Jacques Grinevald

portrait Mr. Jacques Grinevald
retired

Development Studies
The Graduate Institute Geneva
2 ch. Eugene-Rigot
CH-1011 Geneva 21
Switzerland


Mailing Address:

6 chemin Rieu
-1208 Geneva


Phone: +41 22 735 70 15
Phone2: +41 22 735 70 15
E-mail: jacques.grinevald(at)graduateinstitute.ch
Personal URL: link


Additional functions:
member of the Anthropocene Working Group of the Subcommission on
Quaternary Stratigraphy/International Commission on Stratigraphy


Key Publications of Jacques Grinevald (up to ten) :

"On a holistic concept for deep and global ecology: The Biosphere", Fundamental Scientiae, 1987, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 197-226.
"Sketch for a history of the idea of the Biosphere", in P. Bunyard and E. Goldsmith, eds., Gaia, the Thesis, the Mechanisms, and the Implications, Camelford, U.K., Wadebridge Ecological Centre, 1988, pp. 1-32.
"L'effet de serre de la Biosphère ; de la révolution thermo-industrielle à l'écologie globale", Stratégies énergétiques, Biosphère et Société, 1990, 1, pp. 9-34.
The Industrial Revolution and the Earth's Biosphere. A Scientific Awareness in Historical Perspective. Selective bibliographic notes, Bern, Swiss Academy of Sciences, ProClim PWS.4, Publ. 90/1, 1990, 87p.
"De Carnot à Gaïa: histoire de l'effet de serre", La Recherche, no. 243, mai 1992, pp. 532-538.
"Introduction: the Invisibility of the Vernadskian revolution", in Vladimir I. Vernadsky, The Biosphere, New York, Copernicus/Springer-Verlag, 1998, pp. 20-32.
La Biosphère de l'Anthropocène: climat et pétrole, la double menace. Repères transdiisciplinaires (1824-2007), Chêne-Bourg/Genève, Georg éditeur(Editions Médecine & Hygiène, 2007, 293p.
(with W. Steffen et al.), "Th Anthropocene : conceptual and historical perspective", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, A, 2011, 369, pp. 842-867.
(with C. Hamilton) Was the Anthropocene anticipated?, The Anthropocene Review, 2015, vol. 2, no 1, pp. 59-72.
(with Waters, C.N. et al.) "Can nuclear weapons fallout mark the beginning of the Anthropocene Epoch?", Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2016, vol. 71,no. 3, pp. 46-57.


Expertise of Jacques Grinevald:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeExpert Type
Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic AtmosphereAtmosphere
Global Warming
Topic PedosphereGeology / Sediments
Topic LithosphereGeochemical Processes
Topic BiosphereBiosphere
Topic Integrated SystemsIntegrated Systems and Ecology
Carbon Cycle
Economic Cycle
Topic SocietyPerception / Behaviour / Attitudes
Education / Communication / Participation
Topic Culture/HistoryCulture / History
Ethics / Cultural Values
Philosophy / Religion
Topic SustainabilitySustainability
Ecological Sustainability
Spatial ScaleSpatial Scale
Global / Hemispheric
Time FrameTime Frame
Past
Past: Quarternary
Recent / Today
Future
MethodsMethod
Literature Study

Specialties of Jacques Grinevald:
Écologie globale et « développement soutenable »
Économie écologique :histoire, théorie et applications
Les enjeux scientifiques et institutionnels de la soutenabilité écologique globale
Histoire et épistémologie de l'Anthropocène
Système Terre, développement mondial et changement climatique
Histoire de la théorie de l'effet de serre

Last update: 12/20/18
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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