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Mexico’s next president is likely to be this scientist — but researchers are split in their support
Some are hopeful, but others worry that Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo will follow in her controversial predecessor’s footsteps rather than stand up for science.
- Humberto Basilio
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News Explainer |
Chance of heatwaves in India rising with climate change
Not only are these extreme events increasing in frequency, they are lasting longer and becoming hotter, too.
- Jude Coleman
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News & Views |
Why snow is crucial for water supply — and what will happen when it becomes scarce
Analysis of 70 years of snowfall in the Northern Hemisphere reveals that snow buffers the effect of varying precipitation levels on streamflow. The link highlights the need to rethink water-resource management as snow levels decline.
- Karen R. Ryberg
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Editorial |
Nature’s message to South Africa’s next government: talk to your researchers
The young nation faces some deep-rooted challenges. Solutions informed by science could make a difference.
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Streamflow seasonality in a snow-dwindling world
Analysis of streamflow measurements from 1950 to 2020 across 3,049 snow-affected catchments over the Northern Hemisphere shows that seasonal streamflow occurs earlier in snow-heavy catchments but later in less snowy regions.
- Juntai Han
- , Ziwei Liu
- & Yuting Yang
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News & Views |
Nitrogen-hungry bacteria added to farm soil curb greenhouse-gas emissions
Innovative solutions are needed to decrease greenhouse-gas emissions. Field trials show that supplementing farm soil with a bacterium that consumes the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide can substantially lower harmful emissions.
- Guang He
- & Frank E. Löffler
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News Feature |
Exclusive: How NASA astronauts are training to walk on the Moon in 2026
Simulated lunar exploration in an Arizona volcanic field this month helped astronauts to prepare for doing geology in harsh conditions at the lunar south pole. Nature joined mission control.
- Alexandra Witze
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| Open AccessUnlocking bacterial potential to reduce farmland N2O emissions
A study presents a method to mitigate emissions of nitrous oxide from farmland using bacteria to consume nitrous oxide in soil with organic waste as a substrate and vector.
- Elisabeth G. Hiis
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- & Lars R. Bakken
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Correspondence |
Adopt stricter regulation to stop ‘critical mineral’ greenwashing
- Andrea Arratia-Solar
- & David Fleming-Muñoz
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World View |
Monsoons are changing in India — here’s how to climate-proof the economy
Global warming is shifting rainfall patterns across South Asia, and each area will be affected differently — local approaches are needed to track and respond to these changes.
- Shravan Prabhu
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Comment |
Risks of bridge collapses are real and set to rise — here’s why
Hundreds of millions of people cross deficient bridges each day. With damage to these structures likely to intensify because of climate change and ageing, technicians and policymakers must act to make them safer.
- Jose M. Adam
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- & Manuel Buitrago
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Book Review |
The global economy’s 200-year growth spurt — and what comes next
Can an unlimited supply of innovations and ideas maintain growth without costing the Earth? Yes, a wide-ranging book contends.
- Rutger Hoekstra
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News Explainer |
Singapore Airlines turbulence: why climate change is making flights rougher
Warming temperatures are likely to mean that more of your plane ride will have rocky conditions, creating potentially dangerous situations.
- Carissa Wong
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World View |
Why role-playing games can spur climate action
Solving problems in a safe, collaborative environment can help us think out of the box and build empathy — crucial skills in a warming world.
- Sam Illingworth
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News & Views |
Combined cement and steel recycling could cut CO2 emissions
Cement can be reused by including it as a component of steel recycling. This opens the way to an industrial partnership that improves the use of materials and lowers carbon emissions — but only if waste resources are well managed.
- Sabbie A. Miller
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Nature Podcast |
Fentanyl addiction: the brain pathways behind the opioid crisis
How two neural pathways contribute to the deadly opioid’s addictive nature, and why babies are suing the South Korean government.
- Elizabeth Gibney
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Book Review |
Dumping, pillaging and slavery — why exploitation of the high seas must end
It’s time to sustainably manage the international ocean for marine and human life, says bold investigative book.
- Diva Amon
- & Juliano Palacios Abrantes
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Where I Work |
How my research is putting blue crab on the menu in Croatia
Neven Iveša investigates the invasive species in the Adriatic Sea, and works out how to lessen its impact.
- Jack Leeming
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China’s Yangtze fish-rescue plan is a failure, study says
Researchers have debated the best management plan for highly endangered fish species since the 1980s.
- Xiaoying You
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Comment |
Why the European Space Agency should join the US mission to Uranus
Without international partnerships, NASA’s groundbreaking mission could fail to be ready in time for its optimal launch window.
- Olivier Mousis
- & Robin M. Canup
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Why babies in South Korea are suing the government
The first case in East Asia to challenge government climate policies will boost awareness of global warming and encourage further lawsuits in the region.
- Carissa Wong
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Found at last: long-lost branch of the Nile that ran by the pyramids
Geological survey reveals the remains of a major waterway that ancient Egyptian builders could have used to transport materials.
- Freda Kreier
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Editorial |
Forestry social science is failing the needs of the people who need it most
Rich nations’ fixation on forests as climate offsets has resulted in the needs of those who live in or make a living from these resources being ignored. A broader view and more collaboration between disciplines is required.
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One-third of Southern Ocean productivity is supported by dust deposition
Nitrate observations over 11 years from autonomous biogeochemical ocean profiling combined with a Southern Hemisphere dust simulation find that iron supplied by dust supports about 30% of Southern Ocean productivity.
- Jakob Weis
- , Zanna Chase
- & Sonya L. Fiddes
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Article |
2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years
- Jan Esper
- , Max Torbenson
- & Ulf Büntgen
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Correspondence |
Real-world plastic-waste success stories can help to boost global treaty
- Haoxuan Yu
- & Izni Zahidi
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Research Highlight |
Africa’s lush tropical forests face a surprising threat: fire
Climate change and deforestation have increased the frequency of blazes in the humid forests of West and Central Africa.
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Where I Work |
Why my heart beats for Nigeria’s endangered bats
Iroro Tanshi works to better understand a number of threatened species.
- Linda Nordling
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Obituary |
Diana Wall obituary: ecologist who foresaw the importance of soil biodiversity
Environmental scientist who revealed the crucial role of underground animals in sustainability.
- Richard D. Bardgett
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Article |
Rhizobia–diatom symbiosis fixes missing nitrogen in the ocean
- Bernhard Tschitschko
- , Mertcan Esti
- & Marcel M. M. Kuypers
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A secondary atmosphere on the rocky Exoplanet 55 Cancri e
- Renyu Hu
- , Aaron Bello-Arufe
- & Brice-Olivier Demory
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News & Views |
Did atmospheric weathering help Earth’s earliest continents to survive?
What stabilized and strengthened the oldest, most robust blocks of continental crust billions of years ago during the Archaean eon has long been a mystery. It seems that a surprise helping hand might have come from the air above.
- Claire E. Bucholz
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Editorial |
Reinvent oil refineries for a net-zero future
From petrol to plastics, oil-derived products define modern life. A bold plan to change that comes with huge costs — but researchers and policymakers should take it seriously.
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| Open AccessSubaerial weathering drove stabilization of continents
The geological histories of Archaean regions indicate that stabilization of the Earth’s continents and the formation of cratons was driven by continental emergence and subaerial weathering.
- Jesse R. Reimink
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‘Milestone’ discovery as JWST confirms atmosphere on an Earth-like exoplanet
55 Cancri e is too hot to support life as we know it, but could provide clues about Earth’s formation.
- Sumeet Kulkarni
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Correspondence |
Countering extreme wildfires with prescribed burning can be counterproductive
- David Lindenmayer
- & Philip Zylstra
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Correspondence |
Finding millennia-old ‘monumental’ corals could unlock secrets of climate resilience
- Simone Montano
- , Federica Siena
- & Giovanni Strona
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Correspondence |
Beware of graphene’s huge and hidden environmental costs
- Shijie Guo
- , Zihan Cai
- & Qingyuan Ding
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Book Review |
How rich is too rich?
Where should society draw the line on extreme wealth? A fresh account sets out the logic and suggests how to redress inequality.
- Lucas Chancel
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China’s Chang’e-6 launched successfully — what happens next?
Scientists have high hopes for the first mission to collect rocks from the far side of the Moon.
- Ling Xin
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Editorial |
Support communities that will lose out in the energy transition
Climate campaigners and politicians rightly concentrate on the benefits of clean energy — but without more support for those who are adversely affected, the backlash will only grow.
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| Open AccessFrequent disturbances enhanced the resilience of past human populations
Analysis of population decline shows that frequent disturbances enhance a population’s capacity to resist and recover from downturns and that trade-offs exist when adopting new or alternative land-use strategies.
- Philip Riris
- , Fabio Silva
- & Xiaolin Ren
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World View |
How to meet Africa’s grand challenges with African know-how
Simple measures to strengthen the interface between science, policy and society in African nations could help the continent leapfrog others in sustainable innovation and development.
- Alfred R. Bizoza
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News & Views |
Resilience lessons from ancient societies are still relevant today
What lessons can we learn from the factors that govern the resilience of human populations? A large-scale analysis examining ancient societies around the world provides a detailed look at what drives sustainability.
- John Haldon
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Correspondence |
Why it was right to reject the Anthropocene as a geological epoch
- Mark Maslin
- , Matthew Edgeworth
- & Philip L. Gibbard
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Correspondence |
Climate-targets group should rescind its endorsement of carbon offsets
- William R. L. Anderegg
- & Libby Blanchard
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The science of 3 Body Problem: what’s fact and what’s fiction?
Nature spoke to the sci-fi programme’s adviser and two other researchers about the portrayal of PhD scientists and their technologies.
- Sumeet Kulkarni
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This social sciences hub galvanized India’s dynamic growth. Can it survive?
The Centre for Policy Research has lost its chief executive, most of its staff and is running out of cash.
- Michele Catanzaro