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:
- Environmental Pollutant: Analysis, Monitoring and Emerging Processes for Abatement (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- River and Lake Catchments: Ecological Challenges, Hydrological Changes, Environmental Problems (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment: Novel Designs and Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advances in Microplastic Pollution and Its Impact (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- GIS-Based Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Applications of Remote Sensing for Natural Hazard and Environment Monitoring (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Biochar Application in Remediating Salt/Metal Affected Soils and Water (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Pathways for Water Conservation (Deadline: 30 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)
- Monitoring and Conservation of Freshwater Biodiversity (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Advances in Plant Metabolomics under Environmental Stress (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Advancements in Biomonitoring and Remediation Treatments of Pollutants in Aquatic Environments, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Air Pollution and Its Impact on the Atmospheric Environment (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Research on Eutrophication and Algal Blooms for Environmental Engineering (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advanced Technology and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Soil Ecotoxicology and Agroecosystems: Concerns, Innovations and Advances (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Ecotoxicology of Pollutants: Sources, Effects and Human Impact Assessment (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Emerging Trends in Environmental Pollution Management (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Waste Valorization, Green Technologies and Circular Economy (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Recent Advances in Research on Fluoride Exposure and Risk Assessment (Deadline: 30 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)
- Building Materials: Assessment of the Radon Exhalation and the Radiological Risk Due to Natural Radioactivity Content (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Innovative and Sustainable Approaches for Enhancing Soil Health and Mitigating Land Degradation (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Water and Wastewater Treatment: Applied Research on Traditional and Emerging Contaminants (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Sustainable Urban Green Infrastructure and Its Effects (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- 5th Anniversary of Environment Section—Climate Change and Natural Disaster (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Research on Environmental Health: Sustainability and Innovation (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- The Mobilization, Speciation and Transformation of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants in Soil-Groundwater Ecosystems, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Promising Sustainable Technologies in Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Pollution Control and Environmental Remediation (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Application of Green Chemistry in Environmental Engineering (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advanced Oxidation Processes in Wastewater Treatment: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Aerosol and Particle Technologies (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Waste Treatment and Sustainable Technologies (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Application of Remote Sensing in Atmospheric Physics and Climate Science (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advanced Research in Activated Carbon Adsorption (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Recent Research Progress of Vegetation Restoration and Environmental Impacts (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Geo-Environmental Problems Caused by Underground Construction, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Innovative Approaches and Materials for Water Treatment (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Innovations in Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Rational Irrigation under Changing Climate (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- New Approaches to Water Treatment: Challenges and Trends (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Novel Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advances in High-Performance Buildings: Comfort, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Opportunities (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Wastewater Resource Recovery and Reuse (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- The Application of Biopolymer Composite in Water Treatment (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- AI-Enhanced 4D Geospatial Monitoring for Healthy and Resilient Cities (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Research Progress of Wastewater Treatment Technology (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Wastewater Treatment and Purification Technologies (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Changing Wastewater Treatment to Carbon Neutral: Recent Advances in Anammox-Based Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal (Deadline: 10 February 2025)
- Production, Treatment, Utilization and Future Opportunities of Biogas (Deadline: 10 February 2025)
- Integrated Assessment of Energy and Water Systems Under Climate Change (Deadline: 10 February 2025)
- Waste Recycling Materials and Technologies: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Wastewater Treatment Technologies—3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Novel GIS Tool for Soil Research (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Novel Approaches for Biological Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Sustainable Environmental Engineering (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Heavy Metal Toxicity: Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment: Volume II (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Degraded Soil Treatment and Influence on Biodiversity (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- New Insights into Microbial Biogeochemistry (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- Measurement and Assessment of Environmental Radioactivity (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Advances in Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring and Measurement (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Climate Change in the Environmental Impact: Monitoring, Observation and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Unsaturated Soils: Testing and Modelling, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 April 2025)
- Environmental Monitoring and Analysis for Hydrology (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Innovative Approaches to Radioactive Waste Management and Treatment (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Microbial Diversity as a Driver of Plant Growth and Soil Health (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Aerosol Measurement, Properties and Its Impacts (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Innovative Approaches for Metal Remediation in Soils and Water (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Solving Environmental and Cultural Heritage Issues through Analytical Tools (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Air Quality Monitoring, Analysis and Modeling (Deadline: 25 April 2025)
- Aquatic Ecotoxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment: Integrating Bioindicators and Biomarkers (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Effects of Climate Change on Hydrology (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Noise Control: Challenges in Architectural Acoustics and Environmental Sound Pollution (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Topical Advisory Panel Members' Collection Series: Waste Reuse, Recycling, and Recovery—2nd Edition (Deadline: 1 May 2025)
- Environmental Pollution and Wastewater Treatment Strategies (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Biobased and Nature-Based Ground and Geomaterial Improvement and Soil Stabilisation (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Energy Recovery in Wastewater Treatment: Methods and Applications (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Urban Geospatial Analytics Based on Big Data (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- AirGuard: Advances in Air Quality Monitoring, Assessment and Control (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Applications of Nanoparticles in the Environmental Sciences (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Advances in Laser Technology and Its Application in Environmental Analysis (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Hygrothermal Behaviour of Cultural Heritage and Climate Change: Second Edition (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Air Quality in the Urban Space Planning and Management (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Advances in Pollutant Removal from Water Environments (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Atmospheric Pollutants: Dispersion and Environmental Behavior (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Soil Pollution and Remediation: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Water Treatment: From Membrane Processes to Renewable Energies (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Soil Rehabilitation Due to Land Uses (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Environmental Technology Applied to Pollution Research: Monitoring, Analysis and Remediation (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Novel Approaches for Water Resources Assessment (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Recent Advances in Hydrogeology (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Feature Review Papers in Environmental Sciences (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- AI in Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
