WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- ACS Environmental Au, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features environmental science and technology, published research articles on the following topics in its Nov. 20, 2024, edition (Vol. 4, Issue 6). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Reviews * Recent Advances in Technologies for Phosphate Removal and Recovery: A Review * Biogeochemistry of Actinides: Recent Progress and Perspective Articles * Microbial Community Changes more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- ACS ESandT Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features data analytics and engineering systems that can manage, protect and remediate air, water and soil quality, treat wastes and recover resources, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 13, 2024, edition (Vol. 4, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Reviews * Emerging Feammox Technology: Mechanisms, Biotechnological Applications, an more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- ACS ES&T Water, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features water quality, chemistry, treatment, protection and sustainable use and reuse and supply, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 13, 2024, edition (Vol. 4, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Reviews * Urban Water Supply Sustainability and Resilience under Climate Variability: Innovative Paradigms, Approaches and Technologies * Adsorp more PR

BERLIN, Germany, Dec. 16 -- Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, a peer-reviewed 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 November 2024 edition (Vol. 17, Issue 11). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A comprehensive assess more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 16 -- American Naturalist, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features ecology, evolution and behavior research from the American Society of Naturalists, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 204, No. 6). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Natural Selection after Severe Winter Favors Larger and Duller Bluebirds * Resource Flow Network Structure Drives Metaecosystem Function * Sporadic Events Have a Greater Inf more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 16 -- Aquatic Conservation - Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features the conservation of freshwater, brackish or marine habitats and encouraging work that spans these ecosystems, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 34, Issue 12): ARTICLE * Wetland Species Mapping Using Advanced Technological Measurement * Plankton as an Evaluation Tool for Ecosystem Conservation: A Study Involv more PR

QUEENSLAND, Australia, Dec. 16 -- Austral Ecology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Ecological Society of Australia that says it features the study on terrestrial, marine or freshwater systems, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 49, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Can fieldwork driven by predictive species distribution models yield new rare or relevant geographic records? A case study with Neotropical snakes * Exploring more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 16 -- Biogeochemistry, a peer-reviewed journal that says it deals with biotic controls on the chemistry of the environment, or with the geochemical control of the structure and function of ecosystems, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 167, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Calcium sorption and isotope fractionation in Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa * Cycling of dissolved organic nut more PR

BERLIN, Germany, Dec. 16 -- Biological Invasions, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features patterns and processes of biological invasions in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 27, Issue 1): * Adaptive changes of farmers to the continued invasion of Senecio madagascariensis Poir. (fireweed) in pasture-based systems * Are Elaeagnus umbellata invasions limited by microbial mutualists? * Assessi more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 18 -- Climate, a scientific, peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on climate processes, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 12, Issue 11). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Novel Input Schematization Method for Coastal Flooding Early Warning Systems Incorporating Climate Change Impacts * Article - An Assessment of the Carbon Budget of the Passively Restored Willow Forests Along the Miho Rive more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 16 -- Climate of the Past, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers climate change and variability from the European Geosciences Union, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 20, Issue 12 edition. Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Documents, reanalysis, and global circulation models: a new method for reconstructing historical climate focusing on present-day inland Tanzania, 1856-1890 * Surface buoyancy control of millennial-scale vari more PR

MILTON, England, Dec. 16 -- Clinical Toxicology, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 62, Issue 11 edition. Clinical Toxicology reflects the professional concerns and scientific judgment of its sponsors, the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists, America's Poison Centres and the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology. Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review  more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- Diversity and Distributions, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features conservation of biodiversity, application of island biogeographic principles, developing paradigms, models and frameworks for risk assessment, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 30, Issue 12): * A race against extinction: The challenge to overcome the Linnean amphibian shortfall in tropical biodiversity hotspots * Conservation Corridors  more PR

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Dec. 16 -- Ecology and Evolution, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 12): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * RESEARCH ARTICLE * Genomic Signatures of Domestication in European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) Reveal a Potential Role for Epigenetic Regulation in Adaptation to Captivity * An Ecologist-Friendly R Workflow for Expediting Species-Level Classification of Camera Trap more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Ecology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features all aspects of ecology from the Ecological Society of America, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 105, Issue 12): ARTICLE * Experimental species removal reveals species contributions to positive pollinator-mediated reproductive interactions * Temporal variability and predictability predict alpine plant community composition and distribution patterns * Phenological more PR

PARIS, France, Dec. 18 -- Ecology Letters, a journal from the French National Center for Scientific Research, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 27, Issue 11): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * LETTER * Density Dependence Shapes Life-History Trade-Offs in a Food-Limited Population * Eco-Evolutionary Interactions With Multiple Evolving Species Reveal Both Antagonistic and Additive Effects * Macroecology of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 18 -- Environment, Development and Sustainability, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers all aspects of the environmental impacts of socio-economic development, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 26, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A hybrid decision-making framework for a supplier selection problem based on lean, agile, resilience, and green criteria: a case study of a pharmaceutical indust more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 18 -- Environmental Health Perspectives, a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the relationship between the environment and human health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 132, Issue 11). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Research * A Prospective Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Early Pregnancy to Delivery in the Atlanta African Ame more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- Environmental Microbiology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features microbial interactions and processes in the environment, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 26, Issue 12): * Gene Expression by a Model Fungus in the Ascomycota Provides Insight Into the Decay of Fungal Necromass * Isolation and characterization of a novel methanogen Methanosarcina hadiensis sp. nov. from subsurface Boom Clay pore water  more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 16 -- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on the development of monitoring systems related to the management of renewable natural resources in agriculture, fisheries and forests, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 197, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Analysis of nitrogen flow in the Yellow River Basin over a long time series * Assessing regional va more PR

BRISTOL, England, Dec. 18 -- Environmental Research Communications, a peer reviewed journal that focuses on Earth's system, including atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 6, No. 10). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A classification and recognition model for multiple fruit tree leaf diseases * A method for evaluating the visual quality of wetland park landscapes: a case study of qian more PR

BRISTOL, England, Dec. 18 -- Environmental Research Communications, a peer reviewed journal that focuses on Earth's system, including atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 6, No. 9): Topical Reviews * A systematic review of studies investigating the link between greenspaces and human health reveals a paucity of interest in the topic in Africa Emerging environmental challenge: a critical revie more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Environmental Science and Technology, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it promotes interdisciplinary understanding in the environmental field, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 10, 2024, edition (Vol. 58, Issue 49). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Reviews * Environmental Occurrence and Biotic Concentrations of Ultrashort-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Acids: Overlooked Global Organofluorine Contaminants E more PR

PENSACOLA, Florida, Dec. 18 -- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 43, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Special Series - Groundwater Ecotoxicology and Chemistry * Groundwater Leaching Potential of Pesticides: A Historic Review and Critical Analysis * STYGOTOX: A Quality-Assessed Database of (Eco)Toxi more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 18 -- Environments, an international peer-reviewed journal from the Society for Urban Ecology that says it focuses on environmental systems, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 11, Issue 11). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - Advancing Water Security and Agricultural Productivity: A Case Study of Transboundary Cooperation Opportunities in the Kabul River Basin * Article - Assessment of the Trophic S more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, Dec. 17 -- Estuaries and Coasts, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on ecosystems at the interface between the land and the sea, covering research on physical, chemical, geological or biological systems, as well as applications to management of those ecosystems from the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 48, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A Rapid Me more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 18 -- Fire, a peer-reviewed journal about the science, policy and technology of vegetation fires and how they interact with communities and the environment, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 7, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Human Behavior Wildfire Ignition Probability Index for Application to Mainland Portugal * Article - A Self-Adaptive Escape Route Planning Model Based on Dynami more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 18 -- Fire, a peer-reviewed journal about the science, policy and technology of vegetation fires and how they interact with communities and the environment, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 7, Issue 11). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Deep Learning Approach for Predicting Aerial Suppressant Drops in Wildland Firefighting Using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Data * Article - A Stu more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 18 -- Fishes, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on fish and aquatic life sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 9, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Deep Dive into the Trophic Ecology of Engraulis ringens: Assessing Diet Through Stomach Content and Stable Isotope Analysis * Article - Comparative Physiological and Transcriptome Analyses Reveal the Responses to Ocean Aci more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 18 -- Fishes, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on fish and aquatic life sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 9, Issue 11). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A New Mutagenesis Tool for Songpu Mirror Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) for Selective Breeding: Atmospheric-Pressure Room-Temperature Plasma Mutagenesis Technology * Article - Acoustic Target Strength Measurement of Larmichthys c more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 18 -- Functional Ecology, a peer reviewed journal from the British Ecological Society that says it focuses on mechanistic understanding of ecological pattern and process from the organismic to the ecosystem scale, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 38, Issue 12): REVIEW * How does urbanization affect natural selection? ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY * Nitrogen deposition and heathland management cause multi-element stoic more PR

WEINHEIM, Germany, Dec. 16 -- Global Challenges, a peer-reviewed open access journal that provides practical solutions to a spectrum of global challenges, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 12): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * Promising Pharmacological Interventions for Posterior Capsule Opacification Research Article * Waste to Energy: Combustion, Performance, and Emission Characteristics of Waste Animal Fats/Die more PR

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Dec. 16 -- Global Ecology and Biogeography, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on the emerging field of macroecology, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 33, Issue 12): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * RESEARCH ARTICLE * Emergent Properties and Robustness of Species-Habitat Networks for Global Terrestrial Vertebrates DATA ARTICLE * Functional Traits of the World's Late Quaternary Terrestrial Mammalia more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 16 -- Hydrological Processes, a peer-reviewed 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 December 2024 edition (Vol. 38, Issue 12): * Assessing the Hydrological Impact of Gravity-Fed Irrigation on Groundwater Recharge Using Long-Term more PR

CALDECOTTE, England, Dec. 18 -- Indoor and Built Environment, a peer-reviewed journal from the International Society of the Built Environment, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 special issue (Vol. 33, Issue 10) entitled Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Transmission in the Indoor Environment: Review Paper * Airborne transmission and control of respiratory infectious diseases in different scenarios: A bibliometric study Original Papers * Recognition and more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- JGR-Oceans, a peer-reviewed journal that says it embraces the application of physics, chemistry, biology and geology to the study of the oceans and their interaction with other components of the Earth system from the American Geophysical Union, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 129, Issue 12): * A Link Between U.S. East Coast Sea Level and North Atlantic Subtropical Ocean Heat Content * Accelerated Basal Melt Rates of  more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 17 -- The Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features agriculture, food production and environmental concerns, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 37, Issue 4): * Currents in Conservation: Navigating Tragic Conflict with Justice and Compassion * Optimism about Wild Fish Welfare * The Moral Potential of Eco-Guilt and Eco-Shame: Emotions that Hinder or Facilitate Pro-E more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 18 -- Journal of Applied Ecology, a peer-reviewed journal from the British Ecological Society that says it features interface between ecological science and the management of biological resources, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 61, Issue 12): REVIEW * Predictors of outplanted marine bivalve survival in restoration: A review and synthesis RESEARCH ARTICLE * Assessing impact risk to tropical marine ecosystems from hu more PR

RESTON, Virginia, Dec. 19 -- The Journal of Environmental Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features environmental engineering science, systems engineering and sanitation from the American Society of Civil Engineers, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 151, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Efficient Separation of Oil-Water and Fatty Alcohol-Water Emulsions by Vacuum Filtration Using Bacterial Cellulose Membra more PR

MILTON, England, Dec. 19 -- The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features occupational and environmental hygiene and safety, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 21, Issue 11 edition: * A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for the transdermal uptake of semivolatile organic compounds from the atmosphere and through clothing * Airborne trichloramine in indoor swimming pools in Sweden * Development of rapi more PR

MILTON, England, Dec. 19 -- The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features occupational and environmental hygiene and safety, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 21, Issue 12 edition. Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Agreement between measured and self-reported physiological strain in young adults and older adults with and without common chronic diseases during simulated occupational heat stress * Airb more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 19 -- Land Degradation and Development, a peer-reviewed journal that says it promotes the rehabilitation of degradation in terrestrial environments, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 35, Issue 18). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * RESEARCH ARTICLE * Effect of Grasses on Native Tree Seedling Establishment Along a Water Stress Gradient: Results of Forest and Greenhouse Experiments * Carbon Sequestration and  more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 19 -- Land Degradation and Development, a peer-reviewed journal that says it promotes the rehabilitation of degradation in terrestrial environments, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 35, Issue 17). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A Comprehensive Study on Young Roots of Acacia mangium Willd. Species for Soil Bioengineering * Can We Protect China's Northern Coast Wetlands From Tidal Dynamics by Restoring N more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 16 -- Marine and Coastal Fisheries, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Fisheries Society that says it features the study of marine, coastal and estuarine fisheries, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 6): RESEARCH NOTE * Indications of recovery of anadromous fishes in a mid-Atlantic estuary of North America: Spatial and seasonal patterns near a dam ARTICLE * Implications of increased spatial and trop more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 17 -- Nature, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features science and technology, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 12, 2024, edition (Vol. 636, Issue 8042). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Research Highlights * What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has an answer * Do you drink coffee? Ask your gut * Has Venus ever had an ocean? Its volcanoes hint at an answer * Ancient stacks of dishes tell tale of society's dis more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 17 -- Nature, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features science and technology, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 5, 2024, edition (Vol. 636, Issue 8041). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Research Highlights * Humble scientists earn more trust * The cells that help the immune system fight lung cancer * Antarctica's first known amber whispers of a vanished rainforest * This dwarf planet might have its very own ice volcano Book more PR

BERLIN, Germany, Dec. 19 -- Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features weather and climate, surface processes and solid Earth, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 5, Issue 12): Research Highlights * Shipboard microcosms help explore changing ocean dynamics * Multiscale incubations to investigate microalgal dynamics * Deep-ocean drilling to explore the hydraulic structure of subduction faults * Solid  more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 17 -- People and Nature, a peer-reviewed journal from the British Ecological Society that says it explores relationships between humans and nature, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 6, Issue 6): REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS * Benefits and challenges of reviewing across knowledge systems: 'Gourmet omnivore' pigs foraging in the wild * The role of wild palms in agroforestry systems in the Neotropics: A review RESEARCH ARTICLE  more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Dec. 20 -- Physical Review Materials, a peer reviewed journal that says it features the prediction, synthesis, processing, structure, properties and modeling of a wide range of materials from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 11). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES * Threshold displacement energies in refractory high-entropy alloys * Migration and cl more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 17 -- Resources, a peer-reviewed journal of scientific studies on natural resources, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 13, Issue 11). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - Apple Pomace Integrated Biorefinery for Biofuels Production: A Techno-Economic and Environmental Sustainability Analysis * Article - Application of Non-Parametric and Forecasting Models for the Sustainable Development of Energy Reso more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- 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 December 2024 edition (Vol. 96, Issue 12): * A Groundwater Quality Assessment Model for Water Quality Index: Combining Principal Component Analysis, Entropy Weight Method, and Coefficient of Variation Method for Dimensionality Reduction and Weight Optimiza more PR