Earth system process | Planetary Boundary Control variable | DPSIR Category |
---|---|---|
Climate change | Atmospheric concentration of CO2 | State |
Change in radiative forcing | State | |
Biodiversity loss | Extinction rate | Impact |
Nitrogen and phosphorus cycle | N2 removed from the atmosphere | Pressure |
P flowing into oceans | Pressure | |
Stratospheric ozone depletion | Atmospheric concentration of ozone | State |
Ocean acidification | Mean saturation state of aragonite in the oceans | State |
Fresh water use | Freshwater consumption | Pressure |
Change in land-use | Percentage of land cover converted to cropland | State |
Novel entities | NA | NA |
Atmospheric aerosol loading | Aerosol optical depth | State |