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Planetary health check
A scientific assessment of the state of the planet
Tim Beringer, Johanna Braun, Donovan Dennis, Dieter Gerten, Adrian Heilemann, Jonas Kaiser, Niklas H. Kitzmann, Sina Loriani, Wolfgang Lucht, Josef Ludescher, Maria Martin, Sabine Mathesius, Anja Paolucci, Sofie te Wierik, Johan Rockström
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Biodiversity conservation
Environmental impacts
Ocean acidification
Climate change
Global environmental change
Description
This inaugural annual report monitors Earth's stability, resilience, and life-support functions, which is referred to as 'planetary health'.
The report's ongoing framework includes nine planetary boundaries (PB) processes and systems that scientifically are proven to regulate the health of our planet. Each of these processes, such as climate change or ocean acidification, is currently quantified by one or two different control variables.
The report reveals that six out of nine PB processes have breached the safe levels, with all six showing trends of increasing pressure in all control variables, suggesting further boundary transgression in the near future.
Planetary boundaries
- Climate change
- Change in biosphere integrity
- Land system change
- Freshwater change
- Modification of biogeochemical flows
- Ocean acidification
- Increase in atmospheric aerosol loading
- Stratospheric ozone depletion
- Introduction of novel entities
Publication Details
Copyright:
Planetary Boundaries Science 2024
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
25 Sep 2024
