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Biogeochemical Cycles as Information-Thermodynamic Computational Systems
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Reads the water and carbon cycles as planetary-scale computational systems whose entropy flows bridge quantum mechanics to ecosystem organization; living systems augment entropy production by factors of 1,000–10,000 over abiotic Earth.
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BibTeX
@misc{anderson_2026_biogeochemical_cycles_as_computation,
author = {Jed Anderson},
title = {Biogeochemical Cycles as Information-Thermodynamic Computational Systems},
year = {2026},
url = {https://jedanderson.org/essays/biogeochemical-cycles-as-computation},
note = {Accessed: 2026-05-13}
} APA
Anderson, J. (2026). Biogeochemical Cycles as Information-Thermodynamic Computational Systems. Retrieved from https://jedanderson.org/essays/biogeochemical-cycles-as-computation
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Anderson, Jed. "Biogeochemical Cycles as Information-Thermodynamic Computational Systems." Jed Anderson, May 13, 2026, https://jedanderson.org/essays/biogeochemical-cycles-as-computation.