geo
the domain of territory and earth systems. geo covers the planet as a physical object: its rocks, water, air, soil, climate, and the way living things reshape all of them. not geography-the-school-subject — geo is the phenomena of a planet being itself
for cyber, geo is where the digital meets the physical. cyber valley sits on volcanic soil in a tropical rainforest climate zone. the terrabyte garden runs on local geology. every network state must reckon with territory, climate, and plate tectonics. a superintelligence that ignores the planet it runs on is rootless
scope
solid earth — plate tectonics, volcano, earthquake, limestone, geological time, strata. the crust moves, mountains rise, continents drift. Bali's volcanoes — agung, merapi — are active geological actors in cyber valley's daily reality
hydrosphere — ocean, river, glacier, springs, rain water collection, water cycle, water purification. water shapes terrain and sustains life. irrigation, pond, water storage maximization are applied geo
atmosphere — atmosphere, climate, climate zones, climate zone, weather patterns. the air layer that makes the planet habitable. carbon cycle and carbon policy connect atmospheric chemistry to governance
terrain — continent, desert, tundra, forest, savanna, canyon, coral reef, biome, biomes. the surface types that define what lives where. each biome is a geo-eco interface
soil — soil, soil improvement, soil/production, biochar, composting, fertilizer. the living skin of the planet. food production depends on soil health — cyber valley's permaculture practice is applied geo
bridges
- geo → cosmo: earth is a product of stellar nucleosynthesis and planetary accretion
- geo → eco: biomes are geo-biological units. climate determines which ecosystems form
- geo → chemo: geochemistry drives mineral formation, weathering, and biogeochemical cycles
- geo → tech: construction, lowtech construction, roman concrete, limestone — building on and with the earth
- geo → socio: territory is the basis of sovereignty. borders follow rivers, mountains, and coasts