About this Research Topic
Anthropogenic climate change is one of the most defining crises of the last century. Reports from the World Meteorological Association and NASA show that the last 9 years have been, consecutively, the warmest on record, with 2022 effectively tied for Earth's 5th warmest year since 1880. The environmental consequences of this crisis, including changes in weather patterns, rising sea levels, and extreme weather events (droughts, floods, heat waves, wildfires), are dramatically increasing in frequency and intensity.
Global climate change is not a future problem. Hundreds of thousands of people suffer its consequences every day. For this reason, a multidisciplinary collaboration among scientists is necessary to confront such a multifaceted and complex problem. In this article collection, a suite of Frontiers’ Journals evaluates and celebrates the contribution of nanoscience and nanotechnology across all fields in fighting the effects and the causes of the climate crisis. Purely environmental effects are not all we have to face as a society. All contributions should make sure relevant nanoscale considerations for their field are addressed, while also matching the scope of the specialty section they are submitted to. To name only a few relevant areas:
• Nanoscale materials and devices to limit greenhouse gas emissions tied to the production of food and goods.
• Novel and effective processes of power generation and a fundamental understanding of nanoscale strategies confronting the rising global energy demand.
• Affordable solutions for supplying fresh water, despite extreme weather events and climate change.
• Detection and remediation of pollutants, both in soil and in water.
• Confronting and detecting animal-mediated diseases, exacerbated by anthropogenic stressors to the environment, like land usage, biodiversity decline, and environmental pollution.
Global climate change is not a future problem. Hundreds of thousands of people suffer its consequences every day. For this reason, a multidisciplinary collaboration among scientists is necessary to confront such a multifaceted and complex problem. In this article collection, a suite of Frontiers’ Journals evaluates and celebrates the contribution of nanoscience and nanotechnology across all fields in fighting the effects and the causes of the climate crisis. Purely environmental effects are not all we have to face as a society. All contributions should make sure relevant nanoscale considerations for their field are addressed, while also matching the scope of the specialty section they are submitted to. To name only a few relevant areas:
• Nanoscale materials and devices to limit greenhouse gas emissions tied to the production of food and goods.
• Novel and effective processes of power generation and a fundamental understanding of nanoscale strategies confronting the rising global energy demand.
• Affordable solutions for supplying fresh water, despite extreme weather events and climate change.
• Detection and remediation of pollutants, both in soil and in water.
• Confronting and detecting animal-mediated diseases, exacerbated by anthropogenic stressors to the environment, like land usage, biodiversity decline, and environmental pollution.
Keywords: climate crisis, nanotechnology, climate science, remediation, pollution, nanoscience
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
