The results of the planet's first annual physical are alarming. We are deep into the yellow danger zone and rapidly moving towards the red high-risk zone, where risks of permanently damaging life support on earth increase fast.
Six of the nine planetary life-support systems have breached the safe operating zone for human life, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and freshwater overuse.
A patient in critical condition needs regular monitoring. The Planetary Health Check fulfills this role by monitoring all nine planetary boundary processes and providing decision-makers with improved data.
We are rapidly moving closer to breaching the planetary boundary for ocean acidification, mainly due to continued human-caused CO2 emissions, of which more than 25% are being absorbed by the oceans.
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