Ethical considerations for geohazard digital twins

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00811-0Digital twin prototypes now exist for assessing and aiding disaster response to geophysical hazards, such as volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and earthquakes. We propose a systematic assessment framework to help determine the accuracy, transparency, reproducibility, and accountability of machine learning components within these emerging prototypes.

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The use, fate and environmental impacts of plastic films in agriculture

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00808-9Plastic agricultural films enhance crop productivity and support food security, but their use also contaminates soils with plastics and chemical additives. This Review examines the global production and use of agricultural films, their environmental impacts, and strategies to support their sustainable production and use.

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Fingerprinting microbe–mineral electron transfer with differential pulse voltammetry

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00812-zWei Chen explains how differential pulse voltammetry is used to resolve the electron transfer processes underlying microbe–mineral element cycles in soils, sediments and aquifers.

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Electrical signature of trans-lithospheric shear zones

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 13 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00809-8Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Kui Han about their project investigating the electrical signature of trans-lithospheric shear zones.

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Heterotrophic respiration by soil microbes in a changing climate

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00806-xMicrobial metabolism affects the magnitude and stability of soil organic carbon. This Review examines how microbial heterotrophic respiration and soil carbon stocks will be affected by climate change and describes potential strategies to mitigate soil carbon loss.

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Tracing labile species in environmental systems with diffusive gradients in thin films

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00810-1Antonia Siebenbrunner explains how diffusive gradients in thin films can be used to trace labile species in environmental systems.

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The next era of remote spectral imaging of the Earth’s surface

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00805-yImaging spectroscopy technology is transforming the way Earth is viewed from space, with applications across diverse science communities. A global imaging spectrometer mission with Landsat-like spatial and temporal coverage could fully realize this potential.

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Infrared imaging of atmospheric boundary layer flows

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00807-wPatricia Asemann explains how infrared imaging can be used to capture atmospheric boundary layer dynamics at high resolution close to the Earth’s surface.

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Managing metal(loid) contamination for safe rice production

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 18 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00804-zToxic metal(loid)s in paddy soils accumulate in rice grains, leading to human health risks from dietary metal exposure. This Perspective describes metal(loid) sources and biogeochemical strategies to reduce metal(loid) bioavailability and uptake, and it proposes a framework for coordinating science, policy and practice in contaminated paddy fields.

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Arctic subglacial carbon reactivity

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00801-2Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Junjie Wu about her project investigating Arctic subglacial carbon reactivity.

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Past, present and future Greenland Ice Sheet surface melt, 1500–2200 CE

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00800-3Greenland Ice Sheet melt has intensified since the 1990s with implications for sea-level rise. This Review synthesises paleoclimate records, observations and regional climate melt model simulations to explore the patterns and drivers of melt variability and extremes, and assess uncertainties in future projections.

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Formation and redox evolution of Earth’s early atmosphere and hydrosphere

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 16 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00803-0Understanding how Earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere formed and evolved could help to explain how Earth became, and remains, habitable. This Review discusses the initial formation and redox evolution of Earth’s surface environments, with implications for other planetary bodies.

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Approaches, challenges and applications of climate change impact attribution

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00798-8Climate change impact attribution quantifies the observed consequences of climate change through combining climate attribution aspects with impact modelling. Undorf et al. discuss the key steps and methodological choices required, possible societal uses of impact attribution results and ongoing challenges.

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Nano-agrochemical use in sustainable agriculture and environmental protection

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00796-wImproving agrochemical efficacy is important for safely meeting increasing food demand and responding to environmental change. This Review examines how nano-agrochemicals could boost food production sustainably, discusses their risks and benefits, and outlines approaches to facilitate their safe deployment.

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Compound weather and climate events in 2025

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00797-9Compound weather and climate events in 2025

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Climate impacts of hydrogen emissions

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 01 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00792-0Although hydrogen is not a direct greenhouse gas, its interactions with atmospheric chemistry lead to indirect climate impacts. This Review discusses sources and sinks of atmospheric hydrogen, including uncertainties and data gaps, and how the warming effect of hydrogen emissions can be estimated and accounted for in policies and standards.

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Deoxygenation in inland freshwater systems

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 01 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00795-xWidespread declines in dissolved oxygen concentrations in lakes and rivers have ecological and socioeconomic consequences. This Review highlights spatial and temporal trends, climate and anthropogenic drivers, impacts and strategies for the management and mitigation of inland freshwater deoxygenation.

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Wildfires in 2025

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 01 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00793-zGlobally, fires in 2025 burned the second-lowest area on record since 2002 and emitted the third-lowest CO2 total. Yet, a third successive year of extreme wildfire emissions prevailed in Canada, and catastrophic fires in Los Angeles, South Korea and Europe killed over 90 people and forced over 300,000 evacuations.

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Enhancing in situ coral feeding with a programmable underwater light

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 29 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00802-1Shannon Dixon explains how the Underwater Zooplankton Enhancement Light Array is used as a minimally invasive, in situ method to supply supplemental nutrition to coral, improving coral growth and survivorship.

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Precipitation extremes in 2025

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 26 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00794-yExtreme rainfall events in 2025 were globally associated with exceptional short-duration intensities consistent with hydrological intensification in a warming climate. A total of 46 events were considered, including 18 tropical cyclones and 10 convective storms, producing widespread flooding, economic losses and substantial societal impacts.

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Drivers and environmental impacts of Arctic shipping

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 26 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00790-2Arctic shipping is increasing owing to sea ice melt offering more efficient alternatives to traditional shipping routes, leading to negative impacts across the atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. This Review discusses the factors influencing trends in Arctic shipping, the associated environmental impacts and potential pathways towards sustainable solutions.

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Phytoplankton mortality in a changing ocean

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00789-9Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Kyle Mayers about their project investigating phytoplankton mortality and how climate change might influence it.

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China’s net-zero budget

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00791-1Reducing China’s CO2 emissions is crucial to achieving global carbon neutrality. This Perspective synthesizes bottom-up and top-down estimates to develop a regional CO2 budget for China and evaluate pathways and uncertainties towards net zero.

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Assessing impurity-driven snowmelt with mini-lysimeters

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00799-7Javier Bandrés explains how a mini-lysimeter field device can be used to investigate impurity driven snowmelt processes.

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Decarbonizing global steel production

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00786-yThe steel sector is a major greenhouse gas emitter, and decarbonizing steel production is critical to meeting climate targets. This Review outlines the environmental impacts of steel production and discusses process-level and system-wide decarbonization strategies, their technological and regional feasibility, and policy frameworks required to support a globally coordinated transition.

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Floods in 2025

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 23 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00779-x2025 featured geographically concentrated flood anomalies shaped by shifting large-scale atmospheric circulation and ocean–atmosphere variability, with antecedent hydrologic conditions and topography amplifying impacts in several regions. The year ranked in the lower tier of the past two decades for flood exposure, totalling over US$ 28 billion in damages and 4,200 flood-related fatalities globally.

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Dating past landscape evolution with volcanic ash layers

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 22 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00788-wDating past landscape evolution with volcanic ash layers

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Global drought extremes in 2025

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 20 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00785-zIn 2025, global annual drought affected ~30% of the global land surface. Near-record warming substantially increased evaporative demand, triggering widespread meteorological and soil moisture drought, even in regions where precipitation deficits were relatively intermediate.

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