Welcome to an exciting New Year with AMBIO! Special features to look out for this year include an article about severe accidents at large nuclear power plants with a particular emphasis on Fukushima 2011. This overview on the causes and impacts of nuclear accidents will likely attract as much attention as the article on oil spills written after the Deepwater Horizon accident in 2010 (Jernelov 2010). Several articles will also highlight the impact of novel organisms, including invasive species, on the human environment. The long-time reader of AMBIO may have noticed that in last year's December issue a new article category appeared for the first time. Seitzinger et al. (2012) wrote the inaugurating "Perspective" in which they suggested that a key component of planetary stewardship is a global system of cities that develop sustainable processes and policies in concert with its non-urban areas. This open access article has created considerable interest among researchers world-wide and reflects the aims of the new article category in an excellent way. "Perspective" articles provide a forum for authors to discuss topical environmental issues, ideas, or models from a personal viewpoint. They are intended to evoke new ideas and stimulate debate. Papers that aim at bridging the gap between research and its implementation are particularly welcome. As a case in point please read this issue's lead article "Science with society in the Anthropocene" by Roman Seidl and co-authors (2013).
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