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5️⃣🎂🎉In September 2025, Communications Earth & Environment celebrates its fifth anniversary. To mark this milestone, we are pleased to present a curated collection showing the continued growth of Communications Earth & Environment over the past five years.

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5th anniversary collection
To celebrate Communications Earth & Environment's 5th anniversary, we present a curated collection that exemplifies our mission and the journal’s evolution, ...
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The Nile Basin countries are experiencing a 63% and 85% increase in 100-year peak discharges from 20th to 21st century, necessitating improved data-sharing and climate-informed water policies for better hydrological forecasting and climate adaptation.

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Nile basin flow regimes under 21st century climate variability - Communications Earth & Environment
The Nile Basin countries are experiencing a 63% and 85% increase in 100-year peak discharges from 20th to 21st century, necessitating improved data-sharing and climate-informed water policies for bett...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🌱Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient management plan.

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Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture - Communications Earth & Environment
Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🌏In Southeast Asia, tropical cyclone genesis is projected to shift northward with more seasonal activity and altered landfall patterns.

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November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🌋Spatial analysis of seismicity within the Campi Flegrei caldera suggests it has become progressively clustered since 2023 around a central plane which is consistent with the development of an extensional volcanotectonic fault.

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Birth and growth of a volcanotectonic fault during the current volcanic unrest at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) - Communications Earth & Environment
Spatial analysis of seismicity within the Campi Flegrei caldera suggests it has become progressively clustered since 2023 around a central plane which is consistent with the development of an extensio...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🌋The Lusi mega seepage system in Indonesia released around 0.3 Mt of oil over 13 years of continuous fluid discharge, emitting 10 Kt of ethane and 8 Kt of propane annually.

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Extensive oil, ethane and propane discharge at the mega seepage system of Lusi, Indonesia - Communications Earth & Environment
The Lusi mega seepage system in Indonesia released around 0.3 Mt of oil over 13 years of continuous fluid discharge, emitting 10 Kt of ethane and 8 Kt of propane annually, according to geochemical ana...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
📢New Collection Alert: Sustainable agricultural practices

In this cross-journal collection we focus on current research that contributes to the development and implementation of effective agricultural strategies.

📆Deadline: 24 July 2026
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Sustainable agricultural practices
In this cross-journal collection we focus on current research to optimize resource use and enhance ecosystem services.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
📢JOB ALERT 📢

We are currently seeking an Associate or Senior Editor to join our fast-growing Earth, planetary and environmental sciences journal, to be based in our New York, New Jersey, Shanghai or Beijing office (hybrid).

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Associate or Senior Editor, Communications Earth & Environment
Job Title: Two Associate or Senior Editors, Communications Earth & Environment Locations: New York, New Jersey, Shanghai or Beijing – Hybrid Working Model. Application Deadline: November 3rd, 2025...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🌊Nitrogen fixation occurs under Arctic sea ice and is positively correlated with primary production.
October 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🏢Urban buildings constitute significant carbon storing through their construction materials, according to a study of 12 major United States cities.

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Carbon storing in United States cities through biogenic storage and concrete carbonation in the built environment - Communications Earth & Environment
Urban buildings constitute significant carbon storing through their construction materials, according to a study of 12 major United States cities using satellite imagery and computer vision with stree...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🧭Some giant magnetofossils may have acted as magnetoreceptors in motile animals, with a magnetic structure optimised to respond to magnetic field intensity variations.

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Magnetic vector tomography reveals giant magnetofossils are optimised for magnetointensity reception - Communications Earth & Environment
Some giant magnetofossils may have acted as magnetoreceptors in motile animals, according to three-dimensional vector tomography of a spearhead giant magnetofossil which identifies a magnetic structur...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Penguin poop might help cool Antarctica. A study in @commsearth.nature.com suggests ammonia from Adelie penguin guano boosts cloud formation, which could reduce surface temperatures and slow sea ice loss: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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October 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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🔁 🌡️ 🌏 🔁 Closed-looped geothermal systems can provide the global potential of 9 terawatts of electrical power, equivalent to 70% of current global electricity production.

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Closed-loop geothermal system is a potential source of low-carbon renewable energy - Communications Earth & Environment
Closed-loop geothermal system can provide the global energy potential of 9 TWe, if fully tapped, equivalent to 70% of current global electricity production, according to an analysis of 12,000 closed-l...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🚨Job Alert: Nature Research Cross-Journal Editorial Team is looking for Associate or Senior Editor in Social Sciences.

📍Locations: New York, Jersey City, Shanghai, or Beijing - Hybrid Model
📆Application Deadline: October 28th, 2025

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Associate or Senior Editor (social sciences), Research Cross-Journal Editorial Team, Nature Journals
Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor (social sciences), Research Cross-Journal Editorial Team, Nature Journals Locations: New York, Jersey City, Shanghai, or Beijing - Hybrid Model Application Deadli...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🪵Combined methods boost the precision of tracing illegal timber
The origin of timber was correctly identified for 94% of samples in Central Africa, a high-risk region with low tracing accuracy to date.
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Combined genetic and chemical methods boost the precision of tracing illegal timber in Central Africa - Communications Earth & Environment
The origin of timber was correctly identified for 94% of samples in Central Africa, a high-risk region with low tracing accuracy to date, according to an analysis that combined genetic, stable isotope...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🪶Diet diversity across northern hemisphere ecosystems affects seabird responses to climate change, with breeding productivity declining in the Arctic and North Atlantic but not in the Pacific from 1963 to 2020.

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Ecosystems mediate climate impacts on northern hemisphere seabirds - Communications Earth & Environment
Diet diversity across northern hemisphere ecosystems affects seabird responses to climate change, with breeding productivity declining in the Arctic and North Atlantic but not in the Pacific from 1993 to 2019, based on 138 time series of breeding success and linear mixed effects models.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🏔️The Patagonian Ice Sheet both responded to past climate change and actively influenced it regionally, with topographic forcing shaping atmospheric circulation during glacial-interglacial cycles.
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Patagonian Ice Sheet shaped regional climate during the Last Glacial Maximum - Communications Earth & Environment
The Patagonian ice sheet not only responded to climate change but also actively influenced it regionally, highlighting the role of topographic forcing in shaping atmospheric circulation during glacial-interglacial cycles, according to a modeling study.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🌊The unprecedented June 2023 marine heatwave in north-western Europe had a 10% annual likelihood, with climate change accelerating the risk of similar events.

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Recent European marine heatwaves are unprecedented but not unexpected - Communications Earth & Environment
The unprecedented June 2023 marine heatwave in north-western Europe had a 10% annual likelihood, with climate change accelerating the risk of similar events, according to ensemble climate model simulations.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🐄Indigenous and crossbred bovines produce less methane and consume nitrogen more efficiently than improved bovines.

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Methane emissions from indigenous nitrogen-efficient bovidae are overestimated - Communications Earth & Environment
Indigenous and crossbred bovines produce less methane and consume nitrogen more efficiently than improved bovines, according to a meta-analysis combined with measurements of methane emissions from yaks in China.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is evident among the public in Britain, Canada, Chile, and Germany.
October 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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🚨New @natureportfolio.nature.com cross-journal collection with @commsearth.nature.com, @natcomms.nature.com and Scientific Reports on Climate adaptation and resilience in urban and rural communities, with Guest Editors Chenghao Wang and Edmond Totin www.nature.com/collections/...
Climate adaptation and resilience in urban and rural communities
In this cross-journal collection, we showcase studies that focus on adaptation in urban and rural areas.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
💻The Climate Action Simulation exercise increased participants' knowledge about high-impact climate actions and policies, and those gains persisted for at least six months.

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Interactive role-play with climate policy simulation can motivate evidence-based climate action - Communications Earth & Environment
The climate action simulation exercise increased participants’ knowledge about high-impact climate actions and policies, and those gains persisted for at least 6 months, according to survey data and statistical analysis.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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🚨 We are hiring - Nature Climate Change is recruiting for a full time editor to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a PhD trained researcher to move into editorial. Applications close 23 October
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Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Climate Change - Shanghai (CN) /Beijing/New York job with Springer Nature Ltd | 12845336
Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor (Nature Climate Change) Organisation: Nature Portfolio Location: Shanghai, Beijing, New York, New Jersey - hy...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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🚨New Collection Alert: Microbial strategies to support environmental goals

🦠This collection explores the role that microbes in climate mitigation, environmental bioremediation, and advanced microbial technologies designed for sustainable management applications.

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Microbial strategies to support environmental goals
Microbes have significant potential to improve environmental health - they can degrade persistent pollutants, convert waste into less harmful substances, and ...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
💣🍀🌊Sea-dumped munitions from the second world war can provide a habitat for epifauna.

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Sea-dumped munitions in the Baltic Sea support high epifauna abundance and diversity - Communications Earth & Environment
Sea-dumped munitions from the Second World War can provide a habitat for epifauna, according to an analysis of footage from a remotely operated vehicle in the Baltic Sea.
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September 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM