Nature

Effects of environmental change on health and the critical need for sex- and gender-disaggregated data

Environmental change represents one of the most pressing global challenges of our time, with devastating effects on ecosystems, economies and human health 1. Environmental change differs from climate ...
The Conversation

How your genes interact with your environment changes your disease risk − new research counts the ways

Nature and nurture both determine how likely you are to develop a particular disease. Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty Images Sitting in my doctor’s examination room, I was surprised when she ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade

Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...
Nature

Functional regimes define soil microbiome response to environmental change

The metabolic activity of soil, marine and freshwater microbiomes drives carbon and nitrogen transformations that sustain biogeochemical cycles and life in the biosphere 2. These microbiomes are also ...
The Conversation

How unexploded bombs cause environmental damage – and why climate change exacerbates the problem

There are a record number of conflicts raging around the world – from Ukraine and Gaza to Sudan and Myanmar. Alongside their devastating human toll, these conflicts are all wreaking havoc on the ...