Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts

HO Pörtner, RJ Scholes, A Arneth, DKA Barnes… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Earth's biodiversity and human societies face pollution, overconsumption of natural
resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat …

Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions

OJ Schmitz, M Sylvén, TB Atwood, ES Bakker… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural climate solutions are being advanced to arrest climate warming by protecting and
enhancing carbon capture and storage in plants, soils and sediments in ecosystems. These …

Global hotspots for soil nature conservation

CA Guerra, M Berdugo, DJ Eldridge, N Eisenhauer… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Soils are the foundation of all terrestrial ecosystems. However, unlike for plants and animals,
a global assessment of hotspots for soil nature conservation is still lacking. This hampers our …

Map** the irrecoverable carbon in Earth's ecosystems

ML Noon, A Goldstein, JC Ledezma… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires rapid decarbonization and improved
ecosystem stewardship at a planetary scale. The carbon released through the burning of …

Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon

JS Albert, AC Carnaval, SGA Flantua, LG Lohmann… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Amazonian environments are being degraded by modern industrial and agricultural
activities at a pace far above anything previously known, imperiling its vast biodiversity …

Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale

MBJ Harfoot, A Johnston, A Balmford… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The Anthropocene is characterized by unparalleled human impact on other species,
potentially ushering in the sixth mass extinction. Yet mitigation efforts remain hampered by …

Anthropogenic land use and land cover changes—A review on its environmental consequences and climate change

PS Roy, RM Ramachandran, O Paul, PK Thakur… - Journal of the Indian …, 2022 - Springer
The global demand for food and bioenergy changes associated with land use and land
cover change (LULCC) has raised concerns about the environment, global warming, and …

The neglected role of abandoned cropland in supporting both food security and climate change mitigation

Q Zheng, T Ha, AV Prishchepov, Y Zeng, H Yin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the looming land scarcity for agriculture, cropland abandonment is widespread
globally. Abandoned cropland can be reused to support food security and climate change …

A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations

J Gupta, X Bai, DM Liverman, J Rockström… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The health of the planet and its people are at risk. The deterioration of
the global commons—ie, the natural systems that support life on Earth—is exacerbating …

Near-to long-term measures to stabilize global wheat supplies and food security

AR Bentley, J Donovan, K Sonder, F Baudron… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
The Ukraine–Russia war will impact global food security over months if not years. In the
wake of COVID-19 and in the face of increasing climate change, we propose responses to a …