It is hypothesized that environmental contamination by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) defines a separate planetary boundary and that this boundary has been exceeded …

Green water—terrestrial precipitation, evaporation and soil moisture—is fundamental to
Earth system dynamics and is now extensively perturbed by human pressures at continental …

This planetary boundaries framework update finds that six of the nine boundaries are
transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for …

The stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably
linked,–, yet their interdependencies are generally under-recognized; consequently, they …

Recent decades have seen a rise in the use of physics methods to study different societal
phenomena. This development has been due to physicists venturing outside of their …

Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution—the triple planetary crisis—increasingly
threaten the Earth system, necessitating tools such as life-cycle assessment (LCA) that can …

Blockchain technology has been forwarded as an innovation to address pressing
sustainability challenges in global food supply chains. However, limited studies have …

Excessive agricultural nitrogen use causes environmental problems globally, to an extent
that it has been suggested that a safe planetary boundary has been exceeded. Earlier …

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized
world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding …

Anthropogenic carbon emissions have the potential to trigger changes in climate and
ecosystems that would be catastrophic for the well-being of humans and other species …