Steffen, Will

A safe operating space for humanity

Rockström, J., Steffen, W., Noone, K., Persson, Å., Chapin, F. S., Lambin, E. F., Lenton, T. M., Scheffer, M., Folke, C., Schellnhuber, H. J., et al. (2009) · Nature

Ecosystem dynamics and resilienceSustainability and Climate Change Governance

Cited by 13,333

Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

Steffen, W., Richardson, K., Rockström, J., Cornell, S. E., Fetzer, I., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., Carpenter, S. R., de Vries, W., de Wit, C. A., et al. (2015) · Science

Earth Systems and Cosmic EvolutionEcosystem dynamics and resilience

Cited by 12,527

Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity

Rockström, J., Steffen, W., Noone, K., Persson, Å., Chapin, F. S. I., Lambin, E., Lenton, T. M., Scheffer, M., Folke, C., Schellnhuber, H. J., et al. (2009) · Ecology and Society

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEcosystem dynamics and resilience

Cited by 7,187

The trajectory of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration

Steffen, W., Broadgate, W., Deutsch, L., Gaffney, O., & Ludwig, C. (2015) · The Anthropocene Review

Earth Systems and Cosmic EvolutionGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Cited by 3,935

The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths

Lambin, E. F., Turner, B. L., Geist, H. J., Agbola, S. B., Angelsen, A., Bruce, J. W., Coomes, O. T., Dirzo, R., Fischer, G., Folke, C., et al. (2001) · Global Environmental Change

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Cited by 3,788

The Anthropocene: Are Humans Now Overwhelming the Great Forces of Nature

Steffen, W., Crutzen, P. J., & McNeill, J. R. (2007) · AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment

Climate Change and Environmental ImpactGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Cited by 3,487

Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries

Richardson, K., Steffen, W., Lucht, W., Bendtsen, J., Cornell, S. E., Donges, J. F., Drüke, M., Fetzer, I., Bala, G., von Bloh, W., et al. (2023) · Science Advances

Earth Systems and Cosmic EvolutionEcosystem dynamics and resilience

Cited by 3,311

Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

Steffen, W., Rockström, J., Richardson, K., Lenton, T. M., Folke, C., Liverman, D., Summerhayes, C. P., Barnosky, A. D., Cornell, S. E., Crucifix, M., et al. (2018) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Climate variability and modelsEarth Systems and Cosmic Evolution

Cited by 3,139

The Anthropocene: conceptual and historical perspectives

Steffen, W., Grinevald, J., Crutzen, P., & McNeill, J. (2011) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth Systems and Cosmic Evolution

Cited by 2,411

The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

Waters, C. N., Zalasiewicz, J., Summerhayes, C., Barnosky, A. D., Poirier, C., Gałuszka, A., Cearreta, A., Edgeworth, M., Ellis, E. C., Ellis, M., et al. (2016) · Science

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 2,375

The Global Carbon Cycle: A Test of Our Knowledge of Earth as a System

Falkowski, P., Scholes, R. J., Boyle, E., Canadell, J., Canfield, D., Elser, J., Gruber, N., Hibbard, K., Högberg, P., Linder, S., et al. (2000) · Science

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsClimate variability and models

Cited by 2,177

Ecosystem stewardship: sustainability strategies for a rapidly changing planet

Chapin, F. S., Carpenter, S. R., Kofinas, G. P., Folke, C., Abel, N., Clark, W. C., Olsson, P., Smith, D. M. S., Walker, B., Young, O. R., et al. (2010) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceLand Use and Ecosystem Services

Cited by 971

When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal

Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C. N., Williams, M., Barnosky, A. D., Cearreta, A., Crutzen, P., Ellis, E., Ellis, M. A., Fairchild, I. J., Grinevald, J., et al. (2015) · Quaternary International

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 784

The emergence and evolution of Earth System Science

Steffen, W., Richardson, K., Rockström, J., Schellnhuber, H. J., Dube, O. P., Dutreuil, S., Lenton, T. M., & Lubchenco, J. (2020) · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Earth Systems and Cosmic EvolutionScience and Climate Studies

Cited by 566

The Working Group on the Anthropocene: Summary of evidence and interim recommendations

Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C. N., Summerhayes, C. P., Wolfe, A. P., Barnosky, A. D., Cearreta, A., Crutzen, P., Ellis, E., Fairchild, I. J., Gałuszka, A., et al. (2017) · Anthropocene

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 487

How Long Have We Been in the Anthropocene Era?

Crutzen, P. J., & Steffen, W. (2003) · Climatic Change

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchClimate variability and models

Cited by 475

Human impacts on planetary boundaries amplified by Earth system interactions

Lade, S. J., Steffen, W., de Vries, W., Carpenter, S. R., Donges, J. F., Gerten, D., Hoff, H., Newbold, T., Richardson, K., & Rockström, J. (2019) · Nature Sustainability

Earth Systems and Cosmic EvolutionEcosystem dynamics and resilience

Cited by 431

A planetary boundary for green water

Wang-Erlandsson, L., Tobian, A., van der Ent, R. J., Fetzer, I., te Wierik, S., Porkka, M., Staal, A., Jaramillo, F., Dahlmann, H., Singh, C., et al. (2022) · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Ecosystem dynamics and resiliencePlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Cited by 366

Policy design for the Anthropocene

Sterner, T., Barbier, E. B., Bateman, I., van den Bijgaart, I., Crépin, A.-S., Edenhofer, O., Fischer, C., Habla, W., Hassler, J., Johansson-Stenman, O., et al. (2019) · Nature Sustainability

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceSustainable Development and Environmental Management

Cited by 271

Synchronous failure: the emerging causal architecture of global crisis

Homer-Dixon, T., Walker, B., Biggs, R., Crépin, A.-S., Folke, C., Lambin, E. F., Peterson, G. D., Rockström, J., Scheffer, M., Steffen, W., et al. (2015) · Ecology and Society

Ecosystem dynamics and resilienceSustainability and Climate Change Governance

Cited by 244

The Water Planetary Boundary: Interrogation and Revision

Gleeson, T., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Zipper, S. C., Porkka, M., Jaramillo, F., Gerten, D., Fetzer, I., Cornell, S. E., Piemontese, L., Gordon, L. J., et al. (2020) · One Earth

Water resources management and optimizationSustainability and Climate Change Governance

Cited by 186

The Great Acceleration is real and provides a quantitative basis for the proposed Anthropocene Series/Epoch

Head, M. J., Steffen, W., Fagerlind, D., Waters, C. N., Poirier, C., Syvitski, J., Zalasiewicz, J. A., Barnosky, A. D., Cearreta, A., Jeandel, C., et al. (2022) · Episodes

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 120

The Anthropocene: a conspicuous stratigraphical signal of anthropogenic changes in production and consumption across the biosphere

Williams, M., Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C. N., Edgeworth, M., Bennett, C., Barnosky, A. D., Ellis, E. C., Ellis, M. A., Cearreta, A., Haff, P. K., et al. (2016) · Earth's Future

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEarth Systems and Cosmic Evolution

Cited by 91

Colonization of the Americas, ‘Little Ice Age’ climate, and bomb-produced carbon: Their role in defining the Anthropocene

Members of the Anthropocene Working Group:, Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C. N., Barnosky, A. D., Cearreta, A., Edgeworth, M., Ellis, E. C., Gałuszka, A., Gibbard, P. L., Grinevald, J., et al. (2015) · The Anthropocene Review

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchArchaeology and ancient environmental studies

Cited by 82