Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience of the Earth system.1 The framework quantifies safe boundary levels for ...

The Planetary Boundaries framework is a pivotal tool for tackling the climate crisis and safeguarding humanity’s future on Earth. For the first time, the full story of the Planetary Boundaries ...

On another worrying note, scientists found the planet is close to breaching a seventh planetary boundary: ocean acidification. In its first edition, a report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate ...

The Planetary Health Check, launched by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research on Sept. 24, fulfills this role by monitoring all nine planetary boundary processes and providing decision ...

Central Asia’s land, water, and ecosystems face extreme pressure from farming, population growth, and pollution.

A new study delivers a stark warning that Central Asia has overshot its environmental safety limits concerning land footprint ...

EAT and The Lancet are preparing to launch the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission, which will provide a major scientific update to ...

Although the paper cites recent writing that questions economic orthodoxy, the founder of planetary boundaries research, Johan Rockström, says the world “cannot wait for a completely new ...

Planetary boundaries outline how far past pre-industrial conditions Earth can get before anthropogenic activity has detrimental effects on the environment. While we have been dangerously close to ...

First introduced in 2009, the Planetary Boundary (PB) concept identifies nine unique thresholds that could spell disaster if humanity crosses them. While climate change is one of the nine ...

Researchers have found that ocean acidification entered a "danger zone" in 2020, suggesting increased carbon dioxide levels ...

Scientists have warned that the planet crossed the global boundary for ocean acidification around the year 2020, according to a new study.