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Edward Forman explains how imaging flow cytometry can quickly count particulates in samples from natural climate archives, such as sediment cores, to reconstruct past environmental conditions.

Isabella Steeley explains how litterfall nets are used in the monitoring of nutrient cycling in forest environments where enhanced rock weathering has been applied.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Alice Twomey about their project investigating how mangroves recover after tropical storms.

Yangwei Cong describes how drone docking stations can improve the coverage and efficacy of phenological monitoring in forests.

Antifungal resistance is a growing crisis affecting human health and agriculture that could be accelerated by global change. We call for a One Health research agenda to systematically investigate environmental drivers and inform policy to mitigate the potential of global environmental change in fuelling antifungal resistance.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Professor Saffron O’Neill about their project investigating the visual communication of heatwaves in the news media.

Although the latest round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiations ended without agreement, the process has mobilized research, funding, and public engagement. Rather than waiting for an agreement, governments and communities should sustain momentum and build readiness for a future treaty through coordinated national planning, ambitious policies, and local initiatives.

As water-quality challenges intensify, the widely used Weighted Regressions on Time, Discharge, and Season (WRTDS) method offers an adaptable and practical framework for global water-quality science and management.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Ingrid Boas about their project investigating the role of cultural heritage in shaping climate change adaptation amongst Indigenous peoples with mobile livelihoods.

Natural CO₂ removal is increasingly being claimed as anthropogenic climate mitigation. This misrepresentation is already prevalent for forests and coastal ecosystems; there is now the risk of the error reoccurring for open-ocean CO₂ uptake via the biological carbon pump.

Andeise Dutra explains how near-surface digital camera can be used together with satellite observations to investigate plant phenology across scales.

Julie Fowler explains how pile burns can be used to investigate wildfire impacts on soil biogeochemistry.

Marta Koch explains how stakeholder asset-mapping can help identify emerging climate action technology solutions in the Arctic.

Lara (16, Turkey) asks Professor Le Pourhiet how faults evolve into plate boundaries.

Arianna Olivelli describes how lead isotope tracing can be used to track the progress of environmental efforts to curb lead pollution.

Sea 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.

Global lake research is skewed toward economically and socially developed regions, overlooking remote areas. Enhancing resilience and fostering synergistic approaches could help redress these inequities.

An article in Nature Communications finds that age and education are important demographic factors influencing migration responses to climate change.

An article in Nature Communications finds that low-income countries will face greater exposure to future climate extremes than high-income countries.