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 (DIR) Post #AWHebDfGpoFbJ26nzc by ariadne@climatejustice.social
       2023-06-01T09:10:19Z
       
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       New paper in the journal Nature well worth a read. "Safe and just Earth system boundaries" (#Nature, 31. May 2023, Rockström, Gupta, Kin, Lade et al.) 7 out of 8 Earth System Boundaries (ESBs) are already in the unsafe, out-of-bounds zone, and have already crossed the "red line" (see attached figure). The #climate has not yet crossed the red line, but is getting very close, of course."#Humanity is well into the #Anthropocene, the proposed new geological epoch where human pressures have put the #Earth system on a trajectory moving rapidly away from the stable #Holocene state of the past 12,000 years, which is the only state of the Earth system we have evidence of being able to support the world as we know it. These rapid changes to the Earth system undermine critical life-support systems with significant societal impacts already felt, and they could lead to triggering tipping points that irreversibly destabilize the Earth system. These changes are mostly driven by social and economic systems run on unsustainable resource extraction and consumption. Contributions to Earth system change and the consequences of its impacts vary greatly among social groups and countries. Given these interdependencies between inclusive human development and a stable and resilient Earth system an assessment of safe and just boundaries is required that accounts for Earth system resilience and human well-being in an integrated framework."#GlobalWarming #Climate #ClimateCrisis #Klima #Klimakrise #EarthSystems #Earth #Planet #Ecosystems #Water #Groundwater  #PlanetarySystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06083-8
       
 (DIR) Post #AWHebFHwnUmaLHDCuu by joseph11lim@mastodon.social
       2023-06-02T14:19:30Z
       
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       @ariadne "“This is a compelling & provocative paper – scientifically sound in methodology & important for identifying the dimensions in which the planet is nearing the edge of boundaries that would launch us into irreversible states,” Indy Burke, dean Yale School of the Environment .. Dr. Lynn Goldman, dean of George Washington University’s public health school, said the study was “kind of bold,” but she wasn’t optimistic that it would result in much action"https://apnews.com/article/earth-environment-climate-change-nature-sick-2dded06915af4645253f5c29abff4794