ISSUE
Natural Science in an Age of Planetary Change
The inaugural issue of the ALLATRA Natural Science Review spans several areas of scientific inquiry. A prominent place is given to micro- and nanoplastics, increasingly understood not only as an environmental issue but as a matter of human exposure and health — from the earliest stages of human development and its clinical implications to neurological changes observed in the natural world and the advanced methods needed to reliably detect particles at this scale, and even the fundamental question of why plastics hold an electrical charge at all. The issue also turns to the instruments of knowledge itself — in particular, the growing role of machine learning as an increasingly important research method. A separate section is devoted to natural hazards and the planetary systems that produce them: the unusual two-shock earthquake in northern Venezuela, a rigorous analysis of the 2025 Kamchatka earthquake, and the heat accumulating in the Pacific Ocean ahead of a potentially severe El Niño. The issue closes with an extended conversation on the state of the world's oceans and the science behind their protection.
Contents
A Letter from the Editor
Micro- & Nanoplastics
The First Environment: Microplastics, Nanoplastics, Pregnancy, and the Future of Human Health
The Particles Within
How Do Micro- and Nanoplastics Affect the Brain? New Evidence
Light from the Crystal's Darkness: When Diamonds Trace Invisible Plastics
A Restless Earth: Hazards in Focus
Thirty-Nine Seconds: Insights from the 2026 Venezuela Earthquake
The Ocean Is Storing Heat: Why 2026 Could Bring One of the Strongest El Niños on Record
Kamchatka’s 2025 Mega-Earthquake in Global Context
Foundations & Frontiers
Why Do Plastics Easily Acquire Electrostatic Charge and Wood Does Not?
The Immune System's First Teacher: How the Thymus Shapes Health Throughout Life
The Integration of Neural Networks as Tools in Scientific Research
Voices
No Blue, No Green
From the Center
A Сhronicle of Scientific Work: April–June 2026
Details
- Item Type Journal Issue
- Publication Date Summer 2026
- Issue No. 1
- Language English
- Editorial Board John Ahn, Anastasiya Pashigreva, Karolína Hronová, Jan Kára, Andrea Lešková, Alexander Masny
- Editorial Team Alexander Masny, Anna Kotlyar, Andreja Jezernik, Barbora Mejzlikova, Eduard Martinez Cano
- Authors Antonio Ragusa, José Antonio Muñoz, John Ahn, Anastasiya Pashigreva, Jan Kára, Andrea Lešková, Taliy Shkurupiy, Tatiana Kárová, Rinat Akhmetzakirov, Anna Kotlyar, N. Albridge (pseudonym)
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Suggested citation
ALLATRA Natural Science Review, Issue No. 01 (2026). Natural Science in an Age of Planetary Change [Journal] (ALLATRA Global Research Center, ALLATRA Inc., 2026).