The earth is beyond “safe operating” limits in six out of nine key areas, damaging its ability to self-regulate and increasing the risk of abrupt and irreversible change due to human activity, according to the latest research.
Describing the planet as “a patient that is unwell”, Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and one of 28 scientists behind the study, said the limits of the nine boundaries would determine its fate.
“We don’t know how long we can keep breaching these key boundaries before combined pressures lead to irreversible change and harm”, Rockström said.
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