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Category Archives: Journals
JoVE now accepting submissions for new environmental sciences section
JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) is now accepting articles for its new section JoVE Environment. JoVE Environment will launch in September and will be a multidisciplinary section encompassing all aspects of green methodology and environmental sciences. Currently, JoVE is accepting … Continue reading
Call for Papers on Great Lakes Restoration Issues
Environmental Practice, the Journal of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, is seeking papers for possible publication. Issue Topic: Great Lakes Sustainability, featuring Guest Editor Dr. Susan Hedman, Great Lakes National Program Manager, USEPA In light of the many difficult … Continue reading
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Two ISTC researchers guest edit a special issue of Challenges
William Bullock and Joy Scrogum, both with ISTC’s Sustainable Electronics Initiative, are guest editors for a special issue of Challenges entitled “Electronic Waste — Impact, Policy and Green Design.” Challenges (ISSN 2078-1547) is an international, peer-reviewed scientific open access journal … Continue reading
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Dealing with Data: A Case Study on Information and Data Management Literacy
Haendel MA, Vasilevsky NA, Wirz JA (2012) Dealing with Data: A Case Study on Information and Data Management Literacy. PLoS Biol 10(5): e1001339. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001339. Abstract: Our scientific body of knowledge is built upon data, which is carefully collected, analyzed, and … Continue reading
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Open Access Geoscience Data Journal Launched by Wiley
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has partnered with the Royal Meteorological Society to launch the Geoscience Data Journal as part of the Wiley Open Access publishing program. The new online-only journal will publish short, earth science data papers cross-linked to … Continue reading
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Recommended Practices for Online Supplemental Journal Article Materials
When journals were published only in print, there were limits on what articles could include due to the cost of printing pages. Supporting information such as data sets, complex images, or multimedia could not be published along with articles. One … Continue reading
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Elsevier journal brings out special issue on new policy briefs on sustainability
Elsevier has published a special issue of its journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.The issue publishes papers on the topics of several policy briefs that are on the agenda of the annual United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development: energy, … Continue reading
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Final Call for Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge Proposals to Improve Access to Safe Water and Sanitation
The Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge will accept proposals for innovative ideas to ensure safe water and improved sanitation through 15 April. The winning project will receive a $50,000 prize and the second prize will be awarded $25,000. Both projects will … Continue reading
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Can a Prairie Teach Us About Agricultural Water Quality?
Read the full story in Agricultural Research. One place to figure out how agricultural practices affect water quality is in a crop field that is being converted to native prairie vegetation. In Iowa, natural resource managers are conducting this type … Continue reading
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What would it take…
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE … to shape a planet on which people, other living things and the systems that support us can sustainably co-exist? For this special issue, Momentum magazine invited experts from around the world to share their thoughts … Continue reading