What did ecological economist Robert Costanza conclude in his 2014 study of the economic value of Earth's ecosystem services? Earth's biosphere provides more than $125 trillion (equal to $148 trillion in 2017 dollars) worth of ecosystem services each yearmore than the global annual monetary value of goods and services created by people. Unselected Earth's ecological services are important, but not as important as true economic income for workers. Unselected All of Earth's ecosystem services are equal to the GDP of the U.S. Unselected Luckily, there is no significant loss to the global economy yet, due to environmental destruction, although this might change in the future. Unselected Earth's ecosystem services simply cannot be given an economic value, despite valiant efforts. What conclusions can we draw about the effects of policies geared towards environmental protection on a nation's economy