William J Ripple

Biographic Data

ID165777
NAMEWilliam J Ripple
GIVEN NAMESWilliam J
FAMILY NAMERipple
SIGNATURERIPPLE W J
AFFILIATIONSOregon State University
ORCID0000-0001-6557-3043
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS23
TOTAL CITATIONS18
AUTHOR COUNT23
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory

    Open AccessWilliam J Ripple, Hillary S Young et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2026

  • A High-Powered Study Confirming the Misleading Nature of the Dublin Declaration

    Open AccessRicardo Espinosa, Romain Espinosa et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2025

  • The Dublin Declaration

    Open AccessJochen Krattenmacher, Ricardo Espinosa et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2025

  • A high-powered study confirming the misleading nature of the Dublin Declaration

    Open AccessRicardo Espinosa, Jochen Krattenmacher et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2025References: 3

  • The 2024 state of the climate report

    Open AccessWilliam J Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al.ARTICLEBioScience2024

    Author: Ripple, William J et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Finally published : 2024-12-01; Keywords: climate crisis, vital signs; Title: The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth

  • Green spaces provide substantial but unequal urban cooling globally

    Open AccessYuxiang Li, Jens-Christian Svenning et al.ARTICLENature Communications2024

    Climate warming disproportionately impacts countries in the Global South by increasing extreme heat exposure. However, geographic disparities in adaptation capacity are unclear. Here, we assess global inequality in green spaces, which urban residents critically rely on to mitigate outdoor heat stress. We use remote sensing data to quantify daytime cooling by urban greenery in the warm seasons across the ~500 largest cities globally. We show a str…

  • An environmental and socially just climate mitigation pathway for a planet in peril

    Open AccessWilliam J Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2024

  • The Dublin Declaration

    Open AccessJochen Krattenmacher, Ricardo Espinosa et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2024Cited by: 4References: 4

    We critically analyzed the "Dublin Declaration of Scientists on the Societal Role of Livestock" (DD), a document promoting animal farming, and its implications for public discourse and policy. Our analysis reveals that the DD is scientifically problematic, particularly in its neglect of issues such as meat overconsumption in high-income countries and the dominance of industrial animal production, thereby downplaying associated risks and harms. We…

  • Universities should lead on the plant-based dietary transition

    Open AccessJochen Krattenmacher, Paula Casal et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Planetary Health2023

    As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change1Shukla PR Skea J Calvo Buendia E et al.Climate change and land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems.https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/Date accessed: April 7, 2023Google Scholar and the EAT–Lancet Commission2Willett W Rockström J Loken B et al.Food in the Anthropocene: the…

  • Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action

    Open AccessWilliam J Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2023

  • Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future

    Open AccessCorey J A Bradshaw, P R Ehrlich et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Conservation Science2021

    We report three major and confronting environmental issues that have received little attention and require urgent action. First, we review the evidence that future environmental conditions will be far more dangerous than currently believed. The scale of the threats to the biosphere and all its lifeforms—including humanity—is in fact so great that it is difficult to grasp for even well-informed experts. Second, we ask what political or economic sy…

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity on Threats to Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems

    Open AccessÁlvaro Fernández‐llamazare, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnobiology2021

    The knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities play critical roles in safeguarding the biological and cultural diversity of our planet. Globalization, government policies, capitalism, colonialism, and other rapid social-ecological changes threaten the relationships between Indigenous Peoples and local communities and their environments, thereby challenging the continuity and dynamism of Indigenous and Local Knowle…

  • Human population, social justice, and climate policy

    Open AccessChristopher Wolf, William J Ripple et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2021References: 1

  • Six steps to integrate climate mitigation with adaptation for social justice

    Open AccessWilliam J Ripple, Kirk O Winemiller et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2021Cited by: 1References: 1

  • Scientists’ warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis

    Open AccessJames S Albert, Georgia Destouni et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2021Cited by: 5References: 82

  • The carbon opportunity cost of animal-sourced food production on land

    Open AccessMatthew Hayek, Helen Harwatt et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2020Cited by: 5References: 2

  • World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency

    Open AccessWilliam J Ripple, Jean-Louis JAMET et al.ARTICLEBioScience2019

  • Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes

    Open AccessMatthew G Betts, Christopher Wolf et al.ARTICLENature2017

  • Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals

    Open AccessWilliam J Ripple, Katharine Abernethy et al.ARTICLERoyal Society Open Science2016

    Terrestrial mammals are experiencing a massive collapse in their population sizes and geographical ranges around the world, but many of the drivers, patterns and consequences of this decline remain poorly understood. Here we provide an analysis showing that bushmeat hunting for mostly food and medicinal products is driving a global crisis whereby 301 terrestrial mammal species are threatened with extinction. Nearly all of these threatened species…

  • Biodiversity conservation

    Open AccessBrian Machovina, Kenneth J Feeley et al.ARTICLEThe Science of The Total…2015

  • Transformational change

    Open AccessClive Mcalpine, Clive A Mcalpine et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2015Cited by: 3

    McAlpine, C. A., L. M. Seabrook, J. G. Ryan, B. J. Feeney, W. J. Ripple, A. H. Ehrlich, and P. R. Ehrlich. 2015. Transformational change: creating a safe operating space for humanity. Ecology and Society 20(1): 56. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07181-200156

  • Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores

    Open AccessWilliam J Ripple, James A Estes et al.ARTICLEScience2014

    Preserving Predators Large-bodied animals play essential roles in ecosystem structuring and stability through both indirect and direct trophic effects. In recent times, humans have disrupted this trophic structure through both habitat destruction and active extirpation of large predators, resulting in large declines in numbers and vast contractions in their geographic ranges. Ripple et al. ( 10.1126/science.1241484 ; see the Perspective by Robert…

  • Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

    Open AccessJames A Estes, John Terborgh et al.ARTICLEScience2011

    Until recently, large apex consumers were ubiquitous across the globe and had been for millions of years. The loss of these animals may be humankind’s most pervasive influence on nature. Although such losses are widely viewed as an ethical and aesthetic problem, recent research reveals extensive cascading effects of their disappearance in marine, terrestrial, and freshwater ecosystems worldwide. This empirical work supports long-standing theory a…