Geosciences are one of the least gender-diverse fields, with women representing ~33% and ~39% of those employed in the USA and UK, respectively. Institutionalized and incentivized culturally responsive mentorship through establishment of career investors offers an accelerated path toward transforming geoscience culture and leadership.

Mario Casado Díez explains how networks of smart photometers can be used to monitor light pollution in the night sky.

To explore career opportunities outside of academia, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Graeme Poole about their career path from postdoctoral researcher to Planetary Protection Officer at Airbus Defence and Space.

The switch to a low-carbon economy is heavily reliant on mining, geothermal energy and geological storage. Subsurface geoscientists are critically needed to responsibly source, manage and refine these operations while minimizing environmental and social impacts.

Rahul Dey describes how high-resolution digital imaging of ice core layers can be used to infer paleoclimatic changes.

Using carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) for carbon removal is crucial to climate policy, but implementation at scale is at risk owing to political obstacles. Climate policies must avoid relying on empty promises of CCS for carbon removal without necessary financial resourcing and support emissions reductions separately from carbon removal.