Announcements

Conference: 2023 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting
Date: 29 October–1 November 2023
Place: St. Louis, MO, USA

The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) support their members and certified professionals by providing peer-reviewed research publications through the Online Library, educational programs, certifications, meetings, and science policy initiatives. A common thread across the programs and services of ASA, CSSA, SSSA is the dissemination and transfer of scientific knowledge to advance the profession.

The ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting offers a chance for leading scientists, researchers, educators, policymakers, students, exhibitors, and government institutions to gather to discuss cutting-edge developments in agronomy, crops, and soil science and features groundbreaking research.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Agronomy;
• Agriculture;
• Soil Systems;
• Crops;
• Seeds;
• Grasses;
• AgriEngineering;
• Horticulturae;
• Plants;
• Forests;
• Environments;
• Nitrogen;
• IJPB.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.acsmeetings.org/about.

MDPI is attending the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Geographical Society of China—Commission on Urban Geography. The event will be held at Wuhan University, China, from 15 to 18 September 2023, and it is organized by the Geographical Society of China. This conference will focus on the theme "Innovative Development of Urban Geography for Chinese Modernization"; it will exchange new ideas, new trends, new methods and new practices of urban geography, explore new opportunities, new positioning and new paradigms for the development of urban geography in the context of disciplinary integration, and jointly promote the prosperity and development of urban geography in China.

Representatives of the following MDPI journals will be attending:

• Land (leading journal);
• Sustainability;
• IJGI;
• Forests;
• Geomatics;
• Geographies;
• Earth.

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: http://www.gsc.org.cn/web/#/meeting/2fea355b-6e53-412e-8119-797535909665.

We are pleased to share the following ten Editor's Choice Articles published in Forests (ISSN: 1999-4907). These papers were selected by our Editors-in-Chief from the most notable papers published in Volume 14, Issues 4‒6. All these papers are of particular interest or importance to readers and are all well received by researchers.

1. “An Overview of Oak Species in Pakistan: Past, Present, and Future Research Perspectives”
by Noor Muhammad, María Ángeles Castillejo, Maria-Dolores Rey and Jesús V. Jorrín-Novo
Forests 2023, 14(4), 777; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14040777
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/4/777

2. “A Multi-Country Study Assessing the Mechanisms of Natural Elements and Sociodemographics behind the Impact of Forest Bathing on Well-Being”
by Montse Subirana-Malaret, Alexandre Miró, Aracely Camacho, Alex Gesse and Kirsten McEwan
Forests 2023, 14(4), 904; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050904
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/904

3. “Tree Species Classification in a Complex Brazilian Tropical Forest Using Hyperspectral and LiDAR Data”
by Rorai Pereira Martins-Neto, Antonio Maria Garcia Tommaselli, Nilton Nobuhiro Imai, Eija Honkavaara, Milto Miltiadou, Erika Akemi Saito Moriya and Hassan Camil David
Forests 2023, 14(5), 157; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050945
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/945

4. “Defective or Just Different? Observed Storm Failure in Four Urban Tree Growth Patterns”
by Andrew K. Koeser, Ryan W. Klein, Richard J. Hauer, Jason W. Miesbauer, Zachary Freeman, Christopher Harchick and Brian Kane
Forests 2023, 14(5), 311; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050988
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/988

5. “Microevolutionary Processes in a Foundation Tree Inform Macrosystem Patterns of Community Biodiversity and Structure”
by Helen M. Bothwell, Arthur R. Keith, Hillary F. Cooper, Julia B. Hull, Lela V. Andrews, Christian Wehenkel, Kevin R. Hultine, Catherine A. Gehring, Samuel A. Cushman, Thomas G. Whitham et al.
Forests 2023, 14(5), 248; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050943
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/943

6. “Exploring the Potential of Portable Spectroscopic Techniques for the Biochemical Characterization of Roots in Shallow Landslides”
by Lorenzo Marzini, Daniele Ciofini, Juri Agresti, Leonardo Ciaccheri, Enrico D’Addario, Leonardo Disperati, Salvatore Siano and Iacopo Osticioli
Forests 2023, 14(4), 385; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14040825
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/4/825

7. “Temperature and Tree Size Explain the Mean Time to Fall of Dead Standing Trees across Large Scales”
by Antje Gärtner, Anna Maria Jönsson, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Thomas A. M. Pugh, Torbern Tagesson and Anders Ahlström
Forests 2023, 14(5), 469; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14051017
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/1017

8. “Suitability of a Historical, Novel, and Occasional Host for Mountain Pine Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)”
by Katherine P. Bleiker, Claire A. Ethier and Brian H. Van Hezewijk
Forests 2023, 14(5), 559; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050989
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/989

9. “Long-Term Simulated Nitrogen Deposition Has Moderate Impacts on Soil Microbial Communities across Three Bioclimatic Domains of the Eastern Canadian Forest”
by Marie Renaudin, Rim Khlifa, Simon Legault, Steven W. Kembel, Daniel Kneeshaw, Jean-David Moore and Daniel Houle
Forests 2023, 14(5), 479; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061124
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/6/1124

10. “Alignment of National Forest Policy Frameworks with the EU Timber Regulation Requirements: Insights from Montenegro and the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)”
by Maja Radosavljevic, Mauro Masiero, Todora Rogelja and Dragan Comic
Forests 2023, 14(6), 210; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061157
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/6/1157

We would like to thank all the research groups behind these exceptional papers for their contributions to Forests. We would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues or through your network.

If you want to learn more about the contributions published in Editor’s Choice Articles, please click here.

MDPI journals will be attending the 14th National Conference on Biodiversity 1st International Conference on Mediterranean Biodiversity as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held in Lecce, Italy from 13 to 15 September 2023.

The 14th National Conference on Biodiversity will be organized by the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA) of the University of Salento in collaboration with the Academy of Mediterranean Biodiversity Sciences (ASBM) in order to continue the discussion and dialogue initiated more than 25 years ago, among scientists, institutional and policymakers, on issues related to the mutually complementary domains of the biodiversity: biodiversity at the intraspecific level, at the interspecific level, and at the entire ecosystem level. The aim is to help promote the advancement of knowledge based on the rigor of the scientific method. In particular, the 14th National Biodiversity Conference will be a showcase for studies and research focusing on “Biodiversity, Resilience and Climate Change”.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Horticulturae;
• Sustainability;
• Land;
• Conservation;
• Forests;
• Birds;
• Agronomy;
• Biology.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and our booth, please visit https://leccebiodiversity2023.com/.

MDPI’s Best PhD Thesis Awards are presented to recognize the young scholars who are deemed to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in their field of research and to encourage them to continue their outstanding work and make further contributions to their field.

We would like to warmly congratulate the winners of the 2022 Best PhD Thesis Awards and wish them success with their future research endeavors.

Atmosphere:

• “Variability of Ocean Dynamics and Associated Mechanisms Over the Tropical Indian Ocean”
  by Sartaj Khan, Harbin Engineering University, China

Energies:

• “Nanofluid Impingement Jet Heat Transfer”
  by Javad Mohammadpour, Macquarie University, Australia

Minerals:

• “Abiotic Sedimentary Dolomite Formation: from Nano- to Macro-Scale”
  by Yihang Fang, Washington University, USA

Toxics:

• “Effects of Rare Earth Elements on Aquatic Organisms under a Changing Environment”
  by Catia Figueiredo, CIIMAR—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Portugal

Water:

• “Green-Gray Coupled Runoff Control Infrastructure Adaptive Multi-Objective Optimization Method”
  by Zijing Liu, Tsinghua University, China

About MDPI Awards:

In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help raise the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their fields.

To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.

The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.

The editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal.

We are honored to present the winners for the year 2022 in environmental and earth sciences, who were selected amongst the extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

Atmosphere:

• “Covid-19 Airborne Transmission and Its Prevention: Waiting for Evidence or Applying the Precautionary Principle?”
  by Annalaura Carducci, Ileana Federigi and Marco Verani
  Atmosphere 2020, 11(7), 710; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11070710

• “The Heat Health Warning System in Germany—Application and Warnings for 2005 to 2019”
  by Andreas Matzarakis, Gudrun Laschewski and Stefan Muthers
  Atmosphere 2020, 11(2), 170; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11020170

• “Temporal Hydrological Drought Index Forecasting for New South Wales, Australia Using Machine Learning Approaches”
  by Abhirup Dikshit, Biswajeet Pradhan and Abdullah M. Alamri
  Atmosphere 2020, 11(6), 585; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11060585

Clean Technologies:

• “Lignocellulosic Biomass Mild Alkaline Fractionation and Resulting Extract Purification Processes: Conditions, Yields, and Purities”
  by Vincent Oriez, Jérôme Peydecastaing and Pierre-Yves Pontalier
  Clean Technol. 2020, 2(1), 91-115; https://doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol2010007

• “Environmental and Economic Evaluation of Fuel Choices for Short Sea Shipping”
  by Kirsi Spoof-Tuomi and Seppo Niemi
  Clean Technol. 2020, 2(1), 34-52; https://doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol2010004

Energies:

• “Analyzing Similarities between the European Union Countries in Terms of the Structure and Volume of Energy Production from Renewable Energy Sources”
  by Jarosław Brodny and Magdalena Tutak
  Energies 2020, 13(4), 913; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13040913

• “High Reynold’s Number Turbulent Model for Micro-Channel Cold Plate Using Reverse Engineering Approach for Water-Cooled Battery in Electric Vehicles”
  by Satyam Panchal, Krishna Gudlanarva, Manh-Kien Tran, Roydon Fraser and Michael Fowler
  Energies 2020, 13(7), 1638; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13071638
• “Investigation of Inorganic Phase Change Material for a Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic (STPV) Module”
  by Alagar Karthick, Muthu Manokar Athikesavan, Manoj Kumar Pasupathi, Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar, Shauhrat S. Chopra and Aritra Ghosh
  Energies 2020, 13(14), 3582; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13143582

• “Considerations on Potentials, Greenhouse Gas, and Energy Performance of Biofuels Based on Forest Residues for Heavy-Duty Road Transport in Sweden”
  by Shveta Soam and Pål Börjesson
  Energies 2020, 13(24), 6701; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13246701

• “Characterization of Hybrid-nano/Paraffin Organic Phase Change Material for Thermal Energy Storage Applications in Solar Thermal Systems”
  by Manoj Kumar Pasupathi, Karthick Alagar, Michael Joseph Stalin P, Matheswaran M. M and Ghosh Aritra
  Energies 2020, 13(19), 5079; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13195079

• “Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2020”
  by Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
  Energies 2020, 13(4), 930; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13040930

• “The Importance of Renewable Energy Sources in Poland’s Energy Mix”
  by Renata Marks-Bielska, Stanisław Bielski, Katarzyna Pik and Krystyna Kurowska
  Energies 2020, 13(18), 4624; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13184624

• “Infectious Diseases, Market Uncertainty and Oil Market Volatility”
  by Elie Bouri, Riza Demirer, Rangan Gupta and Christian Pierdzioch
  Energies 2020, 13(16), 4090; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13164090

• “Cost of Equity of Coal-Fired Power Generation Projects in Poland: Its Importance for the Management of Decision-Making Process”
  by Piotr W. Saługa, Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna, Radosław Miśkiewicz and Mateusz Chłąd
  Energies 2020, 13(18), 4833; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13184833

• “Internet of Things (IoT) and the Energy Sector”
  by Naser Hossein Motlagh, Mahsa Mohammadrezaei, Julian Hunt and Behnam Zakeri
  Energies 2020, 13(2), 494; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13020494

• “A Review on Thermoelectric Generators: Progress and Applications”
  by Mohamed Amine Zoui, Saïd Bentouba, John G. Stocholm and Mahmoud Bourouis
  Energies 2020, 13(14), 3606; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13143606

• “Contributions and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Building Smarter Cities: Insights from a Systematic Review of the Literature”
  by Tan Yigitcanlar, Kevin C. Desouza, Luke Butler and Farnoosh Roozkhosh
  Energies 2020, 13(6), 1473; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13061473

• “Possibilities and Challenges for the Inclusion of the Electric Vehicle (EV) to Reduce the Carbon Footprint in the Transport Sector: A Review”
  by Aritra Ghosh
  Energies 2020, 13(10), 2602; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13102602

• “Energy and Climate Policy—An Evaluation of Global Climate Change Expenditure 2011–2018”
  by Coilín ÓhAiseadha, Gerré Quinn, Ronan Connolly, Michael Connolly and Willie Soon
  Energies 2020, 13(18), 4839; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13184839
• “A Review of The Methanol Economy: The Fuel Cell Route”
  by Samuel Simon Araya, Vincenzo Liso, Xiaoti Cui, Na Li, Jimin Zhu, Simon Lennart Sahlin, Søren Højgaard Jensen, Mads Pagh Nielsen and Søren Knudsen Kær
  Energies 2020, 13(3), 596; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13030596

Environments:

• “Microplastic Contamination in Freshwater Environments: A Review, Focusing on Interactions with Sediments and Benthic Organisms”
  by Arianna Bellasi, Gilberto Binda, Andrea Pozzi, Silvia Galafassi, Pietro Volta and Roberta Bettinetti
  Environments 2020, 7(4), 30; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7040030

• “Biogas Production from Food Residues—The Role of Trace Metals and Co-Digestion with Primary Sludge”
  by Moshe Habagil, Alexander Keucken and Ilona Sárvári Horváth
  Environments 2020, 7(6), 42; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7060042

Forests:

• “Coastal Pine-Oak Glacial Refugia in the Mediterranean Basin: A Biogeographic Approach Based on Charcoal Analysis and Spatial Modelling”
  by Gaetano Di Pasquale, Antonio Saracino, Luciano Bosso, Danilo Russo, Adriana Moroni, Giuliano Bonanomi and Emilia Allevato
  Forests 2020, 11(6), 673; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11060673

• “A Survey in Natural Forest Ecosystems of Vietnam Reveals High Diversity of both New and Described Phytophthora Taxa including ramorum”
  by Thomas Jung, Bruno Scanu, Clive M. Brasier, Joan Webber, Ivan Milenković, Tamara Corcobado, Michal Tomšovský, Matěj Pánek, József Bakonyi, Cristiana Maia et al.
  Forests 2020, 11(1), 93; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11010093

• “Living in Drylands: Functional Adaptations of Trees and Shrubs to Cope with High Temperatures and Water Scarcity”
  by José Javier Peguero-Pina, Alberto Vilagrosa, David Alonso-Forn, Juan Pedro Ferrio, Domingo Sancho-Knapik and Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín
  Forests 2020, 11(10), 1028; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11101028

• “Advances and Promises of Epigenetics for Forest Trees”
  by Joana Amaral, Zoé Ribeyre, Julien Vigneaud, Mamadou Dia Sow, Régis Fichot, Christian Messier, Gloria Pinto, Philippe Nolet and Stéphane Maury
  Forests 2020, 11(9), 976; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11090976

IJGI:

• “Cartographic Vandalism in the Era of Location-Based Games—The Case of OpenStreetMap and Pokémon GO”
  by Levente Juhász, Tessio Novack, Hartwig H. Hochmair and Sen Qiao
  ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2020, 9(4), 197; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9040197

Minerals:

• “A Comprehensive Review of Rare Earth Elements Recovery from Coal-Related Materials”
  by Wencai Zhang, Aaron Noble, Xinbo Yang and Rick Honaker
  Minerals 2020, 10(5), 451; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10050451
• “SEM-Based Automated Mineralogy and Its Application in Geo- and Material Sciences”
  by Bernhard Schulz, Dirk Sandmann and Sabine Gilbricht
  Minerals 2020, 10(11), 1004; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10111004

• “Characteristics of Precipitation of Rare Earth Elements with Various Precipitants”
  by Kenneth N. Han
  Minerals 2020, 10(2), 178; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10020178

• “Lithium-Rich Claystone in the McDermitt Caldera, Nevada, USA: Geologic, Mineralogical, and Geochemical Characteristics and Possible Origin”
  by Stephen B. Castor and Christopher D. Henry
  Minerals 2020, 10(1), 68; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10010068

• “Using Complementary Methods of Synchrotron Radiation Powder Diffraction and Pair Distribution Function to Refine Crystal Structures with High Quality Parameters—A Review”
  by Seungyeol Lee and Huifang Xu
  Minerals 2020, 10(2), 124; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10020124

Quaternary:

• “Erosive Response of Non-Glaciated Pyrenean Headwater Catchments to the Last Major Climate Transition and Establishing Interglacial Conditions”
  by Kurt Martin Stange, Ivar Midtkandal, Johan Petter Nystuen, Andrew Murray, Reza Sohbati, Warren Thompson, Cornelia Spiegel and Hans-Joachim Kuss
  Quaternary 2019, 2(2), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat2020017

• “Last Interglacial Climate in Northern Sweden—Insights from a Speleothem Record”
  by Martin Finné, Sakari Salonen, Norbert Frank, Karin F. Helmens, Andrea Schröder-Ritzrau, Michael Deininger and Steffen Holzkämper
  Quaternary 2019, 2(3), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat2030029

• “Climatically Controlled River Terraces in Eastern Australia”
  by James S. Daley and Tim J. Cohen
  Quaternary 2018, 1(3), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat1030023

• “Dropstones in Lacustrine Sediments as a Record of Snow Avalanches—A Validation of the Proxy by Combining Satellite Imagery and Varve Chronology at Kenai Lake (South-Central Alaska)”
  by Sien Thys, Maarten Van Daele, Nore Praet, Britta J. L. Jensen, Thomas Van Dyck, Peter J. Haeussler, Elke Vandekerkhove, Veerle Cnudde and Marc De Batist
  Quaternary 2019, 2(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat2010011

• “From Climatic to Anthropogenic Drivers: A Multi-Proxy Reconstruction of Vegetation and Peatland Development in the French Jura Mountains”
  by Emilie Gauthier, Vincent E. J. Jassey, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Richard Payne, Frédéric Delarue, Fatima Laggoun-Defarge, Daniel Gilbert and Hervé Richard
  Quaternary 2019, 2(4), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat2040038

Remote Sensing:

• “Current Practices in UAS-based Environmental Monitoring”
  by Goran Tmušić, Salvatore Manfreda, Helge Aasen, Mike R. James, Gil Gonçalves, Eyal Ben-Dor, Anna Brook, Maria Polinova, Jose Juan Arranz, János Mészáros et al.
  Remote Sens. 2020, 12(6), 1001; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12061001

• “Change Detection Based on Artificial Intelligence: State-of-the-Art and Challenges”
  by Wenzhong Shi, Min Zhang, Rui Zhang, Shanxiong Chen and Zhao Zhan
  Remote Sens. 2020, 12(10), 1688; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12101688
• “A Spatial-Temporal Attention-Based Method and a New Dataset for Remote Sensing Image Change Detection”
  by Hao Chen and Zhenwei Shi
  Remote Sens. 2020, 12(10), 1662; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12101662

• “Mapping Landslides on EO Data: Performance of Deep Learning Models vs. Traditional Machine Learning Models”
  by Nikhil Prakash, Andrea Manconi and Simon Loew
  Remote Sens. 2020, 12(3), 346; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030346

• “LiCSBAS: An Open-Source InSAR Time Series Analysis Package Integrated with the LiCSAR Automated Sentinel-1 InSAR Processor”
  by Yu Morishita, Milan Lazecky, Tim J. Wright, Jonathan R. Weiss, John R. Elliott and Andy Hooper
  Remote Sens. 2020, 12(3), 424; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030424

Safety:

• “A Novel Method for Safety Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems—Application to a Ship Exhaust Gas Scrubber System”
  by Victor Bolbot, Gerasimos Theotokatos, Evangelos Boulougouris, George Psarros and Rainer Hamann
  Safety 2020, 6(2), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety6020026

• “Characteristics of Commuters’ Single-Bicycle Crashes in Insurance Data”
  by Roni Utriainen
  Safety 2020, 6(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety6010013 

• “Effect of Road Markings and Traffic Signs Presence on Young Driver Stress Level, Eye Movement and Behaviour in Night-Time Conditions: A Driving Simulator Study”
  by Darko Babić, Dario Babić, Hrvoje Cajner, Ana Sruk and Mario Fiolić
  Safety 2020, 6(2), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety6020024

Sustainability:

• “COVID-19 Could Leverage a Sustainable Built Environment”
  by Manuel Duarte Pinheiro and Nuno Cardoso Luís
  Sustainability 2020, 12(14), 5863; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145863

• “Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals Relationships”
  by Luis Miguel Fonseca, José Pedro Domingues and Alina Mihaela Dima
  Sustainability 2020, 12(8), 3359; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083359

• “The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Resilience of Sustainable Mobility in Sicily”
  by Tiziana Campisi, Socrates Basbas, Anastasios Skoufas, Nurten Akgün, Dario Ticali and Giovanni Tesoriere
  Sustainability 2020, 12(21), 8829; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218829

• “Artificial Intelligence in the Agri-Food System: Rethinking Sustainable Business Models in the COVID-19 Scenario”
  by Assunta Di Vaio, Flavio Boccia, Loris Landriani and Rosa Palladino
  Sustainability 2020, 12(12), 4851; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12124851

Toxics:

• “Interaction of Environmental Pollutants with Microplastics: A Critical Review of Sorption Factors, Bioaccumulation and Ecotoxicological Effects”
  by Albert Menéndez-Pedriza and Joaquim Jaumot
  Toxics 2020, 8(2), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8020040

• “Analysis of Cannabinoid-Containing Fluids in Illicit Vaping Cartridges Recovered from Pulmonary Injury Patients: Identification of Vitamin E Acetate as a Major Diluent”
  by Bryan Duffy, Lingyun Li, Shijun Lu, Lorie Durocher, Mark Dittmar, Emily Delaney-Baldwin, Deepika Panawennage, David LeMaster, Kristen Navarette and David Spink
  Toxics 2020, 8(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8010008

Water:

• “Assessing the Benefits of Forested Riparian Zones: A Qualitative Index of Riparian Integrity Is Positively Associated with Ecological Status in European Streams”
  by Francis J. Burdon, Ellinor Ramberg, Jasmina Sargac, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Nancy de Saeyer, Petra Thea Mutinova, Therese Fosholt Moe, Mihaela Oprina Pavelescu, Valentin Dinu, Constantin Cazacu et al.
  Water 2020, 12(4), 1178; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041178

• “Worldwide Regulations and Guidelines for Agricultural Water Reuse: A Critical Review”
  by Farshid Shoushtarian and Masoud Negahban-Azar
  Water 2020, 12(4), 971; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12040971

• “Adsorption of Methylene Blue in Water onto Activated Carbon by Surfactant Modification”
  by Yu Kuang, Xiaoping Zhang and Shaoqi Zhou
  Water 2020, 12(2), 587; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12020587

• “Antimicrobials and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: A Risk to the Environment and to Public Health”
  by Liliana Serwecińska
  Water 2020, 12(12), 3313; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123313

About MDPI Awards:

In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help raise the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their fields.

To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.

MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the winners for the year 2022 in environmental and earth sciences. The winners were selected by the journals’ Award Evaluation Committee.

We warmly congratulate the awarded young investigators for their outstanding contributions. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Atmosphere:

• Jianhuai Ye, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Energies:

• Saeed Golestan, Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark

IJERPH:

• Michael Bertram, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Minerals:

• Shaunna M. Morrison, Carnegie Institution for Science, USA

Remote Sensing:

• Danfeng Hong, Qingdao University, China

Sustainability:

• Xiaolei Yuan, Aalto University, Finland

Toxics:

• Minjian Chen, Nanjing Medical University, China

Water:

• Sergi Garcia-Segura, Arizona State University, USA

About MDPI Awards:

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We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2022 Travel Awards in environmental and earth sciences for their outstanding presentations and to present them with the prize.

MDPI journals regularly offer travel awards to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to increase their influence.

The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.

We would like to warmly congratulate the winners of the 2022 Travel Awards and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors.

Climate:

• Pavani Misra, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Energies:

• Runxia Cai, North Carolina State University, USA
• Lukasz Niedzwiecki, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland

Environments:

• Michael Eze, ¹Macquarie University, Australia; ²University of Goettingen, Germany
• Murillo Vetroni Barros, Federal University of Technology—Paraná, Brazil

Fire:

• Ana Novo, University of Vigo, Spain

Forests:

• Eko Setio Wibowo, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea

Hydrology:

• Esmaiil Mokarighahroodi, Texas A&M University, USA

IJERPH:

• Roseane F. De Fátima Guimarães, Université de Montréal, Canada
• Phillips E. Obasohan, University of Sheffield, UK
• Katarina Baralić, University of Belgrade, Serbia
• Xianglong Xu, Monash University, Australia

IJGI:

• Jianwei Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
• Sevim Sezi Karayazi, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

Land:

• Rocky Talchabhadel, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
• Leah Renwick, University of Chile, Chile

Remote Sensing:

• Ana Novo, University of Vigo, Spain
• Renée Mie Fredensborg Hansen, ¹Technical University of Denmark; ²Norwegian University of Science and Technology (in collaboration with The University Centre in Svalbard), Norway

Resources:

• Aida Hosseinian, Oulu University, Finland

Sustainability:

• Morteza Nazari-Heris, Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Domenico Mazzeo, University of Calabria, Italy
• Yuan Chen, The University of Sydney, Australia
• Sonia Khadija Maïté Gueroun, Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI), Portugal
• Konstantina Tsigkou, University of Patras, Greece

Water:

• Sabolc Pap, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK
• Xuexiu Jia, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• Angelos Alamanos, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland

About MDPI Awards:

In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help raise the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their fields.

To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.

In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.

We are proud to recognize the winners for the year 2022 in environmental and earth sciences for their outstanding contributions among the extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the winners on their achievements. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Atmosphere:

• Stanislav Juráň, Global Change Research Institute CAS, Czech Republic
• Sandro W. Lubis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), USA

Climate:

• Eliza Kalbarczyk, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland

Energies:

• Raffaele Carli, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
• Marcos Tostado-Véliz, University of Jaén, Spain
• Andrea Mariscotti, University of Genova, Italy
• Xuejun Qian, Morgan State University, USA
• Dominik Zimon, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland

Forests:

• Petr Pyszko, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Narayan Bhusal, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
• Vasiliki Kamperidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Muhammad Adnan Akram, Lanzhou University, China

Fuels:

• Jelena T. Petrović, Institute for Technology of Nuclear and Other Mineral Raw Materials, Serbia

Geosciences:

• Martina Zucchi, University of Bari, Italy
• Theodore M. Present, California Institute of Technology, United States

IJERPH:

• Anuli Njoku, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
• Álvaro Francisco Lopes De Sousa, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Portugal
• Carol Nash, University of Toronto, Canada
• Geovani Lopez-Ortiz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
• Jorge Velázquez Saornil, Universidad Católica de Ávila, Spain
• Naser Alsharairi, Menzies Health Institute Qld- Griffith University, Australia
• Salvador Baena-Morales, University of Alicante, Spain
• Shirley Wyver, Macquarie University, Australia
• Akihiko Katayama, Shikoku Gakuin University, Japan
• Alessandro Sapienza, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC - CNR), Italy
• Alexandr Ceasovschih, “St. Spiridon” Emergency Hospital, Romania
• Alina Cernasev, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
• Amelia Beata Staszowska, Lublin University of Technology, Poland
• Andreia Lima, Fernando Pessoa University, Portugal
• Anna Lipert, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
• Anson Kai Chun Chau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
• Bianca Hanganu, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, Romania
• Bocong Yuan, Sun Yat-sen University, China
• Chee-Seng Tan, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
• Christine Manlai Kwan,The University of Hong Kong, China
• Cristina Mendoza-Holgado, University of Extremadura, Spain
• Denise Dillon, James Cook University, Singapore
• Hiroyuki Noda, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
• Isaac Rampedi, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Jan Domaradzki, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland
• Joel Nitzkin, JLN, MD Associates, L.L.C., USA
• Kyung-Hyun Suh, Sahmyook University, Republic of Korea
• Lorenzo Gianquintieri, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
• Mariusz Duplaga, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
• Matteo Riccò, Unità Operativa di Prevenzione e Sicurezza degli Ambienti di Lavoro, Italy
• Olga Czerwińska-Ledwig, University of Physical Education in Kraków, Poland
• Petra Marková, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
• Piyapong Janmaimool, Kochi University of Technology, Japan
• Rafał Gerymski, Opole University, Poland
• Rasa Jankauskiene, Lithuanian Sports University, Lithuania
• Ruben Lopez-Bueno, University of Zaragoza, Spain
• Siu Shing Man, City University of Hong Kong, China
• Tomasz Sobierajski, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Wang-Kin Oscar Chiu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
• Yang Wu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

IJGI:

• Fernando P. Fonseca, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
• Polina Lemenkova, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
• Alexandre B. Gonçalves, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Marcin Kulawiak, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
• Dennis Edler, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Land:

• Concetta Cardillo, Center for Agricultural Policies and Bioeconomy, Italy
• Elisabetta Maria Venco, University of Pavia, Italy
• Małgorzata Dudzińska, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

Resources:

• Lubomir Strba, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia

Solar:

• Naresh Duvva, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

Sustainability:

• Aleksandra Jezierska-Thöle, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland
• Piotr Borowski, Vistula University, Poland
• Elżbieta Szaruga, University of Szczecin, Poland
• Raffaele Carli, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
• Joana Costa, University of Szczecin, Portugal
• Silvia Puiu, University of Craiova, Romania
• Miguel Afonso Sellitto, School of Unisinos, Brazil
• Tiago F. A. C. Sigahi, University of São Paulo, Brazil
• Abdalwali Lutfi, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
• Jarosław Uglis, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
• Ágnes Csiszárik-Kocsir, Óbuda University, Hungary
• Jianwan Ji, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China
• Aldona Zawojska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
• Jianwei Qian, Hangzhou Normal University, China
• Ali Saleh Alshebami, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
• José Belda-Medina, University of Alicante, Spain
• Ana Dias, University of Aveiro, Portugal
• Krzysztof Rząsa, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Poland, Poland
• Andreea-Ionela Puiu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
• Krzysztof Skrzypkowski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Andrés Velástegui-Montoya, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Ecuador
• Louis S. H. Lee, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Anita Silvana Ilak Peršurić, Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Croatia
• Marek Gaworski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
• Brett Bligh, Lancaster University, UK
• Meike Rombach, Lincoln University, New Zealand
• Catarina Fernandes, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
• Ming-Lang Tseng, Asia University, Taiwan
• Charitha Dias, Qatar University, Qatar
• Nicoleta Dospinescu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania
• Daniel Badulescu, University of Oradea, Romania
• Roman Trach, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
• Darko Božanić, University of Defense in Belgrade, Serbia
• Romina D’Ascanio, Roma Tre University, Italy
• Donatella Privitera, University of Catania, Italy
• Sol García-Germán, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
• Eleonora Santos, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
• Valentina Vasile, Romanian Academy, Romania
• Francis Boadu, Kumasi Technical University, Ghana
• Yir-Hueih Luh, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Toxics:

• Chris Douvris, New York Institute of Technology, USA

Water:

• Meysam Vadiati, University of California, USA
• Carmine Apollaro, University of Calabria (UniCAL), Italy
• Giacomo Medici, University of Guelph, Canada
• Katarzyna Pietrucha-Urbanik, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
• Dobrochna Ginter-Kramarczyk, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
• Vladimir Dvoretsky, Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Russia
• Chengcheng Xia, University of Padova, Italy
• Aristeidis Kastridis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Majid Niazkar, University of Milan, Italy
• Yuliia Trach, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie, Poland

About MDPI Awards:

In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers, and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards serve as a source of inspiration and recognition, and help promote the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and who are making a significant contributions to the advancement of their field.

To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.