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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ecophagy is a term coined by Robert Freitas that means the literal consuming of an ecosystem. It derives from the Greek οικος" (oikos) or Late Latin "oeco-", which refers to a "house" or "household", and Greek φᾰγεῖν phagein "to eat". Freitas used the term to describe a scenario involving molecular nanotechnology gone awry. In this situation (called the grey goo scenario) out-of-control self-replicating nanorobots consume entire ecosystems, resulting in global ecophagy. However, the word "ecophagy" is now applied more generally in reference to any event—nuclear war, the spread of monoculture, massive species extinctions—that might fundamentally alter the planet. Scholars suggest that these events might result in ecocide in that they would undermine the capacity of the Earth''s biological population to repair itself. "
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ecophagy is a term coined by Robert Freitas that means the literal consuming of an ecosystem. It derives from the Greek οικος" (oikos) or Late Latin "oeco-", which refers to a "house" or "household", and Greek φᾰγεῖν phagein "to eat". Freitas used the term to describe a scenario involving molecular nanotechnology gone awry. In this situation (called the grey goo scenario) out-of-control self-replicating nanorobots consume entire ecosystems, resulting in global ecophagy. However, the word "ecophagy" is now applied more generally in reference to any event—nuclear war, the spread of monoculture, massive species extinctions—that might fundamentally alter the planet. Scholars suggest that these events might result in ecocide in that they would undermine the capacity of the Earth''s biological population to repair itself. "
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