Ecology in geochemistry

The modern state of the ecological school in geochemistry in the context of the general tendency towards the ecologization of the Earth sciences is considered. The key role of the Russian school of systemic natural sciences [V.V. Dokuchaev, V.I. Vernadskii, B.B. Polynov, V.N. Sukhachev, N.V. Timofeev-Resovskii, and others] in the development of ecological geochemistry, studying the structure and the progress of the system man-biota-abiotic environment at the nuclear-molecular level is noted. The object of study in ecological biochemistry is the ecosphere, which is the system of external geospheres of the Earth (atmosphere, hydrosphere, and the top lithosphere, including the zone of metamorphism) and the “home” for all breathing organisms, including humans.