Coronavirus: An Anthropocene’s hybrid? The need for a geoethic perspective for the future of the Earth

Francesco De Pascale; Jean-Claude Roger; Francesco De Pascale; Jean-Claude Roger

doi:10.3934/geosci.2020008

AIMS Geosciences

2020, Volume 6, Issue 1: 131-134. doi: 10.3934/geosci.2020008

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Coronavirus: An Anthropocene’s hybrid? The need for a geoethic perspective for the future of the Earth

Francesco De Pascale ^{1
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Jean-Claude Roger ^{2
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Italian National Research Council, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (CNRIRPI), Italy
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University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences & NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory (Code 619), USA

Received: 22 March 2020 Accepted: 23 March 2020 Published: 24 March 2020

Citation: Francesco De Pascale, Jean-Claude Roger. Coronavirus: An Anthropocene’s hybrid? The need for a geoethic perspective for the future of the Earth[J]. AIMS Geosciences, 2020, 6(1): 131-134. doi: 10.3934/geosci.2020008

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