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Journals development @ IOP Publishing
Environmental Research Series
🌳🏢♻️⛈️⚕️🐧🔋🌾🌊🌱 Edinburgh, UK
https://ioppublishing.org/publications/environmental-research-series/
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🏗️ How much time, effort and equipment will be required to clear #debris in preparation to rebuild #Gaza and what are the likely #carbonemissions from this grand undertaking? 🚛

📘 Find out in this research published in #ERIS 📚

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Environment #Infrastructure #GHGs
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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🌎 Check out this research Letter in Environmental Research Letters #ERL:
"The impact of global warming on U.S. hurricane landfall: a storyline approach"
🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#EnvironmentalScience #OpenAccess #StorylineApproach
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 Read in #ERE how citizen science data can be used to map global threats to seagrass and how this can inform conservation efforts 🌊🌿

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Environment #ecology #citizenscience #seagrass #conservation #ecosystems #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #coastalecosystems
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🪵How much upfront-embodied #GHG emissions can #woodenbuildings save compared to other #construction materials?🏗️

Find out in this article published in #ERIS!

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Environment #infrastructure #sustainability #timber #lifecycleassessment #greenhousegases #materials
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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🌲Do fuel reduction treatments in Alaska affect tree health? 🪲

📚Find out more by reading this newly published research in Environmental Research: Ecology #ERE🌱

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Environment #Ecology #Beetles #Trees #Forests #Woodlands #Wildlife #Wood #Treehealth #Treedisease
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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🌊Read in #ERW how engagement with stakeholders and the public facilitates regional water governance of transboundary rivers 🧑‍⚖️💦

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Environment #Water #Rivers #Watergovernance #sciencepolicy #transboundaryrivers #waterresources #watermanagement #landmanagement
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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☀️💰Read in #ERIS how the impacts of #climatechange alter investment needs for #SDGs related to #water, #energy, and #food security and how modelling can aid in optimising investment strategies🌊🔋🌽

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Environment #Infrastructure #Sustainability #climatefinance
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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🌊Check out this new research published in #ERW ⤵️

🪻'Plastic pollution and water hyacinths consistently co-occur in the lower Saigon river'🧴

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Environment #Water #hydrology #pollution #plastic #rivers #macroplastic #waterquality #rivers #Saigonriver #Vietnam
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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⚡Check out the first publication by Walters et al. in the Environmental Research: Energy #EREN focus collection on People and Place in #EnergyJustice: "Just places: How community energy initiatives foster energy justice through place attachment"

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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🏭Read in #ERIS about decarbonisation strategies in the cement industry and what actions can be taken to overcome policy barriers 🌱

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Environment #Infrastructure #Sustainability #cement #concrete #climate #decarbonisation #climatepolicy
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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💧☀️ Read in #ERW how climate change impacts mountain snowpack and the implications this has for agricultural water security in California 🫗🌽

🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/3033-4942/ade7aa

#Environment #Water #Agriculture #ClimateChange #Snow #Irrigation #Hydrology #WaterResources ⛲🌾
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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🌽Read in #ERFS why it's important to consider multiple leverage points to ensure successful implementation of agri-food system transformation🐄

🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2976-601X/adeca9

#Environment #Food #FoodSystems #LandUse #Agriculture #Sustainability #Climatechange #LandUse
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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🌳Read in #ERCL: "Effectiveness of street trees in reducing air temperature and outdoor #heatexposure in Las Vegas". 🌡️🌆

📄The full research paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#UrbanCooling #ClimateScience #EnvironmentalScience #OpenAcess
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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🌱🌲 Read in #ERE how 'Fine-scale vegetation composition and structure shape spatiotemporal variation in surface albedo across a low Arctic tundra landscape' 🏔️❄️

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Environment #ecology #arctic #remotesensing #snow #albedo #tundra #snowdynamics #LiDAR #arcticplants
October 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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🌍New research by Assaf et al. (2025) in Environmental Research: Health #ERH reports elevated climate anxiety among 744 adolescents in an ED. Key factors are female gender, Hispanic ethnicity, health insurance status, warmer seasonality & mental health concerns
📚 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
October 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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🌳🦅Read in #ERE how #socioecological modelling can be utilised to inform #conservation efforts inclusive of local communities and their needs 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧🌎

🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/ae00ca

#Environment #Ecology #biodiversity #socialjustice #socialvulnerability #ecosystemservices
October 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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📉🐄New Environmental Research Letters #ERL study explores how recent #droughts have impacted beef prices across producer, futures, and retail markets: 'Short- and long-term drought impacts on the U.S. beef value chain'
🔗Read more: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#EnvironmentalScience #OpenAccess
October 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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🌾Read in #ERFS why it's important to consider new environmental impact metrics for assessing the impact and mitigation of dairy and beef production on the environment🐄

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Environment #Food #livestock #methane #agriculture #landuse #deforestation #climatechange
October 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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💦📈Read in #ERW how #waterquality modelling can be used to project total #phosphorus loading into #lakes and #reservoirs over the next 75 years and why this is a threat to aquatic #ecosystems 🪱🐟

🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/3033-4942/adead8

#Environment #water #sustainability
October 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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🦫🛰️ Read in #ERE how satellite data can be used to quantify the changes in beaver activity and populations in response to forest fires 🌳🔥

🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/ae04f0

#Environment #Ecology #Beavers #Wildfire #Remotesensing #beaverponds #forestfires #biodiversity
October 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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♻️Read in #ERIS about the relationship between #dataquality and life cycle assessment #LCA and why responsible data usage is important for successful implementation of LCA for #sustainability initiatives 📈

🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2634-4505/adec1a

#Environment #Infrastructure
September 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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🌱 Read in #ERE how the impact of long-term climate variability on forage production can be modelled and why this is important for informing sustainable land management in California 🐄

🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/adf6c1

#Environment #Ecology #Climatechange #Agriculture
September 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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📊New research published in #ERCL - in the 'Focus on #ClimateChange Informed Catastrophe Modeling to Support #ClimateRisk Management'

🌧️Bayesian spatiotemporal nonstationary model quantifies robust increases in daily extreme rainfall across the Western Gulf Coast: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
September 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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🌳New research in #ERE demonstrates the use of remote sensing mapping tools for quantifying environmental degradation as a result of wildfire and droughts in the US🔥

🔗 Read more here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Environment #Ecology #Wildfire #Remotesensing #drought #invasivespecies
September 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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📢 New study in Environmental Research Letters #ERL finds Ireland’s climate targets risk locking in global inequality by protecting methane-heavy agriculture:

📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
September 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM