The urbanization problems we face may be alleviated using innovative digital technology.
However, employing these technologies entails the risk of creating new urban problems …

Research on the evolutionary ecology of urban areas reveals how human-induced
evolutionary changes affect biodiversity and essential ecosystem services. In a rapidly …

Automated decision making and predictive analytics through artificial intelligence, in
combination with rapid progress in technologies such as sensor technology and robotics are …

1. Urbanisation is one of the main land‐use changes behind global insect collapse. Despite
that previous studies have described the negative effects of urbanisation on insect …

Many industrialised countries have benefited from the advent of twenty-first century
technologies, especially automation, that have fundamentally changed manufacturing and …

Highlights•Systems approach can guide smart cities to reconnect with urban sustainability.•A
smart initiative is smarter if it connects across all SET subsystems.•Social processes benefit …

Summary The 'One Hundred Important Questions Facing Plant Science Research'project
aimed to capture a global snapshot of the current issues and future questions facing plant …

Invertebrates comprise the most diversified animal group on Earth. Due to their long
evolutionary history and small size, invertebrates occupy a remarkable range of ecological …

Research is revealing an increasing number of positive effects of nature for humans. At the
same time, biodiversity in cities, where most humans live, is often low or in decline. Tangible …

Robotics and autonomous systems are reshaping the world, changing healthcare, food
production and biodiversity management. While they will play a fundamental role in …