I really do not think the concept of “planetary boundaries” is very useful. If it is true that we have exceeded 6 of the 9 planetary boundaries and nothing catastrophic has occurred, that seems to disprove that they are, in fact, boundaries.
I agree, and as I complained about in the piece, the paper is silent on what the actual consequences are of exceeding the boundaries. Perhaps because the consequences really aren't all that dire, but I don't want to speculate too much.
Interesting article.
I really do not think the concept of “planetary boundaries” is very useful. If it is true that we have exceeded 6 of the 9 planetary boundaries and nothing catastrophic has occurred, that seems to disprove that they are, in fact, boundaries.
I agree, and as I complained about in the piece, the paper is silent on what the actual consequences are of exceeding the boundaries. Perhaps because the consequences really aren't all that dire, but I don't want to speculate too much.