Boris Sakschewski

Feb 14, 2024 | nature.com | Bernardo Flores |Encarni Montoya |Boris Sakschewski |Nathália Nascimento |Arie Staal |Richard A. Betts | +8 more

AbstractThe possibility that the Amazon forest system could soon reach a tipping point, inducing large-scale collapse, has raised global concern1,2,3. For 65 million years, Amazonian forests remained relatively resilient to climatic variability. Now, the region is increasingly exposed to unprecedented stress from warming temperatures, extreme droughts, deforestation and fires, even in central and remote parts of the system1.

May 31, 2023 | nature.com | Johan Rockström |Joyeeta Gupta |Steven J. Lade |Jesse F. Abrams |Lauren S. Andersen |Xuemei Bennink Bai | +27 more

AbstractThe stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably linked1,2,3, yet their interdependencies are generally under-recognized; consequently, they are often treated independently4,5. Here, we use modelling and literature assessment to quantify safe and just Earth system boundaries (ESBs) for climate, the biosphere, water and nutrient cycles, and aerosols at global and subglobal scales.