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Agriculture depends on Photosynthesis. Activate to inspect this relation.Agriculture influences Deforestation. Activate to inspect this relation.Agriculture trades off with Deforestation. Activate to inspect this relation.Bacterial growth curve is part of Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Balancing loop is a Feedback. Activate to inspect this relation.Climate influences Agriculture. Activate to inspect this relation.Compound interest is a Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Decay is analogous to Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Deforestation amplifies Greenhouse effect. Activate to inspect this relation.Deforestation suppresses Photosynthesis. Activate to inspect this relation.Epidemic spread influences Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Exponential function models Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Food supply depends on Agriculture. Activate to inspect this relation.Interest is a Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Logistic growth is commonly confused with Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Population growth applies to Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Reinforcing loop causes Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Reinforcing loop is a Feedback. Activate to inspect this relation.Reinforcing loop amplifies Greenhouse effect. Activate to inspect this relation.Resilience depends on Feedback. Activate to inspect this relation.Scarcity applies to Food supply. Activate to inspect this relation.Seasonality influences Climate. Activate to inspect this relation.Tipping point emerges from Reinforcing loop. Activate to inspect this relation.DeforestationPhotosynthesisGreenhouse effectAgricultureReinforcing loopClimateFood supplyFeedbackExponential growthTipping pointSeasonalityScarcityBalancing loopResilienceInterestEpidemic spreadPopulation growthBacterial growth curveDecayExponential functionCompound interestLogistic growth
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100 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Accounting, Actuarial Science, Agriculture, Algebra….

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22 concepts23 relationships30 disciplines6 relation families

Deforestation

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At a glance

The clearing of forests, which reduces how much CO₂ plants remove from the air.

Disciplines
Geography · Economics
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Agriculture, Atmospheric Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics
Relationships
3 · 2 relation families
Mental models
1

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Bridge concepts (116)

Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.

  • Feedback3
    Biology, Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Systems Biology, Systems Science · connects to Balancing loop, Reinforcing loop, Resilience
  • Climate2
    Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science, Geography, Meteorology, Physics · connects to Agriculture, Seasonality
  • Dominant strategy2
    Game Theory, Mathematics · connects to Game theory, Nash equilibrium
  • Environmental valuation2
    Ecological Economics · connects to Externality, Natural capital
  • Epidemic spread2
    Epidemiology, Network Science, Public Health · connects to Exponential growth, Risk

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Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 30 disciplines: Agriculture, Algebra, Atmospheric Science, Biology, Chemistry, Climatology, Complexity Science, Demography, Ecology, Economics, Engineering, Environmental Science, Epidemiology, Evolutionary Biology, Finance, Geography, Human-Computer Interaction, Mathematics, Meteorology, Microbiology, Network Science, Nutrition Science, Physics, Political Science, Public Health, Public Policy, Sociology, Sustainability Science, Systems Biology, Systems Science.
  • Deforestation is a bridge concept — viewed here through Economics, Geography.
  • The connections here span 6 relation families.
  • Feedback loop explains 8 concepts in this view (Atmospheric Science, Biology, Climatology, Complexity Science, Demography, Ecology, Economics, Engineering, Environmental Science, Evolutionary Biology, Geography, Human-Computer Interaction, Meteorology, Physics, Sociology, Sustainability Science, Systems Biology, Systems Science).

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ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

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Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

Concept collections

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3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

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