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Communications Sustainability
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An open-access journal welcoming high quality original research, reviews, and commentary in sustainability science from Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com. https://www.nature.com/commssustain
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PFAS and forever chemicals in the environment
With this cross-journal Collection, the editors invite manuscripts that highlight recent advances in understanding the fate, transport, and effects of ...
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🏭⏳ Submit your work to our new cross-journal collection on forever chemicals in the environment. With @commsearth.nature.com @natcomms.nature.com Nature Water npj Emerging Contaminants and Scientific Reports @natureportfolio.nature.com 🧪
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PFAS and forever chemicals in the environment
With this cross-journal Collection, the editors invite manuscripts that highlight recent advances in understanding the fate, transport, and effects of ...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. 👩‍🔬

👉 Read some of our women-led January papers. #WomenInScience2026 #IDWGS2026 🧪

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science
11 February
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February 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
🌏🥕⚡ New study: Eurasia’s sustainability hinges on food systems, not energy. Changing what and how crops are grown is more effective than energy tweaks, but the benefits aren’t shared evenly. 🧪 @natureportfolio.nature.com

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Sustainable trio for food, energy, and water security in Eurasia - Communications Sustainability
In Eurasia, food systems, especially consumption, are the most sensitive part of the food-energy water nexus, and shifting crop types and planting is more effective than changing energy systems for im...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
What happens on land shape the coastal health 🌱riparian vegetation reduces coastal turbidity up to 800 m offshore, right where #coral reefs and #seagrass thrive. Pasture and roads increase turbidity @lauradee.bsky.social @oceannoe.bsky.social

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February 10, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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A paper in Nature Sustainability presents a global dataset that maps global heating and cooling degree days, finding future hotspots, rising cooling demand and early shifts in energy needs with major global impacts. go.nature.com/4kn6J4U 🧪
February 6, 2026 at 11:18 PM
🪸The #carbon captured by mangroves and other blue carbon systems could be used to support #reef restoration, creating a powerful synergy between #climate action and marine #conservation.

🔗🧪Read Perspective by Mojtaba Fakhraee in @natsustain.nature.com 👇

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February 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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In Asia, #climate pledges and their implementation fall short of meeting 1.5 degree centigrade and #SDG targets, and countries need tailored mitigation strategies to balance ambition, #sustainability, and #economic impacts.

👉Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia requires ambitious climate targets combined with sustainability-focused measures - Communications Earth & Environment
In Asia, climate pledges and their implementation fall short of meeting the 1.5 degree centigrade and SDG targets, and countries need tailored mitigation strategies to balance ambition, sustainability...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Book review 📚 The dark side of green technology: what do electric vehicles really cost?

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The dark side of green technology: what do electric vehicles really cost?
A powerful book reveals the corrupt deals and human exploitation behind the global scramble for strategic metals.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
New publication: 🐘🌎📺Wildlife content on YouTube rarely includes conservation calls to action despite high engagement. A look at millions of videos shows what's missing for meaningful action.🧪

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YouTube content on wildlife engages audiences but rarely drives meaningful conservation action - Communications Sustainability
Wildlife content on YouTube rarely includes conservation calls to action despite high engagement, according to machine learning and human-guided concept analysis of thousands of videos and user commen...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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We have our first completed Research Collection, on 'Battery Management Systems for Vehicle Electrification'! 🔋⚡🚗 Read how papers in this collection have contributed to the wider field of battery management systems (key components in EVs for performance optimisation): www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Battery management systems for vehicle electrification - Communications Engineering
The use of electric vehicles contributes to sustainability efforts by reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and improving air quality. Communications Engineering is delighted to present its first comp...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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🚨Our new paper led by Dr. @zialyle.bsky.social looked at how climate change poses risks to US drinking water utilities & if their bonds disclose these risks to investors. Utilities serving 67 million people have high risks, but 36% of their bonds don't mention climate: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Climate change risk index and municipal bond disclosures of United States drinking water utilities - Communications Earth & Environment
67 million customers across the US rely on drinking water utilities that face higher climate risk than accounted for, which exposes major gaps in climate adaptation and resilience planning, suggests a...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
👉Participating journals:
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npj Biodiversity
Scientific Reports
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This Collection supports and amplifies research related to #SDG3 #SDG13 #SDG15
February 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
📢Attention ecologists, restoration practitioners, rural sociologists, planners, and decision makers: Cross-journal collection Managing Landscapes After Land Abandonment: #Afforestation, #Rewilding, and #Restoration, Is open for submission

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Managing landscapes after land abandonment: afforestation, rewilding and restoration
This collection invites insights on managing post-abandonment landscapes—afforest, rewild, restore—balancing biodiversity, climate resilience, and equity.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Around 42% of the digital industry’s embodied emissions was assigned to other sectors’ supply chains in 2021 due to limitations in conventional greenhouse gas accounting methods, according to analyses published in Communications Sustainability. go.nature.com/4teGlOM 🧪
February 2, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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🚨The latest article published @commssustain.nature.com suggests how microplastic pollution boosts harmful algae blooms.

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📰Press highlight: www.earth.com/news/plastic...
Plastic pollution may be supercharging algae blooms
Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:55 AM
🏢Low-carbon concrete emerges as the most scalable, resource-feasible pathway for #GHG reductions in #construction. Low #carbon #concrete isn’t constrained by resource availability and could deliver 14.3 Gt CO₂(eq.) in savings from 2025–2050.

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February 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM