A nationwide survey in Japan suggests cultural worldviews are more strongly linked to support for climate policies than to support for biodiversity conservation measures. While hierarchical worldviews were linked to lower perceived climate risks and weaker support for climate measures, these associations were weaker for climate-related biodiversity conservation approaches and not clearly observed for stand-alone conservation policies, pointing to potential common ground.

A KAUST-led study published in Nature reveals that aquatic invertebrates — oysters, mussels, crabs, and other shellfish — are far more nutritionally valuable than previously recognized. Analyzing 30 essential nutrients across more than 50,000 species, researchers found current global invertebrate production supplies enough vitamin B12 and selenium to meet the annual needs of over 5 billion people, and enough iodine, zinc, copper, and omega-3s for over 1 billion. The findings argue for putting nutrition — not just production volume — at the center of fisheries, aquaculture, and food-system policy.

New open access journal PLOS Ecosystems publishes its first papers on September 8, 2026. The first issue includes research and writing on a range of key topics focused on ecosystems, the environment, biodiversity, and policy. 

Published in Canadian Psychology, the review synthesizes three decades of national and international evidence to make the case that Canada already has the workforce and the science to close one of the widest gaps in its health-care system, and that the missing piece is policy.