so are bringing themselves many problems (e.g., Climate Change and others).

Solar flare

A solar flare is an intense burst of radiation associated with sunspots that represents the biggest explosive event in our solar system. They can take minutes to hours. Eruptions are extreme states of constant radiation from the sun.

They do not pose a direct danger on the earth's surface because they are absorbed by the daily atmosphere of the planet. Still, this phenomenon can destroy power lines, disrupt, and cause electricity grids. May endanger radio communication systems and satellites.

These are critical and insufficiently not yet known risks to the development and sustainability of digital transformation functions. On a global scale (e.g., with the support of G5 networks and AI ML machines), the Human will fully enter the environment of turbulent solar radiation (in addition to light and warmth, we will feel other effects of the Sun on the day-to-day life in the GT)

Atmosphere

The Earth's atmosphere consists of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gasses. It has five main layers (from the lowest to the highest, the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere). It protects and sustains the life of nature and gives people a chance to develop intellectual potential (it provides light, and heat, absorbs the sun's harmful rays, and averts the dangers of space).

It controls the Earth's water management regime, supplies nature with drinking water, and the Human increasingly influences the principles of this system (the gift of life).

The atmosphere controls the Earth's water management regime, supplies nature with drinking water, and the Human increasingly influences the principles of this system (the gift of life). But, at any time, the natural irregularities of the atmosphere can be vital and have fatal impacts on the value of life, nature, and human works.

Volcano eruption

A volcanic eruption is when lava, gas, and dust particles are released from a volcano. Sixty percent of all active volcanoes occur at the boundaries between tectonic plates (in the "fiery circle" zone that surrounds the Pacific Ocean); other volcanoes occur inside the plates and form "hot spots."

All eruption localities are monitored and studied. It is known that volcanoes keep the Earth warm and humid, two essential elements for sustaining life. Humans know that volcanoes can also stop and preserve the state (image) of events on earth (e.g., Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii).

Several factors trigger a volcanic eruption, three of which predominate (the buoyancy of the magma; the pressure of the exhaust gasses in the magma; the injection of a new dose of magma into an already filled magma chamber). A volcanic eruption is a physical event. It is a natural phenomenon yet a natural disaster that can cause many deaths and tremendous property damage.

Earth wake

There are four types of earthquakes: tectonic, volcanic, collapse and explosion. A tectonic earthquake occurs when the earth's crust breaks due to geological forces on rocks and adjacent slabs that cause physical and chemical changes. Tectonic forces thus stress the earth's crust. When this stress becomes large enough in the crust, various seismic waves cause earthquakes.

Generally, it is always a mechanical "redistribution of forces"; both in the earth's crust and in the rocks (e.g., by changes in states of water or human mining activities). Earthquake-prone sites are monitored. The intensity of the earthquake is measured. Many measurement procedures have been developed or designed, the best known being the Richter scale with values ​​of 1 to 10 points.

The measurement estimates an earthquake's relative "magnitude" or strength and its potential to cause shocks. Tsunami-generating earthquakes generally burst relatively slowly, supplying more energy for a more extended time (lower frequencies) than is usually used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake on land.

Similarly, the intensity of earthquakes is affected by soil conditions. (e.g., thick layers of soft soil, other geological structures, or sedimentary reservoirs). An earthquake of magnitude ten or more cannot happen (the largest had a magnitude of 9.5 on May 22, 1960, a "mega-shake") in Chile.

Summary

However, there are places where the impacts of disasters are growing, and they intensify each other. The Philippines is an example. They are visited annually by 20 typhoons, five of which are destructive. They are in the "Pacific Ring of Fire" zone, with frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. It is a place on Earth that needs human solidarity and help, and, at the same time, it gives the world an opportunity for a deeper understanding of how to deal with these catastrophes and their concurrence.

Nature

As far as we know, our world is unique in the Universe, defined by the three elements, air, earth, and water. Nature is fantastic with the lives of its components. Each piece has unique properties and phenomena and is home to countless life forms that have penetrated every environment, from the deepest oceans to the smallest corners. We know that life on Earth is based on carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen compounds.

The complex sequences of these elements come together to form the very building blocks of life. They include essential organic molecules such as sugars, enzymes, proteins, and DNA. The history of life on Earth unfolds over time as we learn how living and fossil organisms evolved, from the earliest origins of life to the present. The earth was formed about 4.5 billion years ago, and life began at least 3.5 billion years ago (evidence of the oldest rocks with fossil evidence). One of the most aged known people is Homo habilis, or "clever man," who lived about 2.4 million to 1.4 million years ago in East and South Africa.

Water

Water is a sign of life. It is a clear liquid without color, taste, or smell. The drinking water falls from the clouds like rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is used for drinking, washing, etc., in areas (such as lakes, rivers, or oceans) and other forms (ice, snowflakes, steam). On earth, it turns into salt water, which covers 70% of the earth's surface or is not other drinkable, like polluted. The source of salinity is the corrosion of rocks and their salts dissolved in seawater.

The source of pollution is mainly industrial activities and the lifestyle of the Human lifestyle. Water in the landscape gives life to nature and creates a pleasant environment. Defects cause excessive rains. After them, floods can occur, the stability of dry soil is disturbed (landslides occur), surface water is mixed and polluted, and significant damage to property and lives.

People transform dirty water into precious (drinkable) water and transport it by pipeline to final beneficiaries. Any water can be cleaned, but humans don't do it well, so the polluted water with other human waste carries it all to the seas. Water is a thing, just like air and soil, and the Human incomprehensibly underestimate these values and significantly contribute to the deformation of nature and healthy life on Earth.

Wind

The wind is the flow of gasses. On Earth, the wind is usually the movement of air near the earth's surface. It moves objects; it can also impact land, especially in deserts. It acts approximately horizontally, especially one that is strong enough to feel. It is a vector quantity with speed and direction and symbolizes nature's brutal and raw power (the god of wind symbolizes strength and power that despises the weak things and moves them).

The wind causes changes in the air, soil, and water temperatures and takes water from them (both a gentle breeze and a strong storm can do it). A gale is already a strong wind. It causes at least light damage to trees and buildings and may not be accompanied by rain (in this case takes the water from the soil). The strongest winds occur during storms called tornadoes, cyclones, and hurricanes. Typhoon is the name for tropical cyclones with a constant wind speed. Tornadoes, cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons, etc., bear their names associated with the specific places where they usually operate.

Their effects on the landscape and life in it are frightening. Humans cannot limit their power, but they can scale it. Can ensure the necessary prediction of future conditions and gain time to reduce the expected impacts by preparing in advance. In other words, consequently, they reasonably resist these effects. In this sense, the wind shapes human behavior's maturity in the GT environment. Naturally, the Human reacts as the project engineer for the near future (is performing both preparation and implementation stages).

Floods and droughts

The lack of precipitation and heavy downpours are causing disasters ranging from extreme droughts to unprecedented floods. Climate change, environmental degradation, population growth, urbanization, and augmenting poverty cause human society are more vulnerable to flood and drought disasters.

Any severe flooding is mainly caused by atmospheric conditions that lead to heavy rain or the rapid melting of snow and ice. Geography can also make an area more likely to flood. For example, areas near rivers and cities are often at risk for flash floods.

Drought is caused by drier than average conditions that can eventually lead to water supply problems. Scorching temperatures can worsen shortages by causing moisture to evaporate from the soil. Just because a region is hot and dry doesn't necessarily mean it is going through a drought. Drought can cause long-term public health problems, including shortages of drinking water and poor quality drinking water, impacts on air quality, sanitation and hygiene, food and nutrition, and more diseases.

Pandemic, Epidemic, and endemic

Not all infectious disease terms are created equal, though often they’re mistakenly used interchangeably. The distinction between the words “pandemic,” “epidemic,” and “endemic” is regularly blurred, even by medical experts. It is because the definition of each term is fluid and changes as diseases become more or less prevalent over time.

While everyday use of these words might not require precise definitions, knowing the difference is essential to help you better understand public health news and appropriate public health responses. Let’s start with basic definitions:

  • An epidemic is a disease that affects many people within a community, population, or region.

  • A pandemic is an epidemic that’s spread over multiple countries or continents.

  • Endemic is something that belongs to a particular people or nation (country).

  • An outbreak is a greater-than-anticipated increase in the number of endemic cases. It can also be a single case in a new area. If it’s not quickly controlled, an outbreak can become an epidemic.

Human

Human evolution is a lengthy process of change. The first human ancestors appeared five million to seven million years ago, and 2.5 million years ago, they rose on legs and began peeling off the first stone tools. The Human in the GT has come a long way in gaining a foothold, learning from work and business, and fighting to promote and protect his existence. He/she formed social formations (from tribal ties to the formation of states). He is not sure of his position in the GT.

However, it is pretty exceptional (on the one hand, it has the ambition to reverse the meteorite's orbit if it leads to a fall on Earth, and on the other hand, it unprecedentedly pollutes oceans and endangers the functions of the atmosphere). It has its global UN that manages basic human needs, lays the foundations for the well-being of their lives, and uncovers human development opportunities and sustainability in GT.

It uses many indicators, criteria, and indices to measure its results. Solves current problems in the level of social imbalances (pandemics, rapid population development) and presses on partners in the triad via systematic entering into their evolutionary paths (primarily via generation of wastes of all kinds and inputs into structures of a routine physical, chemical, and biological states). It collects and structures data, begins to control big data, and predicts risks of specific matters.

It uses statistics, prepares sustainable development goals (SDGs), and is on the way to the next significant "Shift" through its organizations and projects. More precisely, he has already entered this "Shift" in time (As-Is), for example, through the acquisition of artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).

Webbook is trying to present a link of this "Shift" with global digital transformation. Shows an effort to understand the essential "Shift" function in time (To-Be). Learning challenges comprehensively to operate, record, prioritize, and weigh the impacts of random and unpredictable features, e.g., growth risks of the Human population and their total waste production, and growth of a spectrum of critical dangers (risks) of the Human social imbalance.

Social imbalance

Social inequality is the imbalance of opportunities and rewards between a group, race, or ethnicity in society. Explore the causes of social inequality and its effects on health, values, politics, and more. Social imbalance, by which we mean is an observable tendency by an observer of a secular distortion in the allocation of social resources in the Great Triad (GT) environment.

Hygiene of community and body of anyone n a community

Community hygiene is the cooperative effort to bring more excellent health and prevention of disease to a group of people living near one another (in any urban, peri-urban, or rural areas). In many countries, children learn valuable hygiene and sanitation knowledge at a young age.

But, in large parts of the world, knowledge on preventing illness and maintaining hygiene is not widely known or taught. Community hygiene is foundational to social progress. Core Community Hygiene and Sanitation Practices Include:

  • Washing hands with soap and water

  • Keeping dishes and utensils clean and off the ground

  • Using a toilet to keep feces separate from people

  • Sweeping the home and maintaining rubbish off the floor to prevent environmental contamination

  • Keeping livestock separate from the home

  • Washing bodies regularly to maintain physical cleanliness

Community hygiene is vital to keeping everyone healthy, especially those with weakened immune systems, those under five years old, and the elderly.

It is crucial for maintaining both physical and mental health. In people with poor personal hygiene, the body provides an ideal environment for germs to grow, leaving it vulnerable to infection. On a social level, people may avoid a person with poor personal hygiene, which may result in isolation and loneliness

Waste

Driven by rapid urbanization and growing populations, global annual waste generation is expected to jump to 3.4 billion tonnes by 2050, increasing drastically from 2.01 billion tonnes in 2016. According to the World Bank, What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 aggregates extensive solid waste data at the national and urban levels. It estimates and projects waste generation to 2030 and 2050.

Beyond the core data metrics from waste generation to disposal, the report provides information on waste management costs, revenues, tariffs; special wastes; regulations; public communication; administrative and operational models, and the informal sector.

“Mismanagement of waste harms human health and local environments while adding to the climate challenge,” said Laura Tuck, Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank. "Unfortunately, the poorest in society are often adversely impacted by inadequate waste management. It doesn't have to be this way. Our resources need to be used and then reused continuously to not end up in landfills."

Waste is a “commodity” that’s been with us since the beginning of time. As the human population keeps growing, the number of waste increases while natural resources steadily dwindle. A complete view of the impacts of the waste on the Great Triad (GT) environment is demonstrated in Figure C1b. Waste is scaled to four significant categories of waste: municipal solid waste, industrial into waste, agricultural waste, and hazardous waste.

For example, waterways are generally most at risk of the harmful effects of wastewater. Toxic compounds in the effluent disrupt aquatic ecosystems. When many biodegradable substances end up in the water, organisms will start to break them down, and they use a lot of dissolved oxygen.

The waste comes into the sea via small big rivers from a brook, and the sea starts to be dramatically devastated by the Human activities in the GT (by all four categories of waste).

Wars

The philosophy of just war theorizes what aspects of warfare are justifiable according to morally acceptable principles. Just war theory is based upon four core criteria to be followed by those determined to go to war. The four principles are as follows: just authority; cause; right intention; last resort.

Principles distinguish three pure types of war: total (absolute) war, instrumental war, and agonistic fighting; all in two forms defensive or offensive warfare:

  • Total war can be seen as an act of violence without compromise. States fight to war's natural extremes; it is a war without the 'grafted' political and moral moderations.

  • Instrumental war is waged to gain access to values the enemy controls. Thus it is the defeat of the enemy, not necessarily of his destruction.

  • Agonistic behavior is any social behavior related to fighting. This behavior is commonplace across the animal kingdom. It can be described as a suite of social behaviors related to aggressive or fighting actions, which occur between two or more individuals of the same species and therefore exclude predator-prey.

For example, a ritual fight between two rattlesnakes, bulls, deers, etc. or other two models:

  1. Wolf packs maintain territories in which they hunt and live; all non-pack members aggressively defend these areas, or

  2. The male cougar has a large territory that may overlap several females' territories, but it is defended against other males).

The behavior of the Human is different and is excluded from the Nature laws. Humans are building new own principles of war. There are nine-fight principles: objective, offensive, mass, the economy of force, maneuver, unity of command, security, surprise, and simplicity.

Further on the Internet, we can find four types of war: the political, strategic, operational, and tactical combat levels. The leading causes of the Human wars are always storage. Some have argued that wars are fought primarily for economic, religious, and political reasons.

Others have claimed that most wars today are fought for ideological reasons or to gain power, wealth, and natural sources, mainly via the war actors' foolishness.

In any case, wars are typically a culmination of civil war and a third party sneaking in to take the prize when both are weakened in conflict.

The threats shown to the Great Triad (GT) environment are nothing new to humans. Only the breadth and depth of human education are changing. Thanks to the results of science and the growing quality of human life, technology. The available technologies allow Man to penetrate the breadth and depth of details of what is happening around him and to map and monitor more and more information in more detail. 

The results are many scientific studies, scholarly articles, political commentaries, conferences, and top Summits. It is good that we have the UN. It is a place where the lessons learned can come together and spread on a global scale.

Oh yes. However, the UN must find a matching position. There is a clear political position, financial independence, and a shared mobile capital in today's world. 

For example, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services (IPBES) or the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda of the UN are evidence of the need to rebuild the present position of the Human leader, and his/her managers, donors, and philanthropists. The task is to set paths to the goals. To establish Courses, procedures, and protocols on how to achieve goals. That is what the UN reform needs to perform. 

Suppose this transformation of Human leadership does not take place quickly and efficiently. In that case, all we have left is political mapping and time-broken monitoring of what individual states are doing. Then the result will come. But it will be a formal evaluation of the elapsed time and devalue all UN efforts by 2030.