{"title":"Monitoring organic contaminants in aquatic systems with liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry","authors":"Zixiao Wu","doi":"10.1038/s43017-026-00767-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43017-026-00767-1","url":null,"abstract":"Zixiao Wu explains how liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry can simultaneously quantify and identify organic contaminants in complex mixtures.","PeriodicalId":18921,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Earth & Environment","volume":"7 4","pages":"204-204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147669042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tracing coral reef pollution using beachrocks","authors":"Liuwei Wang","doi":"10.1038/s43017-026-00768-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43017-026-00768-0","url":null,"abstract":"Liuwei Wang outlines how intertidal beachrocks provide long-term records of coastal contamination.","PeriodicalId":18921,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Earth & Environment","volume":"7 4","pages":"205-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147669048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Imaging flow cytometry for palaeoclimate reconstruction","authors":"Edward C. G. Forman","doi":"10.1038/s43017-026-00760-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43017-026-00760-8","url":null,"abstract":"Edward Forman explains how imaging flow cytometry can quickly count particulates in samples from natural climate archives, such as sediment cores, to reconstruct past environmental conditions.","PeriodicalId":18921,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Earth & Environment","volume":"7 3","pages":"149-149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147570471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using litterfall nets to study enhanced rock weathering","authors":"Isabella L. Steeley","doi":"10.1038/s43017-026-00763-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43017-026-00763-5","url":null,"abstract":"Isabella Steeley explains how litterfall nets are used in the monitoring of nutrient cycling in forest environments where enhanced rock weathering has been applied.","PeriodicalId":18921,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Earth & Environment","volume":"7 3","pages":"150-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147570474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stefanie Silsby, Sarah Sühnholz, Mojtaba Qanbarzadeh, Nathen Silsby, Shilai Hao, Erin Shields, Stephen Jackson, Marc A. Mills, Kyle Doudrick, Cora Young, Timothy J. Strathmann, Rajat S. Ghosh, Janice Willey, Patrick W. Fedick, Jens Blotevogel, Detlef R. U. Knappe, Christopher P. Higgins
{"title":"Air emissions during destruction of PFAS-containing materials","authors":"Stefanie Silsby, Sarah Sühnholz, Mojtaba Qanbarzadeh, Nathen Silsby, Shilai Hao, Erin Shields, Stephen Jackson, Marc A. Mills, Kyle Doudrick, Cora Young, Timothy J. Strathmann, Rajat S. Ghosh, Janice Willey, Patrick W. Fedick, Jens Blotevogel, Detlef R. U. Knappe, Christopher P. Higgins","doi":"10.1038/s43017-025-00755-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43017-025-00755-x","url":null,"abstract":"Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are synthetic chemicals used across numerous industrial and consumer applications. Their persistence and toxicological impacts necessitate their removal from the environment and their complete destruction; however, many PFAS destruction technologies release gas-phase and aerosol-phase fluorinated products of incomplete destruction (PIDs). In this Review, we discuss the PIDs released by PFAS destruction methods and approaches to categorize and measure them. Existing and emerging technologies use thermal, chemical, electrical or biological approaches to degrade PFASs, with varying degrees of success. Although many technologies achieve destruction and removal efficiencies of more than 99.99%, this metric does not account for the formation of airborne PIDs. Methods are being developed to measure PIDs in air emissions to protect exposed communities and facilitate the closure of fluorine mass balances. The choice of sampling and analytical methods depends on the polarity and volatility of the PIDs. Closing the mass balance is important because PIDs such as CF4 can have unintended global impacts, and potential localized risks from exposure to PIDs remain uncertain. Therefore, diverse analytical methods are needed to comprehensively characterize PIDs; such characterization is important to identify PFAS destruction technologies that minimize atmospheric emissions and their associated environmental and human health risks. Processes to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) can produce gas-phase and aerosol-phase products of incomplete destruction (PIDs), which are often overlooked. This Review outlines PFAS destruction technologies and explores approaches to detect associated PID emissions, providing frameworks to evaluate and mitigate potential risks to human and environmental health.","PeriodicalId":18921,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Earth & Environment","volume":"7 3","pages":"181-198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147570473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coastal protection via sediment accretion in mangrove ecosystems","authors":"Alice J. Twomey, Hannah Hatcher","doi":"10.1038/s43017-026-00758-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43017-026-00758-2","url":null,"abstract":"Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Alice Twomey about their project investigating how mangroves recover after tropical storms.","PeriodicalId":18921,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Earth & Environment","volume":"7 2","pages":"83-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146162906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drone docks for automated forest phenology monitoring","authors":"Yanwei Cong","doi":"10.1038/s43017-026-00759-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43017-026-00759-1","url":null,"abstract":"Yangwei Cong describes how drone docking stations can improve the coverage and efficacy of phenological monitoring in forests.","PeriodicalId":18921,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Earth & Environment","volume":"7 2","pages":"85-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146162907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthias C. Rillig, Guanghui Xu, Wei Fu, Changchao Li
{"title":"Constraining the effect of global change on antifungal resistance","authors":"Matthias C. Rillig, Guanghui Xu, Wei Fu, Changchao Li","doi":"10.1038/s43017-025-00756-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43017-025-00756-w","url":null,"abstract":"Antifungal resistance is a growing crisis affecting human health and agriculture that could be accelerated by global change. We call for a One Health research agenda to systematically investigate environmental drivers and inform policy to mitigate the potential of global environmental change in fuelling antifungal resistance.","PeriodicalId":18921,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Earth & Environment","volume":"7 3","pages":"145-147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147570419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}