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Comment
. 2015 Jun 12;348(6240):1217.
doi: 10.1126/science.aab0031. Epub 2015 Jun 11.

SUSTAINABILITY. Response to Comment on "Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet"

Dieter Gerten  1 , Johan Rockström  2 , Jens Heinke  3 , Will Steffen  4 , Katherine Richardson  5 , Sarah Cornell  2
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SUSTAINABILITY. Response to Comment on "Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet"

Dieter Gerten et al. Science. .

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Jaramillo and Destouni claim that freshwater consumption is beyond the planetary boundary, based on high estimates of water cycle components, different definitions of water consumption, and extrapolation from a single case study. The difference from our analysis, based on mainstream assessments of global water consumption, highlights the need for clearer definitions of water cycle components and improved models and databases.

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