The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized
world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding …

BACKGROUND Human actions have long been known to drive declines in nature, and there
is growing awareness of how globalization means that these drivers increasingly act at a …

Co-production, the collaborative weaving of research and practice by diverse societal actors,
is argued to play an important role in sustainability transformations. Yet, there is still poor …

Human activities affect the Earth System with an unprecedented magnitude, causing
undesirable irreversible degradation. The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals …

Environmental variability and shock events can be propagated or attenuated along food
supply chains by various economic, political and infrastructural factors. Understanding these …

Does humanity's future lie in the ocean? As demand for resources continues to grow and
land-based sources decline, expectations for the ocean as an engine of human …

Much of the Earth's biosphere has been appropriated for the production of harvestable
biomass in the form of food, fuel and fibre. Here we show that the simplification and …

Resilience thinking in relation to the environment has emerged as a lens of inquiry that
serves a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. Resilience is about …

Humanity has emerged as a major force in the operation of the biosphere. The focus is
shifting from the environment as externality to the biosphere as precondition for social …

What keeps capitalism afloat? The global ocean has through the centuries served as a trade
route, strategic space, fish bank and supply chain for the modern capitalist economy. While …