Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries

We explore the role of agriculture in destabilizing the Earth system at the planetary scale, through examining nine planetary boundaries, or “safe limits”: land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows, biosphere integrity, climate change, ocean acidification, stratospheric ozone depletio...

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Autores principales: Campbell, Bruce M., Beare, Douglas J., Bennett, Elena M., Hall-Spencer, Jason M., Ingram, John S.I., Jaramillo, Fernando, Ortíz, R., Ramankutty, Navin, Sayer, Jeffrey A., Shindell, Drew
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Resilience Alliance, Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88983
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author Campbell, Bruce M.
Beare, Douglas J.
Bennett, Elena M.
Hall-Spencer, Jason M.
Ingram, John S.I.
Jaramillo, Fernando
Ortíz, R.
Ramankutty, Navin
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
Shindell, Drew
author_browse Beare, Douglas J.
Bennett, Elena M.
Campbell, Bruce M.
Hall-Spencer, Jason M.
Ingram, John S.I.
Jaramillo, Fernando
Ortíz, R.
Ramankutty, Navin
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
Shindell, Drew
author_facet Campbell, Bruce M.
Beare, Douglas J.
Bennett, Elena M.
Hall-Spencer, Jason M.
Ingram, John S.I.
Jaramillo, Fernando
Ortíz, R.
Ramankutty, Navin
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
Shindell, Drew
author_sort Campbell, Bruce M.
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description We explore the role of agriculture in destabilizing the Earth system at the planetary scale, through examining nine planetary boundaries, or “safe limits”: land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows, biosphere integrity, climate change, ocean acidification, stratospheric ozone depletion, atmospheric aerosol loading, and introduction of novel entities. Two planetary boundaries have been fully transgressed, i.e., are at high risk, biosphere integrity and biogeochemical flows, and agriculture has been the major driver of the transgression. Three are in a zone of uncertainty i.e., at increasing risk, with agriculture the major driver of two of those, land-system change and freshwater use, and a significant contributor to the third, climate change. Agriculture is also a significant or major contributor to change for many of those planetary boundaries still in the safe zone. To reduce the role of agriculture in transgressing planetary boundaries, many interventions will be needed, including those in broader food systems.
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spelling CGSpace889832025-11-12T05:58:26Z Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries Campbell, Bruce M. Beare, Douglas J. Bennett, Elena M. Hall-Spencer, Jason M. Ingram, John S.I. Jaramillo, Fernando Ortíz, R. Ramankutty, Navin Sayer, Jeffrey A. Shindell, Drew food security climate change agriculture aerosols biogeochemical cycles pollution freshwater nitrogen oceans acidification ozone depletion phosphorus We explore the role of agriculture in destabilizing the Earth system at the planetary scale, through examining nine planetary boundaries, or “safe limits”: land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows, biosphere integrity, climate change, ocean acidification, stratospheric ozone depletion, atmospheric aerosol loading, and introduction of novel entities. Two planetary boundaries have been fully transgressed, i.e., are at high risk, biosphere integrity and biogeochemical flows, and agriculture has been the major driver of the transgression. Three are in a zone of uncertainty i.e., at increasing risk, with agriculture the major driver of two of those, land-system change and freshwater use, and a significant contributor to the third, climate change. Agriculture is also a significant or major contributor to change for many of those planetary boundaries still in the safe zone. To reduce the role of agriculture in transgressing planetary boundaries, many interventions will be needed, including those in broader food systems. 2017-10-13 2017-10-13T11:09:14Z 2017-10-13T11:09:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88983 en Open Access application/pdf Resilience Alliance, Inc. Campbell BM, Beare DJ, Bennet EM, Hall-Spencer JM, Ingram JSI, Jaramillo F, Ortiz R, Ramakutty N, Sayer JA, Shindell D. 2017. Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries. Ecology and Society 22(4):8.
spellingShingle food security
climate change
agriculture
aerosols
biogeochemical cycles
pollution
freshwater
nitrogen
oceans
acidification
ozone depletion
phosphorus
Campbell, Bruce M.
Beare, Douglas J.
Bennett, Elena M.
Hall-Spencer, Jason M.
Ingram, John S.I.
Jaramillo, Fernando
Ortíz, R.
Ramankutty, Navin
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
Shindell, Drew
Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
title Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
title_full Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
title_fullStr Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
title_full_unstemmed Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
title_short Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
title_sort agriculture production as a major driver of the earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
topic food security
climate change
agriculture
aerosols
biogeochemical cycles
pollution
freshwater
nitrogen
oceans
acidification
ozone depletion
phosphorus
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88983
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