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Sustainable paths and diverse partnerships

From his early years growing up in Argentina, through his university education in Colorado and becoming an esteemed scientist in Arizona, Professor Osvaldo Sala has maintained a life-long passion for biology and ecology. Working from local to global levels, his achievements have been truly transdisciplinary, collaborating with geologists, social scientists, mathematicians, and humanists – a perfect match for his recent appointment as joint Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Prisms: Drylands, alongside Professor David Eldridge.

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Social survival in hostile places

“There’s something amazing about deserts, about wide open spaces and the relative tranquillity you find there,” says Professor David Eldridge. “Whenever I go back to my study areas in western New South Wales, Australia, I feel really centred and calm; it’s these places, my special places, where I get to think about new ideas or contemplate where my life is heading. Deserts and drylands, to me, are very calming.”

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Thank the oceans for softening the blow of climate change

Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity. It’s an almighty catastrophe that will only become worse with time. We’ll be seeing more powerful storms, increasingly devastating wildfires, longer droughts and recurring floods, to name but a few of the impacts of climate change that are quickly becoming commonplace globally.…

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