Corals, Coasts and One Health is focused on addressing the urgent challenges facing coral reefs and connected coastal ecosystems. The conference program will bridge scales and disciplines, linking mic...

Soil carbon loss from human agriculture-related land use in the dry tropics largely offsets gains in northern lands, leading to a small net sink of 0.34 ± 0.30 PgC yr−1 at a global scale.

Wildfires are becoming one of the defining climate-related crises of the twenty-first century. We argue that their inclusion in the Loss & Damage framework of the United Nations Framework Conventi...

npj Emerging Contaminants - Microbial remediation of microplastic-contaminated soil, focusing on mechanisms, benefits, and research gaps

This bold approach could galvanize countries attending the COP30 summit.

Integrating CO2 capture and electrochemical conversion may lower energy consumption relative to the separated processes, but scale-up is limited by low carbon conversion and energy-intensive solvent regeneration. Now, research shows that piperazine, alongside a Ni single-atom catalyst, allows effective, stable CO2 capture, and conversion to CO in a low-energy process.

npj Urban Sustainability - Key recommendations for cities committed to climate neutrality

This study introduces a kinetic decoupling–recoupling strategy to overcome kinetic limitations in plastic recycling. A tandem catalytic reactor, utilizing zeolite catalysts, converts polyethylene into...

US households with heat pumps begin cooling earlier, and this adoption narrows the income-based disparities in cooling. Heat pumps help alleviate energy insecurity, make energy more affordable and make homes more comfortable.

This study investigates the effects of forestation on temperature in Europe using climate model experiments. The findings indicate that conversion from coniferous to broadleaved trees in currently for...

The bioecological model of human development is among the most influential frameworks in the social sciences. We argue that it is time to integrate natural ecosystems into this model. This approach will shape research, practice and policy to promote both healthy human development and an environmentally sustainable future.

Urban buildings constitute significant carbon storing through their construction materials, according to a study of 12 major United States cities using satellite imagery and computer vision with stree...

Closed-loop geothermal system can provide the global energy potential of 9 TWe, if fully tapped, equivalent to 70% of current global electricity production, according to an analysis of 12,000 closed-l...

Nature Reviews Genetics, Published online: 16 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41576-025-00906-2Microorganisms are central to climate stability, food security and biodiversity, yet they remain absent from global sustainability frameworks. In this Comment, Nicole Webster highlights the power of eco-evolutionary genomics in transforming sustainability science and calls for the inclusion of microbes in global policies.

The decarbonization of oil and gas companies may not be as speedy or robust as advertised. This analysis finds that renewable energies make up just a minor fraction of the total energy production by t...

Society for Atomistic and Continuum Modeling (SACM)

Marine ecosystems face threats from human-induced stressors like climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Despite international endeavors, significant gaps remain in understanding ocean dynamics. This article presents six policy recommendations to integrate plankton populations into conservation frameworks. These could be leveraged in the process approved at CBD’s COP16 in Colombia to update criteria for defining ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) and supporting science-based Marine Protected Area (MPA) designations.

This study of 89 multinational firms finds no significant link between voluntarily offsetting emissions and decarbonization speed. Firms spend little funds on carbon credits, and emission offsetting is not a central part of their climate strategies.