Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 07 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00726-2Atmospheric dryness is increasing as air temperatures rise because of climate change. This Review explores temporal trends and spatial heterogeneity in global atmospheric dryness and the implications for plant growth, productivity and terrestrial carbon cycling.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 07 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00717-3Achieving phosphorus circularity is a key challenge to realizing sustainable phosphorus use, and recycling is a major route to accomplish this goal. This Review explores global barriers to phosphorus recycling and discusses approaches to overcome the technical, economic and societal challenges in attaining sustainable phosphorus management.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 30 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00715-5Ocean stratification — density-related layering of seawater — influences oceanographic and climatic processes. This Review outlines observed and projected changes in stratification, noting a 0.8% dec−1 increase in 0–2,000 m stratification from 1960–2024, and a further 1.4% dec−1 increase by 2100 under SSP2-4.5.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 25 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00728-0Arianna Olivelli describes how lead isotope tracing can be used to track the progress of environmental efforts to curb lead pollution.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 24 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00721-7Sea surface temperature response patterns to persistent greenhouse gas forcing are fundamentally nonlinear, contributing to uncertainties in long-term climate projections. A nonlinear framework is required for evaluating future climate changes under greenhouse warming.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 24 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00722-6Global lake research is skewed toward economically and socially developed regions, overlooking remote areas. Enhancing resilience and fostering synergistic approaches could help redress these inequities.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 23 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00732-4An article in Nature Communications finds that age and education are important demographic factors influencing migration responses to climate change.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 23 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00731-5An article in Nature Communications finds that low-income countries will face greater exposure to future climate extremes than high-income countries.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 23 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00713-7Commercial investment in enhanced rock weathering for carbon dioxide removal on agricultural lands is growing rapidly. This Review explores the potential of large-scale deployment, outlining the challenges faced in science, policy and governance to scale the technology.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 22 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00733-3Rebecca Topness explains how lake proxy system models support insights into past climate.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 17 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00723-5Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Arpita Mondal from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay about their project investigating the attribution of urban flood response to climate change and stormwater management practices.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 16 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00718-2Anthropogenic pressures threaten water sustainability and ecological integrity in the Yellow River Basin. This Review outlines changes in water cycling and sediment loads in the region since the 1950s and discusses the impacts of demographic shifts, patterns of water use, land use transformations and socioeconomic development.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 09 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00725-3Annaliese Meyer explains how an autonomous underwater vehicle can filter large volumes of water for high resolution marine omic sampling.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 26 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00711-9Roadways are damaged by temperature extremes, increased precipitation and sea level rise. This Review discusses the mechanisms and impacts of climate stressors on roadways, the resulting operational and maintenance challenges, and strategies to increase resilience.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 22 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00716-4An article in Environmental Research Letters finds that natural aerosols contribute to over half of the excess deaths attributed to fine particulate matter exposure in Africa.

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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 21 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00720-8An article in Nature Climate Change finds mineral shortage risks could delay solar photovoltaic and nuclear power deployments in some developing regions.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 21 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00719-1An article in Science Advances demonstrates that fire onset has shifted ~45 days earlier on average in California owing to anthropogenic warming.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 21 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00714-6Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Lu Zhou about their project investigating how snow cover influences Antarctic sea ice mass balance and climate.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 19 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00710-wExtreme and compound events in lakes are increasing in severity and frequency in response to climate change and basin-scale anthropogenic stressors. This Review explores the occurrence, drivers and impact of such events, focusing on their physical and ecological drivers, impacts and management responses.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 14 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00706-6Continental crust is important for Earth’s habitability. This Review explores how the formation and stabilization of Earth’s early continental crust was modulated by internal and external factors such as subduction and bolide impacts, respectively.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 12 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00707-5Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions are continuously increasing owing to human activities. This Review discusses the temporal and spatial variability of N2O sources, N2O production pathways, and the potential of biogeoengineering strategies in agricultural soils and terrestrial water bodies to mitigate emissions.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 11 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00712-8Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Xuanmei Fan about their projects investigating earthquake- and climate change-induced cascading hazards.

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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 05 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00705-7The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has substantial impacts on the global climate. This Review outlines ENSO relationships with Africa, outlining their dynamics, impacts on precipitation and projected changes in the future.