Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere

C Folke, S Polasky, J Rockström, V Galaz, F Westley… - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
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 …

Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), green alternatives to petroleum-based plastics: a review

AZ Naser, I Deiab, BM Darras - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In spite of the fact that petroleum-based plastics are convenient in terms of fulfilling the
performance requirements of many applications, they contribute significantly to a number of …

Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries

K Richardson, W Steffen, W Lucht, J Bendtsen… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
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 …

Evasion of tipping in complex systems through spatial pattern formation

M Rietkerk, R Bastiaansen, S Banerjee… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND In the Anthropocene, there is a need to better understand the catastrophic
effects that climate and land-use change may have on ecosystems, Earth system …

Circular economy, degrowth and green growth as pathways for research on sustainable development goals: A global analysis and future agenda

LJ Belmonte-Ureña, JA Plaza-Úbeda… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Using bibliometric techniques, we evaluate the contribution of current academic research to
the advancement of sustainable development agenda as expressed in the UN Sustainable …

Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers

S Willcock, GS Cooper, J Addy, JA Dearing - Nature Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
A major concern for the world's ecosystems is the possibility of collapse, where landscapes
and the societies they support change abruptly. Accelerating stress levels, increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Sufficiency: A systematic literature review

J Jungell-Michelsson, P Heikkurinen - Ecological Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
The making of sustainable economies calls for sufficiency in production and consumption.
The discussion, however, lacks a shared understanding on what it means to operationalize …

The projected timing of abrupt ecological disruption from climate change

CH Trisos, C Merow, AL Pigot - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
As anthropogenic climate change continues the risks to biodiversity will increase over time,
with future projections indicating that a potentially catastrophic loss of global biodiversity is …

Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

W Willett, J Rockström, B Loken, M Springmann… - The lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support
environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both. Providing a …

Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

MA Tucker, K Böhning-Gaese, WF Fagan, JM Fryxell… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the
effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across …