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Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s44358-026-00186-6The EU’s Nature Restoration Regulation has created unprecedented momentum for ecosystem restoration. Its success now depends on translating ambitious targets into spatially coordinated restoration landscapes supported by effective governance, long-term financing and broad societal engagement.

More efficient environmental risk assessment and stronger protection are achievable

More efficient environmental risk assessment and stronger protection are achievable

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Für sichere Erträge in der Landwirtschaft leisten Pflanzenschutzmittel einen wichtigen Beitrag. Ihre Wirkstoffe können jedoch als Schadstoffe die Umwelt belasten oder die Gesundheit des Menschen beein...

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Macroscale evaluations of chemical monitoring data require the integration of chemical, spatial, and temporal dimensions. Here, we linked 64 million US surface water monitoring records (1900 chemicals...

Polluted lakes and lab experiments highlight harms of chronic exposure to chlorpyrifos

Macroscale evaluations of chemical monitoring data require the integration of chemical, spatial, and temporal dimensions. Here, we linked 64 million US surface water monitoring records (1900 chemicals...

The paper reports results of a meta-analysis addressing the effect of multiple stressors on the relationship between biodiversity and four measures of ecosystem function in freshwater ecosystems. We ...

This global meta-analysis of freshwater stressor–response relationships reveals that the biodiversity loss of five riverine organism groups reflects elevated salinity, oxygen depletion and fine sedime...

This global meta-analysis of freshwater stressor–response relationships reveals that the biodiversity loss of five riverine organism groups reflects elevated salinity, oxygen depletion and fine sedime...

In the past three decades, fish abundance, richness and uniqueness have diverged across cold and warm streams, and the effects on native fish communities of stream warming and increases in introduced fishes have magnified each other.

In the past three decades, fish abundance, richness and uniqueness have diverged across cold and warm streams, and the effects on native fish communities of stream warming and increases in introduced fishes have magnified each other.