Why sponge planet? Discussions on land-based, water-driven solutions

The recent Nature Water article, “To Solve Climate Change, We Need to Restore Our Sponge Planet,” by Kongjian Yu, Erica Gies, and Warren W. Wood, makes a compelling case for recalibrating climate strategies to prioritize the water cycle alongside reducing carbon emissions. The authors highlight how...

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Autores principales: Spirn, Anne Whiston, Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim, Daigger, Glen T., Fu, Jun, Childs, Peter, Sedlak, David, Head, Peter, Ravasi, Timothy, de Meulder, Bruno, Shannon, Kelly, Dultzin, Daniel, Sosa, Fabiola, Kay, Arthur, da Rocha, Humberto R., Chou, Sin Chan, Buckeridge, Marcos, Nobre, Carlos A., Yokohari, Makoto, Xie, Shang-Ping, Ashraf, Kazi Khaleed, Strzepek, Kenneth M., Montalto, Franco
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Higher Education Press 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177084
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Sumario:The recent Nature Water article, “To Solve Climate Change, We Need to Restore Our Sponge Planet,” by Kongjian Yu, Erica Gies, and Warren W. Wood, makes a compelling case for recalibrating climate strategies to prioritize the water cycle alongside reducing carbon emissions. The authors highlight how human activities—agriculture, urbanization, and industrialization—have degraded 75% of the earth’s land, severely disrupting natural water systems. This degradation diminishes the planet’s capacity to regulate temperature through water vapor, cloud formation, and the hydrological cycle, further accelerating climate instability.