Earth Science - SDG Academy Library

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Welcome to the Anthropocene

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There is rising scientific evidence that humanity has now entered a new era that is defined as the Anthropocene, in which humanity is shaping the entire biosphere in a…

The Quadruple Squeeze

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The Quadruple Squeeze

From SDG Academy

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The planetary squeeze, or the driving forces that explain why we’ve ended up with rising environmental risks, originate from four different areas: population…

Social and Economic Importance of Terrestrial…

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Social and Economic Importance of Terrestrial…

Social and Economic Importance of Terrestrial Ecosystems

From SDG Academy

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Terrestrial ecosystems are important for social and economic reasons through both their products – such as timber, fruits, etc. – and their services –…

How SDG 15 Links With Other SDGs

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How SDG 15 Links With Other SDGs

From SDG Academy

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Sustainable Development means precisely the interconnection of economic, social, and environmental objectives. Therefore, it is important to try to achieve all of the…

Ecosystem Degradation

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Ecosystem Degradation

From SDG Academy

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The Amazon has seen a fair amount of environmental degradation and humans have been degrading the environment since the use of fire. Thomas Lovejoy argues that we need…

Social-Ecological Systems

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Social-Ecological Systems

From SDG Academy

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Professor Carl Folke discusses a social-ecological system approach, in which people are looked at as being part of, and changing, the planet, in addition to being…

Justification for Planetary Boundary Selection

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Justification for Planetary Boundary Selection

From SDG Academy

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A planetary boundary process is an environmental process that is part of the Earth's regulatory system, helping it to remain in our current desired state of the…

Cities: Challenges and Opportunities

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Cities: Challenges and Opportunities

From SDG Academy

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This chapter is about the challenges and opportunities that urban centers face. Urban centers are expanding beyond traditional urban boundaries in a process called urban…

The Great Acceleration

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The Great Acceleration

From SDG Academy

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We are now a big world on a small planet. The Great Acceleration starts with the expansion of human exploitation of the world, seen in urbanization, land-use…

Introduction to SDG 15

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Introduction to SDG 15

From SDG Academy

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This chapter provides an overview of the nine targets associated with SDG 15, which relates to terrestrial ecosystems or Life on Land. The targets focus on: preserving…

Aerosol Loading

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Aerosol Loading

From SDG Academy

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This chapter explains the concern about atmospheric aerosols, which are liquid droplets or particles that are suspended in the atmosphere. They absorb and reflect light,…

Interference with Global Nitrogen and Phosphorous…

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Interference with Global Nitrogen and Phosphorous…

Interference with Global Nitrogen and Phosphorous Cycles

From SDG Academy

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This chapter discusses human impacts on the global nitrogen and phosphorus cycles that link the living and non-living parts of the Earth system. These chemical…

Valuing Ecosystem Services

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Valuing Ecosystem Services

From SDG Academy

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Ecosystem services can be divided among those that are provisioning; those that produce market goods that are consumed by human beings; those that regulate the provision…

Social Foundations for Planetary Boundaries

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Social Foundations for Planetary Boundaries

From SDG Academy

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This chapter discusses the social foundations for the planetary boundaries. This goes back to the Brundtland Report of 1987, which defined sustainability as a…

Quantification of the Nine Planetary Boundaries

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Quantification of the Nine Planetary Boundaries

From SDG Academy

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Challenges arise when trying to define quantitatively the boundary position for each global process. First, a control variable is identified as a parameter that…

Introducing the Planetary Boundaries Framework

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Introducing the Planetary Boundaries Framework

From SDG Academy

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This chapter explores the origins of the planetary boundaries, which comes from the recognition that we’ve entered the Anthropocene and that the exponential…

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