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    In this collection we bring together and invite research and opinion ranging from the seismological characteristics of the earthquakes to lessons and strategies for resilience and the human response.

    Image: Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
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    Anthropogenic climate change is a scientific fact. Without immediate action, we are unlikely to meet the target goal of minimizing global warming to 1.5° C. This collection highlights the importance of human behaviour in climate action, mitigation and adaptation.

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    Under extreme pressure, matter can exhibit novel or counter-intuitive phenomena such as superconductivity at unusually high-temperature, unexpected chemical stoichiometries and reaction kinetics, or new material phases.

    Image: Lars Plöger, Pixabay

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    Plastic is ubiquitous in our lives and the environment.

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    Deep water refers to the water, and its constituent ions, in Earth’s interior.

    Image: ©2019 Gemological Institute of America, Inc. Photo by Tingting Gu

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    Recent missions to the asteroids Ryugu and Bennu have revealed that the surfaces of asteroids can be actively shaped by a variety of geological processes.

    Image: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

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    This November, world leaders will meet in Glasgow, UK for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to discuss action on the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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    The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi for their advances in complex physical systems. In

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    International agreements like the Montreal Protocol and the Kigali Amendment have been largely successful in reducing the emissions of ozone depleting substances.

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    Land-cover change can have profound impacts on the Earth system. Unsustainable land use, driven by urban and agricultural expansion, not only causes important impacts on climate but also leads to ecosystem and environmental degradation.

    Image: Cícero Castro / Alamy Stock Photo

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    Megathrusts, faults at the interface between one tectonic plate overriding another, can generate large earthquakes and tsunamis.

    Image: Larry Geddis / Alamy Stock Photo