Nature Sustainability, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01325-7 Ecosystem services provided by coral reefs to coastal communities can depend on upstream land-use change activities such as forest restoration. This study assessed the social and ecological benefits provided by different watershed interventions designed at regional and national scales in Mesoamerica ..read more

Nature Sustainability, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01306-w Humans rely heavily on non-renewable groundwater, especially to support agricultural production. Like other depletable resources, groundwater extraction is expected to peak and subsequently decline during the twenty-first century, highlighting imminent transformations in the availability and use of water globally ..read more

Nature Sustainability, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01323-9 This work shows a diagnosis technique that works for multiple cancers and features cost advantage, environmental compliance and user-friendly protocol ..read more

Nature Sustainability, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01331-9 Utilizing an epoxy-amine chemistry, the authors demonstrate a thermoset epoxy that is reprocessable and tough, achieving improved sustainability for this widely used plastic material ..read more

Nature Sustainability, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01330-w Hydroxylamine plays a critical role in the chemical industry, but its production currently has unfavourable environmental footprint. Now a plasma-electrochemical cascade pathway powered by electricity enables efficient hydroxylamine synthesis from ambient air and water at mild conditions ..read more

Nature Sustainability, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01338-2 Dario Fornara, research director of the Davines Group–Rodale Institute European Regenerative Organic Center (EROC), talks to Nature Sustainability about the making of EROC and the benefits of an integrated partnership between the private and the non-profit sectors to advance sustainability ..read more

Nature Sustainability, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01327-5 Safety is only one side of the coin for aqueous batteries. Here the authors show a water-in-polymer electrolyte that shows a wide electrochemical window and salt recyclability, thus addressing challenges at the other side ..read more

Nature Sustainability, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01329-3 Critical clean energy materials exhibit supply risks due to unbalanced cross-country production and consumption patterns. A study now maps the global distribution of mineral property rights, through foreign direct investment, to show its potential role in reducing critical materials’ supply risks ..read more

Nature Sustainability, Published online: 16 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01334-6 Rice is a staple crop for much of the world’s population, but its production can be a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Supplemental nano iron oxides application can halve these emissions while boosting crop yield ..read more

Nature Sustainability, Published online: 16 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01322-w A powerful technique with broad applications, operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is widely used but there is a lack of design and reporting standards. Focusing on water-splitting electrocatalysts, we propose best practices for the reproducibility, replicability and reliability of operando XAS studies ..read more