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Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries

📅 Published: September 13, 2023 👤 Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen, Wolfgang Lucht et al. 📖 Science Advances 📊 2,789 citations
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This planetary boundaries framework update finds that six of the nine boundaries are transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for humanity. This boundary is also transgressed.

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Key Findings
  • 1 Ocean acidification is close to being breached, while aerosol loading regionally exceeds the boundary.
  • 2 Stratospheric ozone levels have slightly recovered.
  • 3 The transgression level has increased for all boundaries earlier identified as overstepped.
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Article Details
Source OpenAlex
Category ∑ Mathematics
Published Sep 13, 2023
Journal Science Advances
DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adh2458
Citations 2,789
Authors Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen, Wolfgang Lucht, Jørgen Bendtsen, Sarah Cornell