SUSTAINABILITY. Comment on "Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet"

Fernando Jaramillo; Georgia Destouni

doi:10.1126/science.aaa9629

SUSTAINABILITY. Comment on "Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet"

Science. 2015 Jun 12;348(6240):1217. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa9629. Epub 2015 Jun 11.

Authors

Fernando Jaramillo¹, Georgia Destouni²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden. Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden. fernando.jaramillo@natgeo.su.se.
² Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden. Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 26068843
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa9629

Abstract

Steffen et al. (Research Articles, 13 February 2015, p. 736) recently assessed current global freshwater use, finding it to be well below a corresponding planetary boundary. However, they ignored recent scientific advances implying that the global consumptive use of freshwater may have already crossed the associated planetary boundary.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Biological Evolution*
Climate Change*
Earth, Planet*
Humans
Ozone Depletion*