PNAS has launched a section of the journal dedicated to sustainability science, an emerging field of research dealing with the interactions between natural and social systems, and with how those interactions affect the challenge of sustainability: meeting the needs of present and future generations while substantially reducing poverty and conserving the planet's life support systems.
PNAS seeks original research contributions for this new section on both the fundamental character of interactions among humans, their technologies, and the environment, and on the use of such knowledge to advance sustainability goals relevant to water, food, energy, health, habitation, mobility, and ecosystem services.
PNAS Editorial Board members for the sustainability section include: Arun Agrawal, Gregory P. Asner, Anthony J. Bebbington, William C. Clark, Ruth S. DeFries, Carl Folke, Susan Hanson, Bonnie J. McCay, Emilio F. Moran, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, B.L. Turner II, and Arild Underdal.
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