Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

被引:6535
作者
Steffen, Will [1 ,2 ]
Richardson, Katherine [3 ]
Rockstrom, Johan [1 ]
Cornell, Sarah E. [1 ]
Fetzer, Ingo [1 ]
Bennett, Elena M. [4 ,5 ]
Biggs, Reinette [1 ,6 ]
Carpenter, Stephen R. [7 ]
de Vries, Wim [8 ,9 ]
de Wit, Cynthia A. [10 ]
Folke, Carl [1 ,11 ]
Gerten, Dieter [12 ]
Heinke, Jens [12 ,13 ,14 ]
Mace, Georgina M. [15 ]
Persson, Linn M. [16 ]
Ramanathan, Veerabhadran [17 ,18 ]
Reyers, Belinda [1 ,19 ]
Sorlin, Sverker [20 ]
机构
[1] Stockholm Univ, Stockholm Resilience Ctr, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[2] Australian Natl Univ, Fenner Sch Environm & Soc, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
[3] Univ Copenhagen, Nat Hist Museum Denmark, Ctr Macroecol Evolut & Climate, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
[4] McGill Univ, Dept Nat Resource Sci, Ste Anne De Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9, Canada
[5] McGill Univ, McGill Sch Environm, Ste Anne De Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9, Canada
[6] Univ Stellenbosch, Ctr Studies Complex, ZA-7602 Stellenbosch, South Africa
[7] Univ Wisconsin, Ctr Limnol, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[8] Alterra Wageningen Univ & Res Ctr, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
[9] Wageningen Univ, Environm Syst Anal Grp, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
[10] Stockholm Univ, Dept Environm Sci & Analyt Chem, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[11] Royal Swedish Acad Sci, Beijer Inst Ecol Econ, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden
[12] Potsdam Inst Climate Impact Res PIK, Res Domain Earth Syst Anal, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
[13] Int Livestock Res Inst, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
[14] CSIRO, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia
[15] UCL, CBER, Dept Genet Evolut & Environm, London WC1E 6BT, England
[16] Stockholm Environm Inst, SE-10451 Stockholm, Sweden
[17] Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
[18] TERI Energy & Resources Inst Univ, Delhi 110070, India
[19] CSIR, ZA-7599 Stellenbosch, South Africa
[20] KTH Royal Inst Technol, Div Hist Sci Technol & Environm, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
基金
瑞典研究理事会; 美国国家科学基金会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
EARLY-WARNING SIGNALS; SAFE OPERATING SPACE; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; NITROGEN; CLIMATE; WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEMS; CHEMICALS;
D O I
10.1126/science.1259855
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The planetary boundaries framework defines a safe operating space for humanity based on the intrinsic biophysical processes that regulate the stability of the Earth system. Here, we revise and update the planetary boundary framework, with a focus on the underpinning biophysical science, based on targeted input from expert research communities and on more general scientific advances over the past 5 years. Several of the boundaries now have a two-tier approach, reflecting the importance of cross-scale interactions and the regional-level heterogeneity of the processes that underpin the boundaries. Two core boundaries-climate change and biosphere integrity-have been identified, each of which has the potential on its own to drive the Earth system into a new state should they be substantially and persistently transgressed.
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