overshoot

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The GLD serves as an indicator of a glacier's health throughout the year, similar to how the Earth Overshoot Day measures Earth's resource consumption.

From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023

Mr Haskel who was interviewed by website newsletter The Overshoot, was asked why he thought the UK was an "extreme outlier" when it comes to facing a slowdown in productivity.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023

“The climate change problem is at a point where even extreme options need to be thought about seriously,” Climate Overshoot Commission Executive Secretary Jesse Reynolds said in a Monday interview.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2022

As Matthew C. Klein observes in the Overshoot newsletter, Russia has used the past eight years to reduce its vulnerability to sanctions.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2022

I said, do you want to take the Undertube or the Overshoot?

From Starman's Quest by Mack, Stan