BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 16 -- Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, a journal that addresses topics such as acid precipitation, air quality monitoring and management, air pollution climatology, atmospheric impact assessment, forest-fire emissions, greenhouse gases, health and ecological effects and clean air technology, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2020 edition: Original Paper: * How is COVID-19 affecting environmental pollution in US cities? Evidence fro more PR

BREMERHAVEN, Germany, Sept. 17 -- The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, issued the following news release: Ice-sheet models are an essential tool in making predictions regarding the future of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. Nevertheless, these models still have a number of weaknesses. In an international model comparison, 14 research groups fed their ice-sheet models the same atmospheric and ocean data, and calculated what additional amounts of se more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal from the American Society for Microbiology that says it contributes to applied microbial research, basic microbial ecology research and genetic and molecular investigations of microbial topics, published research articles, including the following topics, in its October 2020 edition: Minireview: * Mechanisms for Induction of Microbial Extracellular Proteases in Response to Exterior Proteins Biotechnology: * Genetic Re more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 16 -- Biodiversity and Conservation, a journal that says it features biodiversity and conservation and contributions dealing with the practicalities of conservation management, economic, social and political issues, published research articles, including the following topics, in its October 2020 edition: Review Papers: * The Ancient Tree Inventory: a summary of the results of a 15 year citizen science project recording ancient, veteran and notable trees across the UK more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 15 -- Coral Reefs, a journal that says it features modern and ancient reefs from the International Coral Reef Society, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2020 edition: Note: * Home range of newborn blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus), as estimated using mark-recapture and acoustic telemetry * Responses of a coral reef shark acutely exposed to ocean acidification conditions Perspective: * Principles for estimating fish  more PR

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Sept. 14 -- Ecology and Evolution, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles, including the following topics, in its September 2020 edition: REVIEWS: * Don't judge toxic weeds on whether they are native but on their ecological effects * Toward spatio-temporal delineation of positive interactions in ecology * Visualizing connectivity of ecological and evolutionary concepts--An exploration of research on plant species rarity HYPOTHESES: * Genetic hitchhikin more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Environmental Science & Technology, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it promotes interdisciplinary understanding in the environmental field, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Sept. 15, 2020 edition: Critical Reviews: * Global Ocean Spectrophotometric pH Assessment: Consistent Inconsistencies * A Global, Cross-System Meta-Analysis of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Biomagnification Anthropogenic Impacts on more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 14 -- Environments, an open access journal from the Society for Urban Ecology that says it focuses on environmental systems, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2020 edition: Article: * Industrial Energy Transitions and the Dynamics of Innovation Systems: The Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry, 1970-2010 * Investigation of the Interaction of Gadolinium with Several Organic Ligands and Humic Acid by Ligand Competition Using 4-(2-Pyridyla more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 17 -- Environmetrics, a journal that says it features techniques, methods and theories that solve environmental problems from the International Environmetrics Society, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2020 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Bayesian estimation and model selection of a multivariate smooth transition autoregressive model * A lattice and random intermediate point sampling design for animal movement * A sample coordinati more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 14 -- Fishes, an open access journal that says it focuses on fish and aquatic life sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2020 edition: Article: * Geographic-Scale Harvest Program to Promote Invasivorism of Bigheaded Carps * Catch per Unit Effort Dynamic of Yellowfin Tuna Related to Sea Surface Temperature and Chlorophyll in Southern Indonesia * Use of Environmental DNA to Detect Grass Carp Spawning Events * Zooplankton Feedi more PR

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- Hydrological Processes, a journal that says it advances understanding of the mechanisms underlying the movement and storage of water in the environment and the interaction of water with geological, biogeochemical, atmospheric and ecological systems, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 15, 2020 edition: USING WATER AGE TO EXPLORE HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES IN CONTRASTING ENVIRONMENTS: * The variation and controls of mean transit times more PR

CLAYTON SOUTH, Australia, Sept. 17 -- The International Journal of Wildland Fire, a peer-reviewed journal that says it aims to assist in the understanding of the principles of fire as a process, its ecological impact at the stand and landscape level, as well as presenting information on how to manage fire, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2020 edition: * Climate change projected to reduce prescribed burning opportunities in the south-eastern United States *  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 17 -- The Journal of Environmental Health, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features environmental health topics from the National Environmental Health Association that says it features environmental health and protection issues, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2020 edition: Articles: * Assessing Potential Public Health Concerns in Airbnb Venues in Four Canadian Cities * Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Suburban Vegetabl more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, a journal from the American Geophysical Union that says it publishes research articles that advance and improve the understanding of atmospheric properties and processes and interaction of the atmosphere with other components of the Earth system, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Sept. 27, 2020 edition: Research Articles: * Impact of Cloud Microphysics Schemes on Tropical Cyclone Forecast more PR

BEIJING, China, Sept. 16 -- The Journal of Mountain Science, a journal that says it features mountain environment, ecology, hazards, resources and development from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published research articles, including the following topics, in its September 2020 edition: Original Papers: * Directional seismic response to the complex topography: A case study of 2013 Lushan Ms 7.0 earthquake * Landslide data mosaicking based on an airborne laser point cloud and multi-beam sona more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Water Environment Research, a peer-reviewed journal from the Water Environment Federation that says it features water quality, pollution control and management, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2020 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Phosphate removal from water using alginate/carboxymethylcellulose/aluminum beads and plaster of paris * Water quality restoration by harvesting mixed culture microalgae using Moringa oleifera * Computation more PR