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Effective uptake of submicrometre plastics by crop plants via a crack-entry mode by Li, Lianzhen, Luo, Yongming, Li, Ruijie, Zhou, Qian, Peijnenburg, Willie J. G. M., Yin, Na, Yang, Jie, Tu, Chen, Zhang, Yunchao

“…Most microplastics are emitted, either directly or via the degradation of plastics, to the terrestrial environment and accumulate in large amounts in soils,…”
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China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management by Chen, Chi, Park, Taejin, Wang, Xuhui, Piao, Shilong, Xu, Baodong, Chaturvedi, Rajiv K., Fuchs, Richard, Brovkin, Victor, Ciais, Philippe, Fensholt, Rasmus, Tømmervik, Hans, Bala, Govindasamy, Zhu, Zaichun, Nemani, Ramakrishna R., Myneni, Ranga B.

“…Satellite data show increasing leaf area of vegetation due to direct factors (human land-use management) and indirect factors (such as climate change, CO 2…”
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Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research by Norström, Albert V., Cvitanovic, Christopher, Löf, Marie F., West, Simon, Wyborn, Carina, Balvanera, Patricia, Bednarek, Angela T., Bennett, Elena M., Biggs, Reinette, de Bremond, Ariane, Campbell, Bruce M., Canadell, Josep G., Carpenter, Stephen R., Folke, Carl, Fulton, Elizabeth A., Gaffney, Owen, Gelcich, Stefan, Jouffray, Jean-Baptiste, Leach, Melissa, Le Tissier, Martin, Martín-López, Berta, Louder, Elena, Loutre, Marie-France, Meadow, Alison M., Nagendra, Harini, Payne, Davnah, Peterson, Garry D., Reyers, Belinda, Scholes, Robert, Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika, Spierenburg, Marja, Stafford-Smith, Mark, Tengö, Maria, van der Hel, Sandra, van Putten, Ingrid, Österblom, Henrik

“…Research practice, funding agencies and global science organizations suggest that research aimed at addressing sustainability challenges is most effective when…”
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The short-term impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on urban air pollution in China by He, Guojun, Pan, Yuhang, Tanaka, Takanao

“…To prevent the escalation of COVID-19 transmission, China locked down one-third of its cities, which strictly curtailed personal mobility and economic…”
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Surface-substituted Prussian blue analogue cathode for sustainable potassium-ion batteries by Ge, Junmin, Fan, Ling, Rao, Apparao M., Zhou, Jiang, Lu, Bingan

“…While lithium-ion batteries still dominate energy storage applications, aqueous potassium-ion batteries have emerged as a complementary technology due to their…”
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The role of soil carbon in natural climate solutions by Bossio, D. A., Cook-Patton, S. C., Ellis, P. W., Fargione, J., Sanderman, J., Smith, P., Wood, S., Zomer, R. J., von Unger, M., Emmer, I. M., Griscom, B. W.

“…Mitigating climate change requires clean energy and the removal of atmospheric carbon. Building soil carbon is an appealing way to increase carbon sinks and…”
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Six Transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by Sachs, Jeffrey D., Schmidt-Traub, Guido, Mazzucato, Mariana, Messner, Dirk, Nakicenovic, Nebojsa, Rockström, Johan

“…The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change call for deep transformations in every country that will require…”
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A non-flammable hydrous organic electrolyte for sustainable zinc batteries by Han, Daliang, Cui, Changjun, Zhang, Kangyu, Wang, Zhenxing, Gao, Jiachen, Guo, Yong, Zhang, Zhicheng, Wu, Shichao, Yin, Lichang, Weng, Zhe, Kang, Feiyu, Yang, Quan-Hong

“…Aqueous zinc (Zn) batteries have long been considered a potentially more sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries because of their better environmental…”
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Selective electrocatalytic synthesis of urea with nitrate and carbon dioxide by Lv, Chade, Zhong, Lixiang, Liu, Hengjie, Fang, Zhiwei, Yan, Chunshuang, Chen, Mengxin, Kong, Yi, Lee, Carmen, Liu, Daobin, Li, Shuzhou, Liu, Jiawei, Song, Li, Chen, Gang, Yan, Qingyu, Yu, Guihua

“…Synthetic nitrogen fertilizer such as urea has been key to increasing crop productivity and feeding a growing population. However, the conventional urea…”
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Organic wastewater treatment by a single-atom catalyst and electrolytically produced H2O2 by Xu, Jinwei, Zheng, Xueli, Feng, Zhiping, Lu, Zhiyi, Zhang, Zewen, Huang, William, Li, Yanbin, Vuckovic, Djordje, Li, Yuanqing, Dai, Sheng, Chen, Guangxu, Wang, Kecheng, Wang, Hansen, Chen, James K., Mitch, William, Cui, Yi

“…The presence of organic contaminants in wastewater poses considerable risks to the health of both humans and ecosystems. Although advanced oxidation processes…”
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A strong, biodegradable and recyclable lignocellulosic bioplastic by Xia, Qinqin, Chen, Chaoji, Yao, Yonggang, Li, Jianguo, He, Shuaiming, Zhou, Yubing, Li, Teng, Pan, Xuejun, Yao, Yuan, Hu, Liangbing

“…Renewable and biodegradable materials derived from biomass are attractive candidates to replace non-biodegradable petrochemical plastics. However, the…”
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Buildings as a global carbon sink by Churkina, Galina, Organschi, Alan, Reyer, Christopher P. O., Ruff, Andrew, Vinke, Kira, Liu, Zhu, Reck, Barbara K., Graedel, T. E., Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim

“…The anticipated growth and urbanization of the global population over the next several decades will create a vast demand for the construction of new housing,…”
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Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin film by Zheng, Zhuang-Hao, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Ao, Dong-Wei, Liu, Wei-Di, Li, Meng, Kou, Liang-Zhi, Chen, Yue-Xing, Li, Fu, Wei, Meng, Liang, Guang-Xing, Fan, Ping, Lu, Gao Qing (Max), Chen, Zhi-Gang

“…Thermoelectric materials offer the possibility of harvesting huge amounts of waste heat, such as vehicle exhaust gases, and converting them directly into…”
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High-spatiotemporal-resolution mapping of global urban change from 1985 to 2015 by Liu, Xiaoping, Huang, Yinghuai, Xu, Xiaocong, Li, Xuecao, Li, Xia, Ciais, Philippe, Lin, Peirong, Gong, Kai, Ziegler, Alan D., Chen, Anping, Gong, Peng, Chen, Jun, Hu, Guohua, Chen, Yimin, Wang, Shaojian, Wu, Qiusheng, Huang, Kangning, Estes, Lyndon, Zeng, Zhenzhong

“…High-resolution global maps of annual urban land coverage provide fundamental information of global environmental change and contribute to applications related…”
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Techno-economic assessment of low-temperature carbon dioxide electrolysis by Shin, Haeun, Hansen, Kentaro U., Jiao, Feng

“…Low-temperature CO 2 electrolysis represents a potential enabling process in the production of renewable chemicals and fuels, notably carbon monoxide, formic…”
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Effective ion sieving with Ti3C2Tx MXene membranes for production of drinking water from seawater by Ding, Li, Li, Libo, Liu, Yanchang, Wu, Yi, Lu, Zong, Deng, Junjie, Wei, Yanying, Caro, Jürgen, Wang, Haihui

“…Traditional ways of producing drinking water from groundwater, water recycling and water conservation are not sufficient. Seawater desalination would close the…”
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A good life for all within planetary boundaries by O’Neill, Daniel W., Fanning, Andrew L., Lamb, William F., Steinberger, Julia K.

“…Humanity faces the challenge of how to achieve a high quality of life for over 7 billion people without destabilizing critical planetary processes. Using…”
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A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation by Garnett, Stephen T., Burgess, Neil D., Fa, Julia E., Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro, Molnár, Zsolt, Robinson, Cathy J., Watson, James E. M., Zander, Kerstin K., Austin, Beau, Brondizio, Eduardo S., Collier, Neil French, Duncan, Tom, Ellis, Erle, Geyle, Hayley, Jackson, Micha V., Jonas, Harry, Malmer, Pernilla, McGowan, Ben, Sivongxay, Amphone, Leiper, Ian

“…Understanding the scale, location and nature conservation values of the lands over which Indigenous Peoples exercise traditional rights is central to…”
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Sustainability and resilience for transformation in the urban century by Elmqvist, Thomas, Andersson, Erik, Frantzeskaki, Niki, McPhearson, Timon, Olsson, Per, Gaffney, Owen, Takeuchi, Kazuhiko, Folke, Carl

“…We have entered the urban century and addressing a broad suite of sustainability challenges in urban areas is increasingly key for our chances to transform the…”
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Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals by Biermann, Frank, Hickmann, Thomas, Sénit, Carole-Anne, Beisheim, Marianne, Bernstein, Steven, Chasek, Pamela, Grob, Leonie, Kim, Rakhyun E., Kotzé, Louis J., Nilsson, Måns, Ordóñez Llanos, Andrea, Okereke, Chukwumerije, Pradhan, Prajal, Raven, Rob, Sun, Yixian, Vijge, Marjanneke J., van Vuuren, Detlef, Wicke, Birka

“…In 2015, the United Nations agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals as the central normative framework for sustainable development worldwide. The…”
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