Sustainability as a research area investigates the biophysical, technological, and socio-economic conditions under which human and ecological systems can persist within planetary boundaries over the long term. It integrates methods from environmental science, systems ecology, industrial ecology, economics, and social sciences to analyze resource flows, environmental impacts, resilience, and equity. Core topics include sustainable resource management, climate and energy transitions, circular economy strategies, life cycle assessment, and governance mechanisms that align development with ecological limits. Research emphasizes quantitative indicators, scenario modeling, and policy-relevant frameworks to evaluate pathways that minimize degradation of natural systems while maintaining human well-being.
As the world's population becomes more and more urban, cities are emerging as key components of the Anthropocene—both as major contributors to climate change and as potential trendsetters for innovation and action. But in ...
Environment
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An international team including researchers from the University of Alicante (UA) and the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has used artificial intelligence to analyze the climate commitments submitted to the United ...
Environment
Jun 11, 2026
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Open-source artificial intelligence is advancing faster than the world can govern it, and the consequences could reshape the future of sustainability, democracy and global development. In a new comment published in Nature ...
Environment
Jun 11, 2026
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Growing lettuce indoors in Canadian cities can be as climate-friendly as conventional farming, but only in regions where electricity comes from renewable sources and is therefore low-carbon, according to a new McGill-led ...
Agriculture
Jun 11, 2026
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Private commercial operators are launching more rockets into space, carrying more people and pursuing more ambitious missions than ever before.
Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2026
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Ireland's native woodland scheme, which was introduced by the government in 2001, is successfully bringing back biodiversity. But the country still struggles to meet its tree-planting targets. The reason? Policy doesn't always ...
Ecology
Jun 11, 2026
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Global rice production nearly doubled between the 1960s and the 2010s, despite the negative impacts of climate change, according to a new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The study found that management ...
Agriculture
Jun 10, 2026
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Following the devastating Northern Rivers floods in New South Wales in 2022, roughly 14,000 truckloads of water-damaged materials were sent to landfill.
Environment
Jun 10, 2026
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Current climate and nature policies are working at cross-purposes, wasting public funds and causing unintended damage to ecosystems, according to a major new report co-authored by a University of York researcher.
Environment
Jun 10, 2026
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Wind turbines generate climate-friendly electricity, but they can pose a danger to migratory birds. A study led by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) published in Nature Sustainability ...
Ecology
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