{"id":7988,"date":"2015-01-16T09:41:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T14:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/?p=7988"},"modified":"2015-03-24T10:20:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T15:20:09","slug":"more-transgressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2015\/01\/16\/more-transgressions\/","title":{"rendered":"More transgressions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The journal Science<\/em> has just released more news of planetary boundary transgression<\/a>. (This is related to my post from a few days ago<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Specifically, of nine such boundaries connected to\u00a0“processes and systems [that] regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth System,” four have been crossed. Two of these, climate change and biosphere integrity, are considered “core boundaries,” which makes them the kind that, if significantly altered, would “drive the Earth System into a new state.”<\/p>\n

The research, published by an international team led by Will Steffen<\/a>, just came out in Science Express<\/em><\/a> (which publishes\u00a0Science<\/em> articles in advance of their print publication). It’s summarized here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the New York Times’ lead story today is about mass extinction of ocean life<\/a> — yet another boundary being crossed.<\/p>\n

As environmental social scientists know, ecological boundaries are tricky objects to pin down. But one that’s pretty measurable is the boundary at which the crescendoing Greek chorus of scientists passes a certain threshold of audibility. (To those who are listening.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The journal Science has just released more news of planetary boundary transgression. (This is related to my post from a few days ago.) Specifically, of nine such boundaries connected to\u00a0“processes and systems [that] regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth System,” four have been crossed. 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