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Our March issue is now live!

This month we feature sustainable space, access to US protected areas, air pollution and suicide rates in China, advances in sodium-ion batteries and more. 

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  • We are rapidly expanding our reach into Earth’s orbital space and beyond. It is now urgent to extend our notions of protecting a sustainable planet to a sustainable vision beyond Earth’s boundaries. This focus features opinions and perspectives on the impact space development is having, is likely to, and how it can ensure a more sustainable future in space and on Earth.

  • In the October issue we highlighted the challenges posed by plastics waste, some prominent views about how to tackle the problem through technologies and policies and the broader context in which the plastics crisis should be considered, including current lifestyles and consumption patterns.

  • Since it was launched in 2018, the editorial team at Nature Sustainability has seen the level and quality of submissions grow steadily. But high submissions also carry a price as the journal’s editorial capacity cannot grow at the same pace. As a result, editors have reconsidered some editorial practices.

Nature Sustainability is a Transformative Journal; authors can publish using the traditional publishing route OR via immediate gold Open Access.

Our Open Access option complies with funder and institutional requirements.

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  • Cement is a ubiquitous material in modern construction, but produces substantial carbon emissions. Emerging technologies exist that can reduce cement’s carbon footprint, but the right strategies must be implemented ambitiously and synergistically to be effective.

    • Otavio Cavalett
    • Marcos D. B. Watanabe
    • Francesco Cherubini
    ArticleOpen Access
  • The energy sector has led to the creation of marine artificial structures such as oil and gas installations and offshore wind farms. This global meta-analysis assesses whether such structures can act as artificial reefs and benefit the marine environment when left at sea following decommissioning.

    • Anaëlle J. Lemasson
    • Paul J. Somerfield
    • Antony M. Knights
    AnalysisOpen Access
  • Evaluating the sustainability impacts of housing policies for low- and moderate-income households is challenging. This study links observations of housing programme participation and utility consumption to quantify the benefits of locally administered housing policies in a typical community in the American Southeast.

    • Omar Isaac Asensio
    • Olga Churkina
    • Kira E. O’Hare
    ArticleOpen Access
  • This work shows an integrated device that could harvest osmosis energy at one side and then drive efficient production of green hydrogen from seawater at the other side.

    • Qirui Liang
    • Yanan Huang
    • Biao Kong
    Article
  • An increasingly warm climate can lead to more intense, frequent and longer periods of hazardous heat, increasing the risk of heat-related health concerns. This study assesses whether incarcerated people in the United States are potentially disproportionately exposed to such hazardous heat conditions.

    • Cascade Tuholske
    • Victoria D. Lynch
    • Robbie M. Parks
    Brief CommunicationOpen Access
  • As our reach extends outside our planet into Earth’s orbital space and beyond, the need for proactive research and equitable governance of human activity in outer space is more urgent than ever.

    Editorial
  • The rapid launch of hundreds of thousands of satellites into low Earth orbit will significantly alter our view of the sky and raise concerns about the sustainability of Earth’s orbital space. A new framework for sustainable space development must balance technological advancement, protection of space environments and our capacity to explore the Universe.

    • A. Williams
    • A. Boley
    • R. Green
    Comment
  • Reforming interventions to achieve progress for all is a tough call. Success hinges on adopting a systems-based approach.

    Editorial
  • Oxygen electrocatalysis is key for energy conversion and storage technologies such as fuel cells and water electrolysers. However, the measurement of the performance of electrocatalysts is not standardized. This Comment addresses emerging pitfalls in performance evaluation and discusses best practices for oxygen electrocatalysis.

    • Yubo Chen
    • Daniel J. Zheng
    • Yang Shao-Horn
    Comment
  • Phoebe Koundouri, Professor of Environmental Economics and Sustainability at Athens University of Economics and Business, talks to Nature Sustainability about how the Global Climate Hub can help countries achieve sustainability against the backdrop of interconnected, complex challenges.

    • Angelos Alamanos
    Q&A

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