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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?

Envirotec Magazine

Three are based on what we take from the system: biodiversity loss fresh water land use. And nearly all of us use fossil fuels, plastics, chemicals and products from intensive agriculture. We are still in the green for ozone-depleting chemicals. We teased apart nine processes vital to the Earth system. So how are we doing?

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

These indicators, including but not limited to carbon dioxide, methane, ocean acidification, tropical forest loss, population, GDP, water use, and transportation, have reached the point past natural variation, showing indisputably that the Earth is in a different state than before. .