Environmental Science: Advances
Soil Protection and Regeneration
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
1 March 2025
Guest Editor(s):
(Lancaster University), (Catholic University of Portugal)
This collection aims to update recent developments in soil science, soil-dependent ecosystem services, and the impacts and potential barriers of soil in the face of pollution and climate change. The collection seeks contributions from a variety of fields, including but not limited to agro-food/agro-forestry, botany, chemistry, geology, hydrology, and more.
New Principal Investigators: A spotlight on recent appointees
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A
We are delighted to announce a special collection designed to feature members of our community who are just starting out as principal investigators.
Did you start your principal investigator position within the last three years?*
We know it can be tough setting up a new lab, training students for the first time, teaching undergraduates, as well as growing your own profile in the community.
We want to help. If you submit to this collection, and if your paper is accepted, we will offer extra promotion and visibility through our journal networks to raise your profile with an interview-style blog discussing your vision for your group’s research.
Battery Material Mining and Recycling: Environmental Impacts, Challenges and Green Solutions
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
30 May 2025
Guest Editor(s):
(Northwestern University, USA)
(Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia)
This gold open-access themed collection aims to highlight the environmental impact of mining and recycling of minerals and metals from batteries, welcoming papers at the social-environmental science interface.
We hope to attract submissions in the following areas for this collection:
- Health implications of mining activities on local populations, including air and water quality impacts
- Biodiversity impacts of mining and recycling activities
- Comparisons of environmental effects of deep sea mining and land-based mining
- Environmentally friendly strategies to reduce material demand and requirements
- Case studies of best practices in mining management for low emissions
- Circular economy and systems approaches to minimising negative environmental and social effects of the minerals supply chain
- Policy and governance in relation to the social and environmental impacts of mining and recycling activities
- Methods and data for quantifying nature positive mining in the planning stages and during actual reclamation
- Papers considering environmental justice
Environmental Science: Atmospheres
Solar Radiation Management*
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
31 January 2025
Guest editor(s):
(Finnish Meteorological Institute), (Columbia University), (University of Waterloo), (University at Buffalo)
*Solar Radiation Management (SRM) may also be known as Solar Radiation Modification or Solar Geoengineering.
This gold open-access themed collection will consider all aspects of solar radiation management, including topics such as, but not limited to:
- Solar Radiation Management Techniques – including research on stratospheric aerosol injection and marine cloud brightening.
- Alternative materials for aerosol injections - including investigations into how different materials affect solar radiation, stratospheric heating, and atmospheric dynamics as well as the effects of different aerosol species on environmental conditions and chemical processes, including potential impacts on the ozone layer.
- Environmental and Climate Effects – such as the impact on climate variability and consequences as well as potential health effects.
- The collection seeks to advance understanding, foster innovation, and stimulate dialogue on the scientific, technological, and ethical dimensions of solar radiation management. Therefore, we are also interested in the social, political, and ethical considerations of implementing solar radiation management techniques.
Environmental Science: Nano
There are currently no open calls for this journal.
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
There are currently no open calls for this journal.
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Climate change adaptation in water quality and treatment
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
1 May 2025
Guest Editor(s):
(Polytechnique Montréal), (Wageningen University), (Monash University)
Topics that may be included in this issue include:
- Vulnerability assessment of climate change impacts on water quality
-Sewer overflows
-Manure runoff
-Water (re)use/irrigation
-Consequences for drinking water, recreational water
-Combined impacts of water quality constituents
-Brownification processes in surface water
- Methodology development for climate change adaptation assessment for water quality
- An overview of adaptation options for water quality
- Trade-offs and synergies in climate change adaptation related to water quality
- Climate change adaptation policy and governance
- Development of adaptation or development pathways for water quality
*2023 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2024)
**The median time from submission to first decision including manuscripts rejected without peer review from the previous calendar year
***The median time from submission to first decision for peer-reviewed manuscripts from the previous calendar year
****CiteScore™ 2023 available at
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