Understanding dryland dynamics is essential to predict future climate trajectories. However,
there remains large uncertainty on the extent to which drylands are expanding or greening …

Water availability is a major factor constraining humanity's ability to meet the future food and
energy needs of a growing and increasingly affluent human population. Water plays an …

We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Land use/cover change is an important theme on the impacts of human activities on the
earth systems and global environmental change. National land-use changes of China …

Abstract Changes in land systems generate many sustainability challenges. Identifying more
sustainable land-use alternatives requires solid theoretical foundations on the causes of …

Land-use/land-cover changes (LUCCs) have links to both human and nature interactions.
China's Land-Use/cover Datasets (CLUDs) were updated regularly at 5-year intervals from …

Land system science provides a theoretical lens for deepening our understanding of
interactions between social and environmental systems. Synthesis and integration of land …

Highlights•Knowledge about ecosystem service production and distribution can foster
sustainability.•Ecosystem service governance best practices can improve ecosystem …

Abstract The United Nations has adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with
169 targets. International trade has substantial influences on global sustainability and …

Over the last few decades rapid advances in processes to collect, monitor, disclose, and
disseminate information have contributed towards the development of entirely new modes of …