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Use when writing the cover letter for a Nature Geoscience submission, which must convince an in-house editor that the work is a broad-interest Earth-system advance appropriate for a diverse readership. Drafts the editorial case; does not edit the manuscript itself.

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# Nature Geoscience Cover Letter (ngeo-cover-letter)

## When to trigger

- You are about to submit and need the cover letter
- The in-house editor will triage on broad interest and Earth-system importance before sending it for review
- A prior submission was declined without review on interest grounds and you are reframing
- You need to note suggested / excluded referees (coordinate with `ngeo-referee-strategy`)

## Why the cover letter matters at Nature Geoscience

Nature Geoscience is handled by **professional in-house editors** (no external editorial board), who **desk-reject the majority of submissions before review**. The cover letter is the editor-facing argument that the manuscript is a **broad-interest Earth-system advance** worth sending to referees. Two journal-specific facts shape it:

- **There is no presubmission enquiry route.** Nature Geoscience does not accept presubs, so the cover letter carries the full "why this, why here, why now" case that other journals let you test informally first.
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