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An article you published this month highlighted fast-rising sea levels (see K. Seeger and P. S. J. Minderhoud Nature https://doi.org/qtzc; 2026). These are one of many pressures oceans and coastal communities face — from pollution and overfishing to coastal development and climate change. Coastal cities might look to others driving ocean-sustainability innovations. Along Germany’s Baltic coast, the councils of Kiel and Flensburg have adopted formal resolutions to become ‘marine conservation cities’ (in 2020 and 2022, respectively).

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Nature 651, 846 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00864-7

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