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View article: Forests support global crop supply through atmospheric moisture transport
Forests support global crop supply through atmospheric moisture transport Open
Anomalous precipitation patterns associated with climate change increasingly threaten global crop supply. Forests, as major moisture source, could potentially buffer these risks, yet their specific role in sustaining agriculture and global…
View article: Research efforts and gaps in the assessment of forest system resilience: A scoping review
Research efforts and gaps in the assessment of forest system resilience: A scoping review Open
This study investigates how the seven core resilience principles are integrated into assessments of forest system resilience to natural or human-induced disturbances across engineering, ecological, and social-ecological resilience concepts…
View article: A global map of Earth system interactions
A global map of Earth system interactions Open
The intricate interplay of the biophysical processes of the Earth system provides the basis for Earth resilience and human well-being. With local anthropogenic pressures increasing in most regions, there has been a growing need for a syste…
View article: LUCATOOv1 – A new land use change allocation tool and its application to the planetary boundary for land system change with the LPJmL model
LUCATOOv1 – A new land use change allocation tool and its application to the planetary boundary for land system change with the LPJmL model Open
Anthropogenic alterations to terrestrial ecosystems resulting from land use transformation and agricultural intensification represent a significant driving force of global environmental change. The planetary boundary for land system change…
View article: Dry periods amplify the Amazon and Congo forests’ rainfall self-reliance
Dry periods amplify the Amazon and Congo forests’ rainfall self-reliance Open
Moisture recycling is an important source of precipitation in the tropical forests of South America and Africa. Moisture is partly recycled from the tropical forests themselves (forest rainfall self-reliance) and is therefore subject to de…
View article: A bottom-up spatial pattern of Earth system interactions
A bottom-up spatial pattern of Earth system interactions Open
The intricate interplay of the Earth system’s biophysical processes provides the basis for Earth resilience and human wellbeing. While this interplay has been systematically studied on a global scale, a better understanding of the su…
View article: Limitations of early warning signals: evaluating the performance of resilience loss detection methods to predict forest die-back events from remote sensing data
Limitations of early warning signals: evaluating the performance of resilience loss detection methods to predict forest die-back events from remote sensing data Open
Terrestrial ecosystems worldwide are under increasing stress due to changing climate and weather regimes, as well as direct anthropogenic influences such as land use changes. The combination of stressors can erode an ecosystem’s abil…
View article: Multi-fold increase in rainforest tipping risk beyond 1.5–2 °C warming
Multi-fold increase in rainforest tipping risk beyond 1.5–2 °C warming Open
Tropical rainforests rely on their root systems to access moisture stored in soil during wet periods for use during dry periods. When this root zone soil moisture is inadequate to sustain a forest ecosystem, they transition to a savanna-li…
View article: Revegetation Impacts on Moisture Recycling and Precipitation Trends in the Chinese Loess Plateau
Revegetation Impacts on Moisture Recycling and Precipitation Trends in the Chinese Loess Plateau Open
The Loess Plateau in China has experienced a remarkable greening trend due to vegetation restoration efforts in recent decades. However, the response of precipitation to this greening remains uncertain. In this study, we identified and eva…
View article: Dataset for the article 'Estimating countries' additional carbon accountability for closing the mitigation gap based on past and future emissions'.
Dataset for the article 'Estimating countries' additional carbon accountability for closing the mitigation gap based on past and future emissions'. Open
Dataset for the article 'Estimating countries’ additional carbon accountability for closing the mitigation gap based on past and future emissions', published in Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54039-x TablesInManuscriptandCa…
View article: Climate change critically affects the status of the land-system change planetary boundary
Climate change critically affects the status of the land-system change planetary boundary Open
The planetary boundaries framework defines a safe operating space for humanity. To date, these boundaries have mostly been investigated separately, and it is unclear whether breaching one boundary can lead to the transgression of another. …
View article: Time to recognize the ecosystem service of vegetation-supplied precipitation in management and governance 
Time to recognize the ecosystem service of vegetation-supplied precipitation in management and governance  Open
Globally, 60% of the evaporation from land returns as precipitation over land and a fifth of annual precipitation over land is directly dependent on the presence of vegetation-supplied moisture. In many regions, particularly in dry seasons…
View article: Global terrestrial ecosystem resilience: a high-resolution multivariate analysis of patterns and drivers
Global terrestrial ecosystem resilience: a high-resolution multivariate analysis of patterns and drivers Open
Natural terrestrial ecosystems in different parts of the world have been losing resilience in the past decades. Such losses of resilience can be the precursors for regime shifts on local or regional scales that can have large impacts on ec…
View article: Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change
Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change Open
Human actions compromise the many life-supporting functions provided by the freshwater cycle. Yet, scientific understanding of anthropogenic freshwater change and its long-term evolution is limited. Here, using a multi-model ensemble of gl…
View article: Data for "Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change"
Data for "Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change" Open
Data repository for: "Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change"
View article: Data for "Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change"
Data for "Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change" Open
Data repository for: "Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change"
View article: African rainforest moisture contribution to continental agricultural water consumption
African rainforest moisture contribution to continental agricultural water consumption Open
Precipitation is essential for food production in Sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 80 % of agriculture is rainfed. Although ∼40 % of precipitation in certain regions is recycled moisture from Africa's tropical rainforest, there needs to…
View article: Fair National Carbon Accountability for past and future emissions
Fair National Carbon Accountability for past and future emissions Open
Quantifying fair national shares of the remaining global carbon budget has proven challenging for the Paris Agreement. Here, we propose a new indicator – Fair National Carbon Accountability – that quantifies countries’ responsibility for m…
View article: Dataset for 'Fair National Carbon Accountability for past and future emissions'
Dataset for 'Fair National Carbon Accountability for past and future emissions' Open
Dataset for the article 'Fair National Carbon Accountability for past and future emissions'.
View article: Going beyond carbon: An "Earth system impact" score to better capture corporate and investment impacts on the earth system
Going beyond carbon: An "Earth system impact" score to better capture corporate and investment impacts on the earth system Open
Corporations are responsible for a significant portion of observed impacts on the Earth system, including green-house gas (GHG) emissions, but also water extraction, landuse change and other pressures on nature. These nature-related impact…
View article: Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries
Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries Open
This planetary boundaries framework update finds that six of the nine boundaries are transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for humanity. Ocean acidification is close to being breached, while ae…
View article: Multi-fold increase in rainforests tipping risk beyond 1.5–2 °C warming
Multi-fold increase in rainforests tipping risk beyond 1.5–2 °C warming Open
Tropical rainforests invest in their root systems to store moisture in their root zone from water-rich periods for use in water-scarce periods. An inadequate root-zone soil moisture storage predisposes or forces these forest ecosystems to …
View article: A modeling framework for World-Earth system resilience: exploring social inequality and Earth system tipping points
A modeling framework for World-Earth system resilience: exploring social inequality and Earth system tipping points Open
The Anthropocene is characterized by the strengthening of planetary-scale interactions between the biophysical Earth system (ES) and human societies. This increasing social-ecological entanglement poses new challenges for studying possible…