Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Earth and Environmental Sciences is an interdisciplinary field which incorporates the study of the earth surface, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, biosphere, and environmental system processes. Scientists in this field analyse how the physical, chemical and biological systems of Earth interact with one another, make observations, identify patterns and processes, and model the impact of changes to these systems. As well as studying Earth systems currently, researchers make predictions about what will happen in the future and use evidence from the past to understand the present.
This collection includes the following disciplines, although submissions are not limited to these fields:

Atmospheric Sciences
Hydrology
Environmental Sciences
Physical Geography
Geology
Soil Science
Geochemistry
Oceanography
Palaeontology
Geophysics

The following collections in Earth and Environmental Sciences are also available:

Adaptation to Climate Change

Collection advisors: Olivier Pourret (UniLaSalle, France), Claudia Mohr (Stockholm University, Sweden), Win Cowger (The Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research, USA)

Data Note
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Thermal Efficiency Dataset for OTEC Applications in Cuban Waters

Authors: Alejandro Rodriguez, Melissa Abreu, Dailin Reyes, Melany Abreu, Humberto L. Varona, Carlos Noriega, Amilcar Calzada, Moacyr Araujo

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Dodi Sofyan Arief, Erfan Amini, Henry Hooi-Siang KANG, Ji Zhang

Published: May 8, 2025
Research Article
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The myth of the De Geer Zone: a change of paradigm for the opening of the Fram Strait

Authors: Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Filippo Carboni, Peter D Clift, TUNCAY TAYMAZ, Uri Schattner

Published: March 17, 2025
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Understanding the influence of swarming timing on the dispersal of Ostrea edulis larvae in the Northern Adriatic Sea

Authors: Camilla Bertolini, Roberto Pastres

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Ane Pastor, Tomislav Džoić

Published: November 28, 2023
Method Article
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Demonstrating clean energy transition scenarios in sector-coupled and renewable-based energy communities

Authors: Md Nasimul Islam Maruf, Shadman Mahmud, Iván S. Pasarín, Federico Giani, Aurélien Degrave, Carlos Funez Guerra, Susana Lopez, Ivan Mesonero

Funders: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Giuseppe Aruta, João Lagarto, elisa Marrasso

Published: September 2, 2024
Research Article
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Implications of Timanian thrust systems in the Barents Sea and Svalbard on using paleontological constraints for plate tectonics reconstructions

Authors: Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Alexandre Kounov, Alfonsa Milia, Esther Izquierdo

Published: July 12, 2024
Open Letter
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Data formats and standards for opportunistic rainfall sensors

Authors: Martin Fencl, Roberto Nebuloni, Jafet C. M. Andersson, Vojtech Bares, Nico Blettner, Greta Cazzaniga, Christian Chwala, Matteo Colli, Lotte de Vos, Abbas El Hachem, Charles Galdies, Filippo Giannetti, Maximilian Graf, Dror Jacoby, Hai Victor Habi, Petr Musil, Jonatan Ostrometzky, Giacomo Roversi, Fabiola Sapienza, Jochen Seidel, Anna Spackova, Remco van de Beek, Bas Walraven, Karina Wilgan, Xin Zheng

Funders: COST Actions

Peer reviewers: Cristian Lussana, Swastika Chakraborty

Published: February 13, 2024
Open Letter

Peer review process completed

Belowground carbon transfer across mycorrhizal networks among trees: Facts, not fantasy

Authors: Tamir Klein, Ido Rog, Stav Livne-Luzon, Marcel G.A. van der Heijden, Christian Körner

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: David Perry, Jason Hoeksema, Marc-André SELOSSE

Published: October 3, 2023
Essay
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Ecocriminological analysis of brine in aquatic ecosystems: impacts on Posidonia oceanica and the search for restorative justice solutions

Authors: Esteban Morelle-Hungría, Pablo Serra-Palao

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Fabio Blanco Murillo, Gema Varona, Jordi PAGÈS, Teresa FAJARDO DEL CASTILLO

Published: February 16, 2024
Research Article
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Devonian–Carboniferous extension and Eurekan inversion along an inherited WNW–ESE-striking fault system in Billefjorden, Svalbard

Authors: Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl, Lis Allaart, Riko Noormets

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Alexander Peace, Keith Dewing, Liang Qiu

Published: October 27, 2023
Study Protocol
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Assessing the potential of Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) for contributing to conservation targets: A global scoping review protocol

Authors: Dimitra Petza, Eva Amorim, Emma Ben Lamine, Francesco Colloca, Esther Dominguez Crisóstomo, Erika Fabbrizzi, Simonetta Fraschetti, Ibon Galparsoro, Sylvaine Giakoumi, Maren Kruse, Vanessa Stelzenmüller, Stelios Katsanevakis

Funders: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Jansen Smith, Matthew Grainger, Siyuan He

Published: January 10, 2024
Software Tool Article
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WALIS dashboard: An online tool to explore a global paleo sea-level database

Authors: Sebastián Garzón, Alessio Rovere

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Jennifer Walker, Jessica Creveling, Selasi Avornyo, Stephen Chua

Published: March 1, 2024
Method Article
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VISproPT: A high-precision instrument for 3D shape analysis of parabolic trough panels

Authors: Marco Montecchi, Giuseppe Cara, Arcangelo Benedetti

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Ibrahim Yilmaz, Jesús FERNÁNDEZ-RECHE, Qiliang Wang

Published: November 28, 2023
Data Note

Awaiting peer review

Wind envelope amplitude data at 300 hPa for the study of atmospheric waves in the Southern Hemisphere during austral summer

Authors: Iago Pérez, Marcelo Barreiro

Funders: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: April 28, 2023
Data Note

Peer review process completed

Idealized hydrodynamical numerical model dataset with no-river runoff at the western tropical North Atlantic

Authors: Humberto L. Varona, Julia Araujo, Moacyr Araujo, Marcus Silva

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Marcio Cintra, Sandrine Djakouré

Published: April 28, 2023
Open Letter
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The FIRE-IN project: Tsunami-risk related practitioner challenges and 3rd cycle overall results

Authors: Georgios Sakkas, Ioannis Tsaloukidis, Danai Kazantzidou-Firtinidou, Iris Schneider, Vassiliki Kouskouna, Nico Hybbeneth, Claudia Berchtold, Juliane Schlierkamp, Marta Miralles, Sebastien Lahaye, Michel Bour

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Annisa Triyanti, Dr. Joern LAUTERJUNG, Maria POLESE, YONG-JUN LIN

Published: May 17, 2024
Method Article
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Real-time quality control of optical backscattering data from Biogeochemical-Argo floats

Authors: Giorgio Dall'Olmo, Udaya Bhaskar TVS, Henry Bittig, Emmanuel Boss, Jodi Brewster, Hervé Claustre, Matt Donnelly, Tanya Maurer, David Nicholson, Violetta Paba, Josh Plant, Antoine Poteau, Raphaëlle Sauzède, Christina Schallenberg, Catherine Schmechtig, Claudia Schmid, Xiaogang Xing

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Carolina Amadio, Gianluca Volpe, Griet Neukermans, sandy thomalla

Published: May 30, 2023
Data Note
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Pharmaceutical pollution: Prediction of environmental concentrations from national wholesales data

Authors: Samuel A. Welch, Kristine Olsen, Mohammad Nouri Sharikabad, Knut Erik Tollefsen, Merete Grung, S. Jannicke Moe

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Ad Ragas, Gerd Maack, Rosa Recasens

Published: September 15, 2022
Method Article

Peer review process completed

Drone-based electromagnetic survey system for geophysical applications

Authors: Markku Pirttijärvi, Ari Saartenoja, Pekka Korkeakangas

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Esben Auken, Maria Smirnova, Mehrdad Bastani, Shashi Prakash Sharma

Published: January 7, 2022
Open Letter
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ECORISK2050: An Innovative Training Network for predicting the effects of global change on the emission, fate, effects, and risks of chemicals in aquatic ecosystems

Authors: Samuel A. Welch, Taylor Lane, Alizée O.S Desrousseaux, Joanke van Dijk, Annika Mangold-Döring, Rudrani Gajraj, John D. Hader, Markus Hermann, Anju Parvathi Ayillyath Kutteyeri, Sophie Mentzel, Poornima Nagesh, Francesco Polazzo, Sabrina K. Roth, Alistair B.A. Boxall, Benny Chefetz, Stefan C. Dekker, Josef Eitzinger, Merete Grung, Matthew MacLeod, S. Jannicke Moe, Andreu Rico, Anna Sobek, Annemarie P. van Wezel, Paul van den Brink

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Hans-Christian Bruun Hansen, Ludek BLAHA

Published: May 16, 2022
Data Note
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Ocean Lagrangian Trajectories (OLTraj): Lagrangian analysis for non-expert users

Authors: Giorgio Dall'Olmo, Francesco Nencioli, Thomas Jackson, Robert J. W. Brewin, John A. Gittings, Dionysios E. Raitsos

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Alice Della Penna, Joan Llort

Published: November 15, 2021
Method Article
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A GC-IRMS method for measuring sulfur isotope ratios of carbonyl sulfide from small air samples

Authors: Sophie L. Baartman, Maarten C. Krol, Thomas Röckmann, Shohei Hattori, Kazuki Kamezaki, Naohiro Yoshida, Maria Elena Popa

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Ralph Keeling, Sinikka Lennartz

Published: March 8, 2022
Research Article
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Spatial variability of urban forest topsoil properties: towards representative and robust sampling design

Authors: Nadina Galle, William Brinton, Robin Vos, Fábio Duarte, Marcus Collier, Carlo Ratti, Francesco Pilla

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Nina Bassuk, YIYUN CHEN

Published: October 18, 2023
Research Article
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Crossover comparison of climate-change adaptation measures taken in the Gdansk (Baltic-sea) and Rotterdam (Nord-sea) deltas.

Authors: Fred Sanders, Hugo Sanders, Karen Jonkers

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Leslie Mabon, Michael Nones, Tineke van der Schoor

Published: October 13, 2021