Wow! Your article is really interesting! It is very technical for me, but still easy and fluent to read.
I honeslty think that we, as Earthlings, are very lucky but it's all a matter of balance. Every action has a reaction, even the smallest one. If we have a power, this is our understanding of how Earth works: we can prevent our actions from producing catastrophic reactions, but it is up to us!
The first step is knowledge, so thank you for your post, it helps a lot to understand how fragile our system is and gives us useful tips to start doing something good for our planet!