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 the ...

Scientists have identified nine planetary boundaries that help regulate a livable planet. Human activities have pushed six of those nine critical Earth systems beyond safe limits, threatening the ...

Scientists tracking the health of the planet now say humanity has pushed Earth beyond seven of the nine environmental limits ...

Proportion of current geological resource production exceeding production capacity determined by the regional water availability for the top ten geological resources with the largest volume of water ...

“Monitoring and governing Earth's stability and resilience is no longer optional – it is an urgent necessity to restore Earth’s balance and stay within safe boundaries,“ says Johan Rockström, director ...

A crowd of people gather near a large poster that shows a speech bubble from planet Earth that reads "Help!!" on the occasion of the first Earth Day conservation awareness celebration, New York City, ...

A new scientific assessment reveals that humanity has pushed seven of nine critical planetary boundaries past their safe ...

The planetary boundary layer (PBL) is a critical component of the Earth’s atmosphere, governing the exchange of momentum, heat, moisture and pollutants between the surface and the free atmosphere.

This chart shows the footprints of six environmental indicators and the shares of each global expenditure decile in the total footprints. Bar and doughnut pie chart refer to the per capita footprints ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Land-use change for agriculture and urban development has degraded 15 million square kilometers (5.8 million square miles) of land globally, an ...