Subject
The physical, chemical and biological systems of our planet.
Autonomous floats show that heat rising from the deep ocean, not just warmer air, is behind the abrupt decline of Antarctic sea ice since 2016.
Lumen · published online 14 October 2026
During extreme heat, bees and flowers switch partners within days—keeping pollination going, but at a cost to specialist plants.
Lumen 3, 43–52 (2026)
As fine-particle pollution fell over a decade, hospital admissions for childhood asthma declined fastest where the air improved most.
Lumen 3, 98–105 (2026)
A decade of seafloor geodesy reveals that slow, silent fault slip accelerated in the months before two magnitude-7 earthquakes.
Lumen 2, 40–46 (2025)
Replanted mangrove forests rebuild most of the carbon stored in their soils within 20 years, faster than expected.
Lumen 2, 47–57 (2025)
