According to a study that was published in the Science Advances journal, human-induced pollution and devastation of the natural world has led six out of nine planetary boundaries to be breached.
According to a recent study, the blue planet is at risk of experiencing large-scale abrupt or permanent environmental changes as a result of human activity, making it increasingly unsuitable for humans.
According to a study that was published in the Science Advances journal, human-induced pollution and devastation of the natural world has led six out of nine planetary boundaries to be breached.
Scientists have created a framework called the planetary boundaries that will allow mankind to progress and flourish for many centuries.
A group of 29 eminent scientists from around the world initially proposed these nine planetary boundaries in 2009.
The following nine planetary limits are:
Ecosystem integrity
Changing weather
Freshwater alterations
Acidification of the sea
Loss of stratospheric ozone
Loading of atmospheric aerosols
Land system modification
the introduction of novel substances like nuclear waste and synthetic compounds.
biogeochemical fluxes, like the flow of nitrogen through the world’s element cycles.
Six of these restrictions have been broken. Biosphere integrity, climate change, freshwater alterations, land system changes, the introduction of novel organisms like synthetic chemicals and nuclear waste, and biogeochemical movements like nitrogen moving through the world’s element cycles are some of these issues.
Johan Rockstrom, head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany and research co-author, said, “We are in really serious shape.
In this investigation, we demonstrate that the Earth is deteriorating and is in poor health.
The study’s researchers said on Wednesday (Sept. 13) that they had revised the list from 2015 and had added a sixth component to the dangerous category.
According to Rockstrom, the deteriorating river run-off, improved measurements, and increased awareness of the issue caused the water to move from the “barely safe” to the “out-of-bounds” category.
He said that nine factors have been “scientifically well established” by multiple outside investigations, and that these boundaries “determine the fate of the planet”.
“Earth may be relatively safe if it can control these nine things. But it isn’t,” he argued.
According to him, the globe could be getting closer to actual tipping points and the 1.5C climate goal may no longer be achievable.
The study’s analysis of 2,000 studies revealed that some planetary boundaries have long before been crossed.
The scientists concluded that six of the nine boundaries have been crossed, indicating that Earth is now well outside the region that is safe for mankind to operate in.