For the first time, an international team of researchers has assessed the impact on the stability of the Earth system of the cocktail of synthetic chemicals and other “novel entities” flooding the ...

A new study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology discusses the updated planetary boundaries framework. In 2009, nine planetary boundaries were identified by researchers, which ...

(CN) — For the first time, researchers have announced the limits that synthetic pollutants can be safely forced into the environment by human hands — and that we’ve already broken through them. In ...

Is the Earth becoming uninhabitable for humans? A new study published in Science Advances on Wednesday suggests that “Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for humanity.” The study ...

Humans are pushing the planet “beyond the limits of a safe operating space” as yet another critical Earth system boundary has been breached. A damning new report reveals the planet’s ocean ...

Catastrophic wildfires in Canada and Europe. Drought in East Africa. Extreme heat waves in the U.S. and the Mediterranean. Torrential rainfall and floods across Libya, Pakistan, India, China, and ...