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The ocean: a key Earth system regulator with boundaries.

  • Sabine Mathesius1
  • Jonas Kaiser1
  • Malin Ödalen1
  • Johan Rockström1,2,3
  • Boris Sakschewski1
  • Levke Caesar1
  1. 1Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, Germany.
  2. 2Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Germany.
  3. 3Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden.
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Abstract

By regulating Earth's climate and buffering the impacts of anthropogenic pressures, the ocean plays a crucial stabilizing role in the Earth system yet, in doing so, it is itself undergoing profound changes. This Perspective outlines the role of the ocean in the Earth system and discusses arguments for incorporating additional ocean processes into the Planetary Boundaries framework.

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@article{mathesius2026ocean,
  title = {{The ocean: a key Earth system regulator with boundaries.}},
  author = {Sabine Mathesius and Jonas Kaiser and Malin Ödalen and Johan Rockström and Boris Sakschewski and Levke Caesar},
  journal = {National science review},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.1093/nsr/nwag551},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42936233},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - The ocean: a key Earth system regulator with boundaries.
AU  - Sabine Mathesius
AU  - Jonas Kaiser
AU  - Malin Ödalen
AU  - Johan Rockström
AU  - Boris Sakschewski
AU  - Levke Caesar
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/02
JO  - National science review
DO  - 10.1093/nsr/nwag551
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42936233
AB  - By regulating Earth's climate and buffering the impacts of anthropogenic pressures, the ocean plays a crucial stabilizing role in the Earth system yet, in doing so, it is itself undergoing profound changes. This Perspective outlines the role of the ocean in the Earth system and discusses arguments for incorporating additional ocean processes into the Planetary Boundaries framework.
SN  - 2095-5138
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ER  -