Earth Overshoot Day

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Earth Overshoot Day

proper noun Earth Overshoot Days

The calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources that year.

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name calculated illustrative calendar date

Deutsch	Erdüberlastungstag

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@misc{earth_overshoot_day_2026,
  title = {Earth Overshoot Day},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/earth%20overshoot%20day},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}