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
Topic Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Low Carbon Technologies for Sustainable Environment (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Physical and Mechanical Characteristics of Soils and Rocks in Cold Regions (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Plant Response to Arid Environment, Volume II (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Sorption of Environmental Pollutants: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Sustainable Wastewater Treatment, Theory, Methods and Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Advances in Biorefinery and Bioenergy (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Soil Erosion Investigation Using Innovative Monitoring and Advanced Modelling (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Sustainable Environmental Remediation Technologies (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Advances in Monitoring and Modeling of Urban Air Quality (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Freshwater Ecological and Environmental Status (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- New Trends in Waste Management Models (Deadline: 10 September 2021)
- Advancements in Biomonitoring and Remediation Treatments of Pollutants in Aquatic Environments (Deadline: 10 September 2021)
- Mass Spectrometry and Analytical Techniques in the Environment (Deadline: 10 September 2021)
- Green Solvents (Deadline: 10 September 2021)
- Advances in Climate Change and the Water–Energy–Food Nexus (Deadline: 10 September 2021)
- Combustion and Fluid Mechanics, Advance in Fire Safety Science (Deadline: 10 September 2021)
- Research and Application of Groundwater Remediation Technologies (Deadline: 10 September 2021)
- Monitoring of Illicit Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Wastewater: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 10 September 2021)
- Remote Sensing and GIS in Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 20 September 2021)
- Advances in Gaseous and Particulate Air Pollutants Measurement (Deadline: 20 September 2021)
- Advanced Technologies in Wood Science (Deadline: 20 September 2021)
- IoT Applications for Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage (Deadline: 20 September 2021)
- Absorption and Determination of Radon in the Environment (Deadline: 25 September 2021)
- Bio-Monitoring of Atmospheric Pollution (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Advanced Measures for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Synthesis and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Novel Technologies for Pollutants Removal from Water and Wastewater (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Recent Advances in Energy Efficiency of Buildings (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Former Trends and Prospects in Soil Heavy Metals Monitoring and Remediation (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Atmospheric Aerosols Black and Brown Carbon (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Wind Energy: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Functional Materials and Advanced Processes in Water Treatment/Soil Remediation (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- New Frontiers in Recycling and Reuse of Plastic Wastes (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Applied Geochemistry and Clay Science (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Machine Learning Techniques Applied to Geospatial Big Data (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- The Versatility of Ceramic and Metal-Based Materials for Energy Applications: From Fabrication Processes to Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Industrial Ecology: Hazardous Waste and Environmental Chemistry (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Organisms (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Structural Performances of Concrete Composite Members: Experimental, Theoretical, Numerical Approaches II (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Latest Developments in Dimension Stone Technology (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Retrofitting Buildings and Energy Efficiency (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Composts and Organic Wastes: Analytical Methods and Applications (Deadline: 10 October 2021)
- Recent Advances in Thermal Energy Recovery and Utilization (Deadline: 10 October 2021)
- Flash Flood Early Warning Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction (Deadline: 10 October 2021)
- Hazardous Waste Treatment 2.0 (Deadline: 10 October 2021)
- Quantifying the Effects of Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases Emissions on Soil (Deadline: 10 October 2021)
- New Directions in Hazard and Disaster Science: Advances in Applied Sciences II (Deadline: 10 October 2021)
- Advances in Analytical Methods and Applications (Deadline: 10 October 2021)
- Emerging Technologies for Air Quality Improvement (Deadline: 15 October 2021)
- Soil Erosion Modelling and Investigations (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Carbon Neutrality and Carbon Reductions in the Concrete Industry (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Aquatic Nutrition and Products Processing (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Advances in Algal Biomass Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Intensified Conversion of Organic Waste into Biogas (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Novel Approaches for Sewage Treatment (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Reduction in the Environmental Availability of Contaminants (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Water Footprint and Life Cycle Assessment (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Anaerobic Digestion Processes for Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Biowaste Treatment and Valorization (Deadline: 25 October 2021)
- Sustainable Built Environments in 21st Century (Deadline: 30 October 2021)
- Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Conservation II (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- New Trends of Sustainability in Civil Engineering and Architecture Ⅱ (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- 10th Anniversary of Applied Sciences: Invited Papers in "Environmental and Sustainable Science and Technology" Section (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Recent Advances in Analytical and Monitoring Methods for Water Environment Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Bioproducts, Biomaterial and Clean Technologies of Waste (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Applications of Phase Change Materials (PCM) in Concrete Structures: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- New Challenges in Waste Treatment (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Climate Neutral Basic Materials Industries (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Applied Microbiology, Food and Environmental Sciences (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- The Effect of Vehicle Emissions on Secondary Aerosol and Air Quality (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Seismic Analysis, Assessment, and Retrofit of Existing Masonry Constructions (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Human-Centred Design of the Built Environments: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 1 November 2021)
- Application of Geographic Information System and Building Information Modelling (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Spectrometric Methods for Measurement and Control of Environmental Radioactivity (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition for Sustainable Agriculture (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Zero Energy Buildings: From Building Energy Simulation to Indoor Environment Monitoring (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Green Chemistry: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Artificial Intelligence and GIS for Environmental Engineering Applications (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Recent Progress in Membrane Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatments (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Urban Transport Systems Efficiency, Network Planning and Safety (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Frontiers in Freshwater Ecology, Conservation and Water Treatment Technologies (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Advanced Technologies for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Application of Multifunctional Materials in Water Treatment (Deadline: 15 November 2021)
- Soil Structure Interaction of Resilient Systems (Deadline: 15 November 2021)
- Environment and Health Influenced by COVID-19 Pandemic (Deadline: 15 November 2021)
- Allicin: Source, Analysis and Applications (Deadline: 15 November 2021)
- Advanced Technologies on Mine Dust Prevention and Control (Deadline: 15 November 2021)
- Recent Developments and Emerging Trends in Hydrogeology (Deadline: 15 November 2021)
- Plant Microbiome Responses to Environmental Changes (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Innovative Approaches for Biofilm Control and Eradication (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Advances in Underground Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Sources, Volume II (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Air Pollution: From Source Apportionment to Climate Change and Health Impact Assessment (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Integrated Assessment of Sustainability of Agricultural Systems and Land Use Change from the Past to the Future (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Recent Advances in Microalgae Biorefinery Processes (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Monitoring and Analysis of Environmental Pollution (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Characteristics of Air Pollution Assessment, Modeling and Reduction (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Climate Change and Aquatic Ecosystems: Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Advances on Smart Cities and Smart Buildings (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Indoor Air in Healthcare Facilities (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Advances in Bioremediation of Wastewaters and Contaminated Soils, Volume II (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Contaminants of Emerging Concern—(Eco)Toxicity, Environmental Behavior and Remediation (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Advances in Separation Processes in Water and Waste Water Treatment Technologies (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Challenges and Solutions in Soil and Water Conservation (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Determination and Extraction of Heavy Metals from Wastewater and Other Complex Matrices, Volume II (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Advanced Harmful Algal Bloom Control and Sustainable Water Supply (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart Cities (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Transport, Persistence and Toxicity of Pollutants in the Sea (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- State-of-the-Art Electrochemical Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Green Technologies for a Cleaner Environment (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- From Organic Wastes to Bioresources: Toward a Circular Economy (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Alternative Fuels for Transport: Recent Advances and Future Challenges (Deadline: 10 December 2021)
- Novel Nano Surfactants: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 10 December 2021)
- Industrial Application of Anaerobic Digestion (Deadline: 10 December 2021)
- Bioremediation in Environmental Engineering (Deadline: 10 December 2021)
- Fires and Modelling for Succession in Forests (Deadline: 10 December 2021)
- Contaminants in Coastal Environments: From the Sediment-Water Interface to the Trophic Chain (Deadline: 10 December 2021)
- Unsaturated Soils: Testing and Modelling (Deadline: 14 December 2021)
- Digital Engineering for a Sustainable Built Environment (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- New Frontiers in Ecofriendly Waste Treatment: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Water Quality Modelling, Monitoring and Mitigation (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Thermal Comfort: Challenges, Analysis and Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- New Frontiers in Applications of Photocatalysis Processes (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Building Resilient, Smart and Sustainable Communities: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Pollution and Remediation of Groundwater and Soil Environment (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Advances in Marine Biotechnology: Exploitation of Halophyte Plants (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Wet Scavenging of Aerosol Particles: Current Knowledge and Uncertainties (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Innovative Technologies Applied to Sustainable Solutions: Energy, Monitoring Systems and New Materials Production (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- New Challenges for Indoor Air Quality (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Electromagnetic Field Exposure and Human Health (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Grasslands and Woodlands (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Emerging Effects of Pollutants in the Aquatic Environment (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
- Environmental Chemical: Pollution, Analysis and Restoration (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Trends and Prospects in Environmental Geochemistry (Water, Soil, and Sediments) (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Worker Safety in Agricultural Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- The Application of Enzymatic Bioremediation Technology (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Mercury Water Pollution & Mitigation - Current Challenges and Trends (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sources, Processing, Transport, Health and Climate Impacts of Air Pollutants (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Non-Newtonian Fluid-Granular Mixtures: Experiments and Modeling of Environmental Flows and Industrial Matters (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Climate Change Impact on Viticulture and Potential Adaptation Strategies (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Precision Technologies and Novel Farming Practices to Reduce Chemical Inputs in Agriculture (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- New Trends in Weed Control and Smart Agriculture (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Emerging Issues of Urban Water Systems Modeling and Analysis, Volume II (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Applied Research on Water Treatment by Onsite Wastewater Management and Agricultural and Stormwater Control Measures at Varying Spatial Scales (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Reducing the Plastic Footprint of Agriculture (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Removal of Priority Contaminants by Using Sludge Based-Carbon Materials (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Air Pollution II (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Coastal Deposits: Techniques, Modelling and Implications for Environmental Management (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- COVID-19 and Environmental Factors—Influence on Human Health (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Innovative Water Treatment Technology for Sustainability, Volume II (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Nanomaterials to Monitor and Improve Environmental Quality (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainable Urban Facilities (Deadline: 1 January 2022)
- Marine Resources Application Potential for Biotechnological Purposes, Volume II (Deadline: 10 January 2022)
- Microbiological Surveillance of Biogas and Sewage Treatment Plants (Deadline: 10 January 2022)
- Searching for Solutions to Soil Pollution (Deadline: 10 January 2022)
- Analytical Methodologies Applied to the Study of Cultural Heritage Surface II (Deadline: 10 January 2022)
- Urban Chemical Pollution on Water Quality and Degradation Ways (Deadline: 10 January 2022)
- The Status of the Sustainable Development Goals: Achievements and Expectations (Deadline: 15 January 2022)
- Treatment of Wastes and Energy Recovery (Deadline: 20 January 2022)
- Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy Sources (Deadline: 20 January 2022)
- Electrochemical Technologies in Water and Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 January 2022)
- Advances in Heavy Metal Pollution in the Environment (Deadline: 20 January 2022)
- Promising Research and Strategies in Wastewater Treatment, Sludge Management and Valorization (Deadline: 21 January 2022)
- Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water: Occurrence, Fate and Removal (Deadline: 25 January 2022)
- Advanced Approaches in Fire Detection and Prediction (Deadline: 25 January 2022)
- New Insights into Ventilation, Comfort and Air Pollution (Deadline: 25 January 2022)
- Smart and Energy-Efficient Buildings: From Energy Modeling to Applications (Deadline: 25 January 2022)
- Indoor Environmental Quality and Thermal Comfort (Deadline: 30 January 2022)
- Microbial and Plant-Assisted Bioremediation for Eco-Sustainable Environment (Deadline: 30 January 2022)
- New and Old Environmental Impacts on Population Well Being in an On-Going Pandemic Context (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Environmental Applications of Char Materials: Pyrochar and Hydrochar (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Textile Microfibers Pollution: Impacts, Behavior, and Mitigation (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- New Trends in the Valorization of Bioactive Compounds from Agri-Food Waste (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Recent Advances in Lighting for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability (Deadline: 10 February 2022)
- New Trends in Air Quality and Climate Change Interlinks (Deadline: 10 February 2022)
- Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water Treatment (Deadline: 10 February 2022)
- Electrochemical and Membrane Based Methods for Water and Wastewater Treatment: New Advances (Deadline: 10 February 2022)
- The Unique Identification and Quantification of Molecular Species (Deadline: 20 February 2022)
- Chaotic Dynamics of Environmental and Hydrological Time Series (Deadline: 20 February 2022)
- Wildlife Diseases Worldwide: Understanding and Crisis Response (Deadline: 20 February 2022)
- Energy System Planning and Design (Deadline: 20 February 2022)
- New Technologies in Management of Soil Processes and Nutrient Cycling (Deadline: 25 February 2022)
- Impact of Climate Change on Hydrology (Deadline: 25 February 2022)
- Physical and Chemical Approaches for Groundwater Contamination (Deadline: 25 February 2022)
- Advances of the Biosystems Engineering (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Floodplains and Reservoirs as Sinks and Sources for Pollutants (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Water-Energy-Environment Nexus (WEEN-2020) (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Advanced Techniques for Sustainable Processing of Natural Resources, Volume III (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Novel Approaches for Assessment and Control of Gaseous Emission Levels at Animal Production Facilities (Deadline: 30 March 2022)
- Heavy Metal Toxicity: Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Frontier Research in Waters, Air and Wastes (Deadline: 15 April 2022)
- Reuse and Recycling of Reclaimed Municipal Water in Agriculture (Deadline: 20 April 2022)
- Environmental Nanomaterials: Source, Analysis and Application (Deadline: 10 May 2022)
- Sewage Sludge: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 15 May 2022)
- Applied Agri-Technologies 2 (Deadline: 1 June 2022)