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Influence of Economic Decoupling in assessing carbon budget quotas for the European Union
Ilaria Perissi, Aled Jones
In the present study, for the first time, an effort sharing approach based on Inertia and Capability principles is proposed to assess European Union (EU27) carbon budget distributi…
Revisiting the Mousetrap Experiment: Not Just About Nuclear Chain Reactions
Ugo Bardi, Ilaria Perissi
We present quantitative measurements on a classic experiment proposed for the first time in 1947 to illustrate the phenomenon of a chain reaction in nuclear fission. The experiment…
The Sixth Law of Stupidity: A Biophysical Interpretation of Carlo Cipolla's Stupidity Laws
Ilaria Perissi, Ugo Bardi
Carlo Cipolla's stupidity quadrant and his five laws of stupidity were proposed for the first time in 1976. Exposed in a humorous mood by the author, these concepts nevertheless de…
MEDEAS-World model calibration for the study of the energy transition
Gianluca Martelloni, Francesca Di Patti, Ilaria Perissi +2
MEDEAS (Modelling the Energy Development under Environmental And Socioeconomic constraint) World is a new global-aggregated energy-economy-environmental model, which runs from 1995…
Toward a General Theory of Societal Collapse. A Biophysical Examination of Tainter s Model of the Diminishing Returns of Complexity
Ugo Bardi, Sara Falsini, Ilaria Perissi
The collapse of large social systems, often referred to as civilizations or empires, is a well known historical phenomenon, but its origins are the object of an unresolved debate.…
Dynamic patterns of overexploitation in fisheries
Ilaria Perissi, Ugo Bardi, Toufic El Asmar +1
Understanding overfishing phenomenon and regulating fishing quotas is a major global challenge for the 21st Century both in terms of providing food for humankind and to preserve th…