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Advancing membrane technology in organic liquids towards a sustainable future 推动膜技术在有机液体中的应用，迈向可持续发展的未来

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Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-23 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01570-4

Jihoon Kim, Jeong F. Kim, Zhiwei Jiang, Andrew G. Livingston

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Weathering the storm 风雨飘摇

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Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-23 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01590-0

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Selective extraction of valuable hydrocarbons 选择性提取有价值的碳氢化合物

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Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-23 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01588-8

Alexander Ershov, Razi Epsztein

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A strategic environmental water rights market for Colorado River reallocation 科罗拉多河重新分配的战略性环境水权市场

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Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-20 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01585-x

Philip Womble, Steven M. Gorelick, Barton H. Thompson Jr., J. Sebastian Hernandez-Suarez

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Biodiversity change under human depopulation in Japan 人口减少下日本生物多样性的变化

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Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01578-w

Kei Uchida, Peter Matanle, Yang Li, Taku Fujita, Masayoshi K. Hiraiwa

{"title":"Biodiversity change under human depopulation in Japan","authors":"Kei Uchida, Peter Matanle, Yang Li, Taku Fujita, Masayoshi K. Hiraiwa","doi":"10.1038/s41893-025-01578-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41893-025-01578-w","url":null,"abstract":"Global studies consistently highlight a direct relationship between habitat and species losses, and human population and economic growth. Nevertheless, countries are experiencing below-replacement human fertility and starting to depopulate; among these countries, Japan is a global forerunner. To better understand whether human depopulation automatically yields environmentally restorative outcomes, we examine the impacts of human depopulation on aspects of biodiversity in Japan. Alongside population, land use and surface temperature, we analyse biodiversity change among 464 taxonomic species of bird, butterfly, firefly and frog egg masses, and 2,922 native and non-native plant species in wooded, agricultural and peri-urban landscapes across Japan over periods of 5–17 years from 2004. Irrespective of human population increase or decrease, biodiversity losses continue among most species studied mainly because of change in agricultural land use, either due to urbanization, disuse and abandonment, or intensification. Only where human numbers are currently stable, biodiversity is also more stable, although we anticipate that this may also change as ageing deepens into depopulation in these areas. We conclude by urging countries facing depopulation to account for its outcomes in their biodiversity conservation and restoration strategies. Human population growth over the past few decades has had detrimental impacts on biodiversity; however, several countries, such as Japan, are experiencing below-replacement human fertility leading to depopulation. This study examines the impact of human depopulation on biodiversity levels across Japan.","PeriodicalId":19056,"journal":{"name":"Nature Sustainability","volume":"8 8","pages":"883-893"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01578-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Multi-benefit diet changes in China 中国多元饮食的变化

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Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-06 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01582-0

Xiaoxi Wang, Hao Cai, Jiaqi Xuan, Changzheng Yuan, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Miodrag Stevanović, Jan Philipp Dietrich, Alexander Popp, Hermann Lotze-Campen

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Bio-based hot-melt adhesive from xylan 木聚糖生物基热熔胶

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Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01579-9

Ziwen Lv, Xueqing Yan, Siyu Jia, Jing Pan, Xiang Hao, Gegu Chen, Baozhong Lü, Jun Rao, Feng Peng

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Spin crossover-driven diiron electrocatalyst boosts sustainable water oxidation 自旋交叉驱动的双铁电催化剂促进水的可持续氧化

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Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-02 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01571-3

Ching-Wei Tung, Wei Zhang, Tai Ying Lai, Jiali Wang, You-Chiuan Chu, Guan-Bo Wang, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Yen-Fa Liao, Nozomu Hiraoka, Hirofumi Ishii, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Hao Ming Chen

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Collaborative energy and land use planning 协同能源和土地利用规划

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Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01580-2

David L. McCollum

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Negotiating risks to natural capital in net-zero transitions 谈判净零转型对自然资本的风险

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Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01576-y

Andrew C. Pascale, James E. M. Watson, Dominic Davis, Simon Smart, Michael Brear, Ryan Jones, Chris Greig

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