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China digs deep on environmental research
16 August 2018
Hepeng Jia
As China’s scientists strive to produce research with global prestige, urgent local environmental problems jostle for attention.
Q&A Karen Seto: Paving the way to an urban future
20 July 2018
Catherine Armitage
The scale of growth in cities challenges scientists and policy-makers.
Earth and environmental sciences must zoom in on the big picture
13 July 2018
Richard Kingsford
Academic reward structures discourage the pursuit of vital research.
Green stories greatest hits
7 July 2018
Gemma Conroy
We look at the top 5 Earth and environmental science articles by Altmetric Score from 2012 to 2017.
Words count: the evolution of Earth and environmental sciences
5 July 2018
Nature Index
Discover the trending terms in the field, from climate to water and meteorites to mercury.