Biggs et al (2021) The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems
Reinette Biggs, Alta de Vos, Rika Preiser, Hayley Clements, Kristine Maciejewski, Maja Schlüter (Eds.) (2021), Routledge, London, 526 p. Open access Book: CC BY-NC-ND Publisher’s About the Book: The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems provides a synthetic guide to the range of methods that can be employed in social-ecological systems (SES) research. The book is primarily targeted […]
Rockström et al. (2023) Safe and just Earth system boundaries. Nature 619
Rockström, J., Gupta, J., Qin, D. et al. (2023) Safe and just Earth system boundaries. Nature 619, 102–111. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06083-8 Abstract: The stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably linked, yet their interdependencies are generally under-recognized; consequently, they are often treated independently. Here, we use modelling and literature assessment to quantify safe and just Earth […]
Porkka et al. (2024) Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change. Nature Water
Porkka M. et al. (2024, Nature Water, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00208-7 Abstract: Human actions compromise the many life-supporting functions provided by the freshwater cycle. Yet, scientific understanding of anthropogenic freshwater change and its long-term evolution is limited. Here, using a multi-model ensemble of global hydrological models, we estimate how, over a 145-year industrial period (1861–2005), streamflow and soil […]
Wang-Erlandsson et al. (2022) A planetary boundary for green water. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 3
Wang-Erlandsson et al. (2022), Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3, 380-392, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00287-8 Abstract: Green water — terrestrial precipitation, evaporation and soil moisture — is fundamental to Earth system dynamics and is now extensively perturbed by human pressures at continental to planetary scales. However, green water lacks explicit consideration in the existing planetary boundaries framework that […]
Persson et al. (2022) Outside the Safe Operating Space of the Planetary Boundary for Novel Entities. Environ. Sci. Techn. 56:3
Persson et al. (2022), Environmental Science and Technology, 56, 3, 1510-1521, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04158 Abstract: We submit that the safe operating space of the planetary boundary of novel entities is exceeded since annual production and releases are increasing at a pace that outstrips the global capacity for assessment and monitoring. The novel entities boundary in the planetary […]
Richardson et al. (2023) Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries. Science Advances 9:37
Science Advances, 9, 37, eadh2458, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh2458 Abstract: 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. Ocean acidification is close to being breached, while aerosol loading regionally exceeds the boundary. Stratospheric ozone levels have slightly recovered. […]
Gerten et al. (2015) Response to Comment on “Planetary boundaries: Guiding human deverlopment on a changing planet”. Science 348:1217
Science 348, 6240, p. 1217, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab0031 Abstract: Jaramillo and Destouni claim that freshwater consumption is beyond the planetary boundary, based on high estimates of water cycle components, different definitions of water consumption, and extrapolation from a single case study. The difference from our analysis, based on mainstream assessments of global water consumption, highlights the need […]
Jaramillo and Destouni (2015) Comment on “Planetary Boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet”. Science 348:1217
Science, 348, 6420, p. 1217, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa962 Abstract: Steffen et al. (Research Articles, 13 February 2015, p. 736) recently assessed current global freshwater use, finding it to be well below a corresponding planetary boundary. However, they ignored recent scientific advances implying that the global consumptive use of freshwater may have already crossed the associated planetary boundary.
Steffen et al. (2015) Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet. Science 347:736, 1259855
Science, 347, 6223, p. 736, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1259855 Structured Abstract: INTRODUCTION There is an urgent need for a new paradigm that integrates the continued development of human societies and the maintenance of the Earth system (ES) in a resilient and accommodating state. The planetary boundary (PB) framework contributes to such a paradigm by providing a science-based analysis […]