Climate change and health in the Anthropocene
Article by environmental researcher Ulrich Pöschl on humanity's responsibility and ability to avoid degrading or even losing its livelihood.
In a recent editorial of the Deutsches Klima Konsortium (DKK), MPIC Director Ulrich Pöschl explores the topic of climate change and health in the Anthropocene. Is humankind pushing the Earth system towards collapse?
View of the Earth from space: Through land use, interventions in biodiversity and global material cycles (carbon, nitrogen, etc.), increases in greenhouse gas concentrations, and global warming, humankind is influencing the entire planet with the exception of the Earth's interior - from the land surface to the biosphere and atmosphere to the oceans and deep sea.
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His conclusion also serves as an appeal: "We have the ability and have already begun to profoundly alter the planet and our environment; so let's strive to do so in the right direction."
Read the full editorial (available in German only) here: http://tinyurl.com/3tzssyr9