Planetary boundaries outline how far past pre-industrial conditions Earth can get before anthropogenic activity has detrimental effects on the environment. While we have been dangerously close to the ...

Earth's vital limits are shattering. Humanity has now crossed seven of nine planetary boundaries, thrusting societies into ...

Chief strategy officer Tim Weaver explains the critical role soil plays not just in crop production but across boardrooms and ...

Climate-driven health risks could cost the global economy $1.5 trillion in lost productivity by 2050, according to WEF.

A crowd of people gather near a large poster that shows a speech bubble from planet Earth that reads "Help!!" on the occasion of the first Earth Day conservation awareness celebration, New York City, ...

You’re the product of stability on a planetary scale. Around 12,000 years ago, Earth warmed from an ice age into the relatively consistent climate that allowed humans to adopt agriculture, literally ...

Our planet is sick, and its life-threatening symptoms are getting worse, a new report warns. Earth has been pushed past multiple physical and chemical boundaries crucial for keeping the world a ...

Land degradation undermining Earth’s capacity to sustain humanity; Failure to reverse it will pose challenges for generations; 7 of 9 planetary boundaries are negatively impacted by unsustainable land ...

“Monitoring and governing Earth's stability and resilience is no longer optional – it is an urgent necessity to restore Earth’s balance and stay within safe boundaries,“ says Johan Rockström, director ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Land-use change for agriculture and urban development has degraded 15 million square kilometers (5.8 million square miles) of land globally, an ...