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A safe operating space for humanity

200912,576 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Johan Rockström · Stockholm University

Will Steffen · Australian National University

Kevin J. Noone · Stockholm University

Åsa Persson · Stockholm Resilience Centre

F. Stuart Chapin · University of Alaska Fairbanks

Éric F. Lambin · UCLouvain

Timothy M. Lenton ·

Topics & Keywords

Ecosystem dynamics and resilience Global Energy and Sustainability Research Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 461, Issue 7263, pp. 472-475

DOI: 10.1038/461472a

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 231.05

University of East Anglia

Marten Scheffer · Wageningen University & Research

Carl Folke · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Björn Nykvist · Stockholm University

Cynthia A. de Wit · Stockholm University

Terry P. Hughes · James Cook University

Sander van der Leeuw · Arizona State University

Henning Rodhe · Stockholm University

Sverker Sörlin · Stockholm University

P. K. Snyder · University of Minnesota

Robert Costanza · University of Vermont

Uno Svedin · Stockholm University

Malin Falkenmark · Stockholm International Water Institute

Louise Karlberg · Stockholm University

Robert W. Corell

Victoria J. Fabry · California State University, San Marcos

James E. Hansen · Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Brian Walker · Stockholm Resilience Centre

Diana Liverman · University of Oxford

Katherine Richardson

Paul J. Crutzen · Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Jonathan A. Foley · University of Minnesota