Chinese investments fuel growth in African science nature.com/immersive/d415… This is the final part of @NatureNews series on the science impacts of China's #BeltandRoad initiative. Thanks to Antoaneta Roussi for covering this from Nairobi.

This graph vividly shows the scale of the carbon problem. And we've charted some of the other key issues that will determine the fate of the planet @NatureNews nature.com/immersive/d415…

Snapshots of #Nigeria, #Peru, #ElSalvador and #Kenya provide a look at the next phase in the #COVID19 pandemic. Amy Maxmen, PhD shows how some nations have raced ahead with restrictions before the outbreak spreads nature.com/articles/d4158…

Deep dive into how modelling #COVID19 pandemic actually works – from equation-based models to agent-based simulations, by David Adam for @naturenews. W/ new details about ‘update’ in Imperial model & whether it swayed UK govt policy. #coronavirus nature.com/articles/d4158…

The Mount St. Helens eruption, 40 years ago today, led to a revolution in volcano science. Raymond looks at how AI, satellite data and other tools help volcanologists forecast eruptions @NatureNews ift.tt/2yYh3yc

These researchers spent a winter trapped in Arctic ice to capture key climate data. Shannon Hall covers how scientists on the MOSAiC Expedition mission weathered 3 months of darkness in @NatureNews test-www.nature.com/immersive/d415…

Evidence continues to build up that airborne transmission is an important way that #COVID19 spreads. Dyani Lewis has the latest for @NatureNews nature.com/articles/d4158…

Pluto's dark side spills its secrets in this fun story by Shannon Hall with lots of great images from the @NewHorizons2015 flyby

Fingers crossed that all three missions beat the Mars curse.

Millions of students are returning to US universities in a vast unplanned pandemic experiment. Terrific story by @Emma_Marris on what's happening with colleges and universities in the US nature.com/articles/d4158…

"They’ll kick us out by the time our payment goes through." Great quote in story by Scott Carlson about students at UNC after university sends them packing. chronicle.com/article/anger-…

Congrats to Ehsan Masood for winning the #ABSWawards20 for his @NatureNews story on China's Belt and Road initiative. He logged tens of thousands of miles for the story nature.com/immersive/d415…

Congrats Gayathri Vaidyanathan So glad you've been recognized for the wonderful story.

On the paper-mill problem. Holly Else and I tallied 370 articles alleged to be paper-mills retracted since Jan 2020; hundreds more retractions are expected. Crediting sleuths Elisabeth Bik 虎仔 🇺🇦 @mortenoxe Smut Clyde, X-Ray Haruspex (via Leonid Schneider posts) nature.com/articles/d4158…

Here's how racist housing practices in US cities have led to vast inequality in the risks posed by extreme heat. Story by @alexwitze Data for graphic from GroundworkUSA Groundwork Ohio and thanks to NASA DEVELOP for additional help.

Lake Kivu has the potential to explosively release hundreds of cubic kilometres of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. Such a disaster could fill the surrounding valley with suffocating and toxic gas, potentially killing millions of people. go.nature.com/3hXiCzq

My colleagues nature spent 3 years working on this wonderful story about what it takes to forge a career in science. Read all three parts and listen to the podcasts. You won't be disappointed.

Congratulations to Emiliano Mega for winning an award for his nature story about language, genetics, and social constructs in Latin America nature.com/articles/d4158… Thanks to National Academies and Schmidt Futures for recognizing this ambitious story.

"For centuries, science has built a legacy of excluding people of colour and those from other historically marginalized groups from the scientific enterprise." nature special on racism in science is the first in the journal's history to be guest edited nature.com/immersive/d428…

The Air Quality Index for Harrisburg PA is now 460. In 2020, fires pushed the AQI in Salem OR past the scale's limit, to an estimated value of 642. @VirginiaGewin covered that last year for @nature nature.com/articles/d4158…