For decades scientists have been warning that human impacts are pushing life on our planet beyond its capacity and into a new era in our planets history: the Anthropocene. An era where humans are the primary drivers of planetary change rather than natural forces. Collective human demands on the earth’s regenerative capacity is predicted to continuing growing steadily, assuming current population and income trends remain constant, and exceed such capacity by 75% by 2020. Year-on-year, more areas are impacted by water scarcity and extreme events, like droughts and floods, are becoming more regular and more destructive.
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For decades scientists have been warning that human impacts are pushing life on our planet beyond its capacity and into a new era in our planets history: the Anthropocene. An era where humans are the primary drivers of planetary change rather than natural forces. Collective human demands on the earth’s regenerative capacity is predicted to continuing growing steadily, assuming current population and income trends remain constant, and exceed such capacity by 75% by 2020. Year-on-year, more areas are impacted by water scarcity and extreme events, like droughts and floods, are becoming more regular and more destructive.