Climate Change Sends Most Indicators of Earth’s Health Into Danger Zone
Scientists find the planet has breached six out of nine boundaries used to determine a safe space for human life.
Floods left a trail of devastation across Greece and Turkey in September, while Paris and London are baking under an autumnal heat wave.
Photographer: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/BloombergFrom dangerously warm temperatures to vast species extinctions, humans are living on a planet that is becoming inhospitable — with only three key health markers considered safe, according to a new scientific study.
Researchers have run a full fitness examination on Earth by analyzing nine boundaries that define a safe operating space for humanity. Six out of these have been crossed so far and pressure on all of them is increasing, according to a research paper published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.