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A team of global scientists assessed that seven of nine so-called “planetary boundaries” — processes that regulate Earth’s stability, resilience and ability to sustain life — had now been crossed.

Climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, freshwater depletion, overuse of agricultural fertilisers, and the release of artificial chemicals and plastics into the environment were all already deep in the red.

In their new report, the scientists said all seven were “showing trends of increasing pressure — suggesting further deterioration and destabilisation of planetary health in the near future."

(Report can be found at https://www.planetaryhealthcheck.org/)

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 4 hours ago

that title is missing more and again.

[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 22 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

But what about economic growth rates and the next quarterly profit numbers for my widget company? Do you know how upset the shareholders will be if we don't hit those!?

Priorities people!

[–] F_State@midwest.social 5 points 11 hours ago

My life fades. The vision dims. All that remains are memories. I remember a time of chaos. Ruined dreams, this wasted land. But most of all, I remember The Road Warrior. The man we called Max. To understand who he was, you have to go back to another time... when the world was powered by the black fuel and the desert sprouted great cities of pipe and steel.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I opened this article thinking it was gonna be something cool about space travel 🥲

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Self-preservation is a powerful motivator, could get us into space faster if we don't kill us all first.

[–] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 19 hours ago

It's much too late for that.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago

Given the one company that has made the most headway with that is SpaceX, I’ll take my chances right here on earth.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 33 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Only if you want to live...

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I guess you better come with me, then. Also, I need your boots, your clothes, and your motorcycle.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 9 hours ago

And don't forget the most important item of all: sunglasses! 😎

[–] engene@lemmy.ca 6 points 18 hours ago

We deserve this! We listen to fascist dictators set to destroy our planet over scientists trying to make our world a better place. What did you think would happen!?

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Apologies for being an american late to the party; but how can these boundaries be principled? Why are there only 9? I notice that the 2 we haven't crossed are crises that globalization more-or-less addressed a long while ago (CFCs?). Why is the global report supported by exactly 2 organizations (both of which are new to me; though I see that they claim large staffs).

[–] 211@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 hours ago

According to Wikipedia, the planetary boundaries -concept has been around since 2009, with some renaming and one variable change ("chemical pollution" to "novel entities". The original Nature (feature) paper that I dug up doesn't describe the methodology, but that it hasn't faced major criticism so far would suggest it's pretty valid for the kind of tool that it is.

[–] chiocciola@lemmy.cafe 3 points 17 hours ago

Clearly we need more boundaries. Then only a few of them will be crossed. Checkmate, Mother Earth.

C'mon guys! I bet we can cross those last two in no time with minimal effort and some people will be rich...ooh goody!