A safe operating space for humanity

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7263, 2009, Pages 472-475

  Rockström, Johan ^a,b   Steffen, Will ^a,c   Noone, Kevin ^a   Persson, Åsa ^a,b   Chapin, F Stuart ^d   Lambin, Eric F ^e   Lenton, Timothy M ^f   Scheffer, Marten ^g   Folke, Carl ^a,h   Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim ^i,j   Nykvist, Björn ^a,b   De Wit, Cynthia A ^a   Hughes, Terry ^k   Van Der Leeuw, Sander ^l   Rodhe, Henning ^a   Sörlin, Sverker ^a,m   Snyder, Peter K ⁿ   Costanza, Robert ^a,o   Svedin, Uno ^a   Falkenmark, Malin ^a,p   Karlberg, Louise ^a,b   Corell, Robert W ^q   Fabry, Victoria J ^r   Hansen, James ^s   Walker, Brian ^a,t   Liverman, Diana ^j,u   Richardson, Katherine ^v   Crutzen, Paul ^w   Foley, Jonathan A ⁿ   more..

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

ⁱ POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^p Stockholm International Water Institute   (Sweden)

^q H John Heinz III Center for Science   (United States)

^r CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^t CSIRO   (Australia)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^v Faculty for Natural Sciences   (Denmark)

^w MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; FRESH WATER; WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE COVER; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TRANSGRESSION;

ACIDIFICATION; AEROSOL; AGRICULTURE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND USE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEA; SHORT SURVEY; SPACE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STRATOSPHERE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CIVILIZATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EARTH (PLANET); ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 70349451894     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/461472a     Document Type: Short Survey

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