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Quite recently in geologic time, a new sphere has emerged within the Earth system. This “technosphere” is the cloak of technological devices and associated human constructs that has come to cover the Earth. Like the biosphere, it has a metabolism. A redesigned technosphere metabolism must be built over the course of the 21st Century in which the energy sources are renewable, the material flows are cyclic, and the regulatory framework is rooted in an understanding of limits. %https://osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/3635/files/2020/04/cccyle-1024x576.jpg