Environmental Sciences
A section of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Section Information
Subject Areas
Water
Water quality and infrastructure
Water resources related technologies
Water purification, recycling and reuse
Monitoring, alert, and treatment
Water pollution
Biological pollutants
Chemical pollutants
Physical pollutants
Emerging contaminants
Hydrology
Surface water
Groundwater
Marine
Hydrogeology
Drainage-basin management
Atmosphere
Air quality and climate
Meteorological observation and numerical simulation of atmospheric boundary layer
Simulation and forecast of small and medium-scale weather systems
Climate change
Global warming
Extreme climate
Atmospheric chemistry
Aerosols and clouds
Pollution meteorology
Air pollution
Sulfur dioxide SO2(fuel combustion)
Suspended particulate matter TSP (dust, smoke, PM10, PM2.5)
Nitrogen oxide NOx (exhaust gas)
Atmospheric photochemical pollution (ozone)
Volatile Organic Compounds VOCs (benzene, hydrocarbons, formaldehyde)
Soil
Soil environment and restoration
Soil pollution in agricultural land, urban industrial sites, mining areas and oil fields
Soil pollution by heavy metals and phytoremediation
Soil erosion
Soil cultivation and improvement
Soil pest control
Plant nutrition and fertilizer
Nitrogen cycle
Plant nutrition and soil fertility
Precision fertilization
Soil environmental stress
Agricultural Technology
Urban environment
Environmental Health
Toxicology and Environmental Epidemiology
Wildlife and contaminants
Impact of chemicals/pollutants on human and animal health
Heat island phenomenon
Light pollution
Noise pollution
Building environment and energy applications
Energy conservation
Ecological environment
Natural hazard
Natural resource management
Regional cleaner production and resource recycling
New energy utilization
Terrestrial biology and ecology
Aquatic biology and ecology
Stress ecology in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems
Others
Radioactive contamination and radiation exposure
Solid waste treatment and disposal
Agricultural environmental
Industrial environmental
Environmental geology
Environmental oceanography
Environmental physics
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advanced Remote Sensing Imaging for Environmental Sciences (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- The Mobilization, Speciation and Transformation of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants in Soil-Groundwater Ecosystems (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Pathways for Water Conservation (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Innovative Approaches for Metal Remediation in Soils and Water (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Sustainable Environmental Engineering (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Innovations in Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Advanced Research in Activated Carbon Adsorption (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Advanced Oxidation Processes in Wastewater Treatment: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- New Challenges in Atmospheric Pollution (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Plant Adaptation in Agriculture (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Climate Change on Water Resource (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Current Trends in Composting and Vermicomposting Technologies and Their Utilization (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Organic Waste Treatment and WWTPs Advanced Treatment (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Advances in Environmental Effects, Fate and Remediation of Organic Pollutants (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Novel Smart Technologies in Water Resource Management (Deadline: 21 July 2024)
- Sustainable Technologies and Approaches for Reducing Environmental Impacts of Industrial Activities (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- AI-Enhanced 4D Geospatial Monitoring for Healthy and Resilient Cities (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Environmental Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Organic Pollutants (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in Environmental Engineering: Methods and Applications (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Innovative Approaches to Radioactive Waste Management and Treatment (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Topical Advisory Panel Members’ Collection Series: Environmental Hydrology (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Air Quality in Indoor Environments, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Promising Research and Strategies in Wastewater Treatment, Sludge Management and Valorization - 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Environmental Monitoring and Analysis for Hydrology (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Environmental Contamination and Human Health (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Good Agricultural Practices: Application, Monitoring and Ecotoxicological Effects in Pesticide Use (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- Aerosol Measurement, Properties and Its Impacts (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Microbial Diversity as a Driver of Plant Growth and Soil Health (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Aquatic Ecotoxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment: Integrating Bioindicators and Biomarkers (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Green/Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Microplastic Pollution: Effects on Aquatic Biomarkers and Biodiversity (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Application of Radiation in Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Advances in Soil and Water Pollution Control (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Soil Rehabilitation Due to Land Uses (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Air Quality in the Urban Space Planning and Management (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Hygrothermal Behaviour of Cultural Heritage and Climate Change: Second Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Treatment of Wastes and Energy Recovery (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Solving Environmental and Cultural Heritage Issues through Analytical Tools (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Applications of Nanoparticles in the Environmental Sciences (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advances in Plastic Production, Treatment and Recycling for Circular Economy (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Unsaturated Soils: Testing and Modelling, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advances in Laser Technology and Its Application in Environmental Analysis (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Water Treatment: From Membrane Processes to Renewable Energies (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Atmospheric Pollutants: Dispersion and Environmental Behavior (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Environmental Technology Applied to Pollution Research: Monitoring, Analysis and Remediation (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Advances in Pollutant Removal from Water Environments (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Applications of Remote Sensing for Natural Hazard and Environment Monitoring (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- AI in Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- River and Lake Catchments: Ecological Challenges, Hydrological Changes, Environmental Problems (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advances in Microplastic Pollution and Its Impact (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment: Novel Designs and Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- GIS-Based Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Biobased and Nature-Based Ground and Geomaterial Improvement and Soil Stabilisation (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Environmental Pollutant: Analysis, Monitoring and Emerging Processes for Abatement (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Soil Pollution and Remediation: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 25 November 2024)
- Microplastics in the Environment: Extent of the Problem and Technical Solutions to Address the Issue (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Advanced Technologies in Environment Protection and Environmental Risk Assessment (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Biochar Application in Remediating Salt/Metal Affected Soils and Water (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Monitoring and Conservation of Freshwater Biodiversity (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Advances in Plant Metabolomics under Environmental Stress (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Waste Valorization, Green Technologies and Circular Economy (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Air Pollution and Its Impact on the Atmospheric Environment (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Emerging Trends in Environmental Pollution Management (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advanced Technology and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Research on Eutrophication and Algal Blooms for Environmental Engineering (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Ecotoxicology of Pollutants: Sources, Effects and Human Impact Assessment (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Soil Ecotoxicology and Agroecosystems: Concerns, Innovations and Advances (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Assessment of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Environment: Occurrence, Detection, Removal and Toxicity (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy: New Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Recent Advances in Research on Fluoride Exposure and Risk Assessment (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Sustainable Urban Greening Infrastructure and Its Effects (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Building Materials: Assessment of the Radon Exhalation and the Radiological Risk Due to Natural Radioactivity Content (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Research on Environmental Health: Sustainability and Innovation (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Novel Approaches for Water Resources Assessment (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Application of Remote Sensing in Atmospheric Physics and Climate Science (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- New Approaches to Water Treatment: Challenges and Trends (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Waste Treatment and Sustainable Technologies (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Topical Advisory Panel Members' Collection Series: Waste Reuse, Recycling, and Recovery—2nd Edition (Deadline: 1 May 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: