Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene
Will Steffen, Johan Rockström, Katherine Richardson, and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
The paper proposes that reinforcing feedbacks could push the earth system toward a planetary threshold past which lies an irreversible “Hothouse Earth” scenario that catastrophically disrupts ecosystems, societies, and economies….
Staving Off the Coming Global Collapse
William E. Rees
William E. Rees asserts that humanity is heading to a critical ecological situation that diminishes the prospect of continued civilized existence, and considers why, despite the magnitude of the threat,…