A safe operating space for humanity

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2009
Authors:J. Rockstrom, Steffen, W., Noone, K., Persson, A., F. Chapin, S., Lambin, E. F., Lenton, T. M., Scheffer, M., Folke, C., Schellnhuber, H. J., Nykvist, B., de Wit, C. A., Hughes, T., van der Leeuw, S., Rodhe, H., Sorlin, S., Snyder, P. K., Costanza, R., Svedin, U., Falkenmark, M., Karlberg, L., Corell, R. W., Fabry, V. J., Hansen, J., Walker, B., Liverman, D., Richardson, K., Crutzen, P., Foley, J. A.
Journal:Nature
Volume:461
Pagination:472–475
Date Published:September
ISSN:0028-0836
Keywords:biodiversity, conservation, course, ecology, tippingpoints
Abstract:

Identifying and quantifying planetary boundaries that must not be transgressed could help prevent human activities from causing unacceptable environmental change, argue Johan Rockström and colleagues.

URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/461472a
DOI:10.1038/461472a
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