The world’s oceans are changing fast—losing light, growing more acidic, and drowning in plastic. Scientists warn these shifts ...

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

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

Ocean acidification, a key indicator of planetary health, has exceeded safety thresholds on a global scale, according to a ...

An analysis of Hawaii’s volcanic rocks revealed Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, a study found.

This surpassed planetary boundary directly impacts seven others ... The stratospheric ozone layer that protects all life on Earth from the sun’s radiation is expected to completely recover ...

FARGO — There is a layer of air from the ground up to a few hundred feet called the planetary boundary layer. The boundary layer is heated by the convection of heat from the ground after the ...

The two planetary boundary processes stratospheric ozone depletion (the loss of the ozone layer due to chemicals like CFCs) and atmospheric aerosol loading (primarily driven by the incomplete ...

The Earth is dangerously close to breaching its seventh planetary boundary, with ocean acidification ... ocean acidification, ozone layer depletion, atmospheric aerosol loading, and the ...

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First introduced in 2009, the Planetary Boundary (PB) concept identifies nine ... This hinders the exchange of the oxygen-poor deep layers with the oxygen-rich surface water.