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To explain why our planet is habitable, geoscientists studying Earth’s surface and interior must work with each other and with communications scholars, write Ariel D. Anbar, Christy B. Till and Mark A. Hannah.

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Anbar, A., Till, C. & Hannah, M. Bridge the planetary divide. Nature 539, 25–27 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/539025a

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