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Exceeding Functional Biosphere Integrity Limits: Study Finds 60% of the World's Land Area Is in a Precarious State
Human activities like agriculture have pushed 38% of global land into a high-risk zone for ecosystem changes, according to a study led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
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Global Study Maps 60% Of Earth's Land As Beyond Local Ecological Limits
More than half of Earth’s land surface has pushed past what scientists call local ecological boundaries, or limits that help keep our planet’s life-support systems stable. The post Global Study Maps 60% Of Earth’s Land As Beyond Local Ecological Limits appeared first on Study Finds.
Exceeding functional biosphere integrity limits: Study finds 60% of the world's land area is in a precarious state
A new study maps the planetary boundary of "functional biosphere integrity" in spatial detail and over centuries. It finds that 60% of global land areas are now already outside the locally defined safe zone, and 38% are even in the high-risk zone.
A new study maps spatially in detail and over centuries the planetary stress limit of the "functional integrity of the biosphere."
This is shown by an analysis with Austrian participation in the magazine "One Earth".
All life on Earth depends on an intact biosphere. The ecosystems of our world ensure that the conditions on our planet remain stable: plants convert CO2 into biomass during photosynthesis, which feeds humans and animals. However, we humans extract so much biomass from nature that the finely balanced system [...] The contribution Biosphere at the stress limit first appeared on wissenschaft.de.
60% of the world’s land area is in a precarious state - Study - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy
A new study maps the planetary boundary of “functional biosphere integrity” in spatial detail and over centuries. It finds that 60 percent of global land areas are now already outside the locally defined safe zone, and 38 percent are even in the high-risk zone. The study was led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) together with BOKU University in Vienna and published in the renowned journal One Earth. Biosphere Functional…
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