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June 8, 2026Earth s FutureOpen Access

We Are in the Anthropocene—Now What?

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JRJohan RockströmPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact ResearchMMMaria A. MartinUniversity of CórdobaAGAndrey GanopolskiPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

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Future-oriented perspective explores anthropocene scenarios and their implications for climate and resilience.

Key Points

  • This research aims to evaluate future pathways in the Anthropocene and their impacts on the Earth system.
  • Systematic characterization of different anthropocene pathways up to the year 3000 based on impacts and causes.
  • Exploration of best-case and middle-emission scenarios with climate sensitivities from the IPCC.
  • Discussion of implications for earth system resilience under varying anthropogenic pressures.
  • Minimal unavoidable emissions from sectors like food could perpetuate global warming over millennia.
  • If climate feedbacks shift to reinforce warming, they may surpass human-caused impacts.
  • The role of human influence may diminish as natural processes and feedbacks become more significant.

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Rockström et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a265ccbad53cfb9357c60f7https://doi.org/10.1029/2025ef007730
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