This issue of Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability provides an overview of recent advances in Land System Science while at the same time setting the research agenda for the Land System Science community. Land System Science is not just representing land system changes as either a driver or a consequence of global environmental change. Land systems also offer solutions to global change through adaptation and mitigation and can play a key role in achieving a sustainable future earth. The special issue assembles 14 articles that entail different perspectives on land systems and their dynamics, synthesizing current knowledge, highlighting currently under-researched topics, exploring scientific frontiers and suggesting ways ahead, integrating a plethora of scientific disciplines.

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土地系统科学：在全球挑战和当地现实之间。

本期《环境可持续性现状》概述了土地系统科学的最新进展，同时为土地系统科学界制定了研究议程。土地系统科学不仅仅是将土地系统变化表示为全球环境变化的驱动因素或结果。土地系统还通过适应和减缓为全球变化提供解决方案，并可在实现可持续的未来地球方面发挥关键作用。本期特刊汇集了 14 篇文章，涉及土地系统及其动力学的不同观点，综合当前知识，突出当前研究不足的主题，探索科学前沿并提出未来建议，整合了大量科学学科。