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- With: BC-CNS-Planetary Boundaries
By Cronkite News Service
Here are nine “planetary boundaries” identified by scientists in a study published in the journal Nature:
_ Climate change
_ Biodiversity loss
_ Nitrogen in the atmosphere and phosphorous in the oceans
_ Stratospheric ozone depletion
_ Ocean acidification
_ Global fresh water use
_ Change in land use
_ Atmosphere aerosol loading
_ Chemical pollution