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Carolina Hurtado-Pulido explains how Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) can measure regional vertical land motion patterns.

Geomorphic and ecological factors shape the effects of sea level rise on the coastal carbon sink. This Review discusses how reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compensate for losses in carbon sequestration as ecosystem boundaries change rapidly in the coastal zone.

Daniela Navarro-Perez explains how nuclear magnetic resonance can be used to assess the capacity of natural reservoirs to store fluids.

An article in One Earth finds that >75% of insect species lack representation in protected areas.

An article in Science Advances explores the capacity of protected areas to buffer ecosystems from the effects of climate change.

An article in Nature Communications reveals that protected areas will continue to include suitable habitat for more than 90% of analysed herpetofauna under climate change scenarios.

An article in Global Change Biology demonstrates that the current network of protected areas is disconnected in terms of climate similarity.

Gyres, jets and waves are thought to have an important role in Earth’s core dynamics. This Review explores these core processes, based on satellite observations and numerical simulations, and discusses the implications for deep-Earth coupling and forecasting geomagnetic field changes.

Emerging technologies can enhance the measurement and analysis of soil data and unleash its potential to support different ecosystem functions. However, concerns about ownership and reward complicate how and when the resulting data is shared. Soil data sharing must be incentivized to promote soil science.

Yulissa T. Perez Rojas explains how air-quality sensors can be repurposed as low-cost alternatives for measuring soil CO₂ fluxes from soil.

Although model projections indicate increased El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability in the future, contemporary impacts of anthropogenic forcing on ENSO variability have been difficult to ascertain. This Perspective discusses these contemporary effects, outlining that an increase in post-1960 ENSO variability is likely related to greenhouse gas forcing.

An article in The Cryosphere outlines projections of rapid ice change events in the Barents Sea.

An article in Environmental Research Letters investigates the influence of the Amundsen Sea Low in driving record low Antarctic sea ice extent in February 2022.

A digital twin of Earth would fully integrate Big Data observations within an Earth–human system model, to assess the interactions between these subsystems. This Review explores the current progress in Big Data manipulation in Earth sciences providing pathways toward digital twins of Earth.

Akshat Chulawat describes how graph theory can be used to predict the vulnerability of the built environment to wildfire.

Souleymane Diop explains how four-component radiometers can be used to assess the effects of conservation agriculture practices on albedo and heat flux.

Alba Rodriguez Padilla explains how airborne lidar can capture 3D submeter to tens of meters changes in surface topography caused by earthquake deformation.

Articles in Nature Climate Change and Geophysical Research Letters explore the impacts of atmospheric rivers on Arctic and Antarctic sea ice variability.

The 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes occurred on active faults that were known to be a high seismic hazard, yet the devastating impacts of these earthquakes show that the risk was not adequately considered. Vulnerabilities arising from exposure, corruption and poverty led to a lack of seismic preparedness which amplified the earthquake risk into a tragic disaster.