The Emergence Machine

Carbon Footprint

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E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A measure of the amount of carbon released into the environment as a result of an individual's or organization's activities.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “carbon footprint” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “carbon footprint”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
carbon footprint
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0Carbon FootprintClimateCarbonWeatherEmissionSymbolTemperatureAirBalanceMeaningPhysicsEnvironmentForceFormInformationActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesEcological Footp…L8Carbon FootprintL7EmissionL4CarbonL5ClimateL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Emission L4 (requires)
    An ecological concept relating to carbon emission, involving relationships between organisms and their environment.
  • Carbon L5 (requires)
    An ecological concept relating to carbon footprint, involving relationships between organisms and their environment.
  • Climate L6 (requires)
    Climate-related concept depends on climate

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