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PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering - IIT Bombay || Associate Editor @Commsearth.nature.com & Consulting Editor @Commssustain.nature.com || Handling papers in #Biogeochemistry, #PlasticPollution, #ContaminantsRemoval, and #SoilScience.
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The whole Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is not a uniform mirror-like surface in which anything above it is reflected specularly, instead the smoothness of the water surface evolves spatially and temporally.

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Is this really the world's largest mirror? Researchers put it to the test
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September 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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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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September 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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🌊Nature Water Talk

on collection "Water Pollution and advanced treatment processes" www.nature.com/collections/...

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Thursday, June 26th
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June 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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💧New collection launch: 'Water Pollution and advanced treatment processes'. This collection concerns current research in developing novel advanced water and wastewater treatment processes and their applications at both local, regional, and global scale.

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Water pollution and advanced treatment processes
In this cross-journal Collection we highlight studies that investigate the advanced treatment technologies for contaminants removal from water and wastewater.
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May 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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🤔Wondering about the interrelation between Penguins and aerosol particles in Antarctica?

❄️🐧Penguin colonies emit gaseous ammonia that enhances new particle formation processes in Antarctica.

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Penguin guano is an important source of climate-relevant aerosol particles in Antarctica - Communications Earth & Environment
Penguin colonies emit gaseous ammonia that enhances new particle formation processes in Antarctica, according to online observations of gaseous ammonia and aerosol particles from a coastal site in Ant...
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May 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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🛢️Global plastics production is concentrated in oil-producing countries with advanced petrochemical industries, while plastics disposal has shifted from landfill to incineration, with recycling consistently low.

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April 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it makes people feel more negative towards a range of other techniques for carbon removal. Such a bias could hamper development of a socially-robust portfolio of carbon removal options.

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Carbon removal beyond the trees - Communications Earth & Environment
The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it seems to make people feel more negative towards other techniques, when presented with a range of options for carbon removal. Such a...
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April 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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🎉We have launched a new journal : Communications Sustainability. Check out our latest homepage!

🤓I will be working as a consulting editor with Comms Sustain, along with my role as associate editor at Communications Earth & Environment.

🔎Looking forward reading some cool sustainability science..
March 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Welcome to Communications Sustainability! We are a new, editorially selective open-access journal from the Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com We are open to new submissions of high-quality works in all #sustainability related areas of science communities.springernature.com/posts/welcom...
Welcome to Communications Sustainability!
We are pleased to introduce Communications Sustainability, a new, editorially selective open access journal from the Nature Portfolio.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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📝 Top 25 papers of 2024 published by Communications Earth & Environment

Featuring authors from around the world 🌍, these papers highlight valuable research from an international community.

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Top 25 papers of 2024
The top 25 most successful papers published in Communications Earth and Environment in 2024
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March 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Hello BlueSky! Watch this space for an upcoming announcement... 🌱🌍🚰🔋🏭🏙️🚜🚇🚲🔌🗳️
March 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Exposure of human upper respiratory tracts to dry atmospheres promotes airway inflammation and aggravates lung diseases

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Global warming risks dehydrating and inflaming human airways - Communications Earth & Environment
Exposure of human upper respiratory tracts to dry atmospheres promotes airway inflammation and aggravates lung diseases, according to an analysis of water efflux in human breathing, epithelial cell an...
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March 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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New collection Alert: Human mobility and environmental change
A cross-journal collection focusing on contributions that address the link between environmental change and human mobility at a local, regional, and global level.
Submission deadline: 7 Sept 2025
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Human mobility and environmental change
In this cross-journal collection, we focus on contributions that address the link between environmental change and human mobility at a local, regional, and ...
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March 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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🍫 Here's some chocolate-related science for you this Valentine's Day 💕

Cocoa yield in Brazil, Ghana, and Indonesia increases by up to 20% when using hand pollination techniques and reduces by up to 31% under 7°C warmer-than-average temperatures.

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Global chocolate supply is limited by low pollination and high temperatures - Communications Earth & Environment
Cocoa yield in Brazil, Ghana, and Indonesia was increased by up to 20% by using hand pollination techniques and reduced by up to 31% with 7 °C warmer average temperatures, according to analyses of pol...
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February 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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🔥Wildfires can increase lake carbon concentrations by up to double, mostly in the form of dissolved organic carbon.

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Wildfires mediate carbon transfer from land to lakes across boreal and temperate regions - Communications Earth & Environment
Wildfires can increase lake carbon concentrations by up to double, mostly in the form of dissolved organic carbon, according to analyses of carbon in fire-disturbed and control lakes across Quebec and...
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February 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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❄️🐻‍❄️ In Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, local people live alongside polar bears with tolerance and reciprocal respect and the meaning of their co-existence.
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Coexistence between people and polar bears supports Indigenous knowledge mobilization in wildlife management and research - Communications Earth & Environment
In Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, people live alongside polar bears with tolerance and reciprocal respect and the meaning of their coexistence, mobilization of Indigenous knowledge, and recommendations ...
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February 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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The increase of lead contamination in the Aegean, 2150 years before the present, had a significant impact on marine and terrestrial environments and coincided with a period of significant societal expansion of the #RomanEmpire and the adoption of monetized systems.

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Societal changes in Ancient Greece impacted terrestrial and marine environments - Communications Earth & Environment
The increase in lead contamination 2150 years before present affected marine and terrestrial environments of the Aegean region. It coincided with the expansion of monetized societies, as shown by lead...
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January 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Risk of sewage and petrochemical contamination from flooding along 460 km long coastline of #Florida can be reduced by coral #reef restoration, with a potential economic benefit of about $3.5 million US dollars.

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Coral reef restoration can reduce coastal contamination and pollution hazards - Communications Earth & Environment
Risk of sewage and petrochemical contamination from flooding along 460 km long coastline of Florida can be reduced by coral reef restoration, with a potential economic benefit of about $3.5 million US...
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January 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Cold emails can be a surprisingly powerful tool for landing a job in science. Here's how to make yours stand out

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Four tips for writing the perfect ‘cold e-mail’ in job applications
These strategies can transform your unsolicited applications from forgettable to fabulous.
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January 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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In the Arctic, the risks of the permafrost thaw are perceived differently by communities, and key hazards include infrastructure failure, mobility disruption, decreased water quality and food security, and exposure to diseases, according to an analysis in Communications Earth & Environment. 🧪
A transdisciplinary, comparative analysis reveals key risks from Arctic permafrost thaw - Communications Earth & Environment
In the Arctic, the risks of the permafrost thaw are perceived differently by communities, and key hazards include infrastructure failure, mobility disruption, decreased water quality and food security, and exposure to diseases, according to a transdisciplinary analysis based on workshops and a thematic network approach.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Bursts of electromagnetic radiation that share similarities with birdsong have long been observed close to Earth

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Chirping chorus rings out from an unexpected part of outer space
Electron-hole detection for distant chorus waves.
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January 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a paper in Communications Earth & Environment. The findings suggest that behavioural adaptations included returning repeatedly to specific rivers and ponds for fresh water. 🧪 🏺
Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago - Communications Earth & Environment
Homo erectus adapted to hyper-arid climatic conditions one million years ago through the strategic use of rivers and ponds, and this facilitated geographic expansion within and beyond Africa, as shown by multi-proxy data from Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania.
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January 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Approximately 465,000 metric tons of methane were emitted from the 2022 Nord Stream subsea pipeline leaks, according to three studies in Nature and Nature Communications.
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This is figure 1 from Nord Stream methane leaks spread across 14% of Baltic waters, which shows three-month in situ observations of methane concentrations in the Baltic Sea after the Nord Stream explosions.
January 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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🐋Whales transform prey biomass into labile micronutrients and inject them directly into the surface ocean.

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Organic ligands in whale excrement support iron availability and reduce copper toxicity to the surface ocean - Communications Earth & Environment
Whales transform prey biomass into labile micronutrients and inject them directly into the surface ocean, according to chemical analyses of whale excrement samples from the Southern Ocean.
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January 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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More frequent large #wildfires and a lengthening of the fire season in southern #California are projected under future emission and climate scenarios.

Recommended paper: The season for large fires in Southern California is projected to lengthen in a changing climate.
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The season for large fires in Southern California is projected to lengthen in a changing climate - Communications Earth & Environment
More frequent large wildfires and a lengthening of the fire season in southern California are projected under future emission and climate scenarios, according to machine learning and climate model pro...
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January 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM