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Journals development @ IOP Publishing Environmental Research Series 🌳🏢♻️⛈️⚕️🐧🔋🌾🌊🌱 Edinburgh, UK ioppublishing.org/publications/envi…

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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🌊 Read in #ERW how researchers are modelling legacy nitrogen stores to better understand the efficacy of nutrient management practices in riverine systems of the USA🌾 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #Rivers #nitrogen #rivernutrients #agriculture #watersheds #waterquality
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🌊 Read in #ERW about the barriers slowing the wider use of High-concentration dissolved oxygen delivery technologies for treating #wastewater and how these barriers can be addressed🫧 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #waterquality #watermanagement #watertechnology
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
☀️ 'Beyond one-size-fits-all: a path toward region-specific flash drought monitoring and management' 🌊 🔗 Check out this recently published article in #ERW: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #Drought #Hydrology #Hydroclimates #flashdrought #watermanagement #Climate #agriculture
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🌊 Read in #ERW how researchers are using remote sensing technologies to improve flood modelling in the Okavango Delta, Botswana 🛰️ 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #Hydrology #remotesensing #riverdelta #Okavangodelta #NASAGRACE #waterstorage #rivers #watermodelling
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🏗️ Read in #ERIS how researchers are using GIS-based methods to map #construction #material stocks to support #sustainable planning and #decarbonization strategies in #urban settings 🏙️ 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Infrastructure #Sustainability #cities #materials #Lima #Peru
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🌊 Read in #ERW how researchers have used stable water isotope and multiyear time series analysis to demonstrate the linkage of the Georgia–Florida #Okefenokee #Swamp and Floridan Aquifer ⌛📊 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Enrivonment #Water #Hydrology #groundwater #aquifers #isotopes #USA
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
🌳 Read in #ERE how researchers are using climate analogs to project decreasing carbon storage of western U.S. forest ecosystems in response to climate change ☀️🔥 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Ecology #Forests #Carbon #Climatechange #Carbonstorage #Ecosystems #Wildfire #Trees
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
🌊 Read in #ERW how researchers are using water balance modelling to assess climate change impacts on Shortandy Lake, Kazakhstan ☀️ 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #ClimateChange #Lakes #Hydrology #waterresources #watermodelling #Climate #groundwater
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🔋Read in #ERIS about #net-zero urban energy transition pathway modelling and why integrating #energy services into these models can lead to a more just urban energy transition 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Infrastructure #Sustainability #socialequality #urbanenergy #carbon
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🌊 Read in #ERW how climate change could impact the future hydropower potential of river basins in Nepal and how this could potentially accommodate the projected increasing electricity demand in the region 🌏 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #Energy #Hydropower #Climatechange
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
🪨⛏️ Read in #ERIS about Australia's part in the global lithium supply chain and what can be done to make #Australia a greener #lithium producer ♻️🚚 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Infrastructure #Sustainability #supplychain #mining #decarbonisation #renewables #emissions #GHGs
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
🌽🚿 Read how researchers in #ERW are using agent-based modelling to understand farmers’ interactions with agrohydrological systems under climate change 🧑‍🌾 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #Climatechange #Agriculture #Farming #Hydrology #Agentbasedmodel #modelling
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🌊 Read in #ERW how researchers in #Nigeria are using remote sensing and hydrogeophysical data to identify new sources of #groundwater for rural communities 🧑‍🌾 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #remotesensing #hydrology #datasets #geodatabase #GIS #waterquality #watersecurity
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
🔌 Read in #ERIS about efforts being made to extend #electricity access across rural #Senegal and the various political and regulatory barriers that must be overcome 👩‍⚖️ 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Infrastructure #Sustainability #minigrid #Governing #Offgrid #Electrification
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
🦠 Read in #ERW how community science data can be used to identify the drivers of #E.coli distribution in #urbanstreams and #rivers in #Atlanta, USA and why this is important for highlighting environmental injustice 🌊 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #sewage #urbanhydrology
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
🌴 Does palm oil really rule the supermarket? 🌴 🔎 Find out more in this #ERFS article assessing the prevalence of palm oil containing products in western #supermarket chains 🛒🛍️ 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Food #Foodsystems #sustainability #deforestation #supplchains #palmoil
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🏗️ In this #ERIS article, learn more about the #steelindustry in the #Globalsouth and why it's important to consider the advancing of #steel #recycling and #decarbonization in this region as a shared global agenda ♻️🌎 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Infrastructure #Sustainability
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
🍗 Read in #ERFS how food supply chain resilience can be strengthened, with a case study focusing on the manufacturing of a chicken tikka masala ready meal 🍛 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Food #Foodsystems #Foodsupplychains #Supplychains #Curry #Chickentikka #Casestudy
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
🌊 Read in #ERW how a new assessment criteria for monitoring low dissolved #oxygen in #coastal #ecosystems can aid #water quality management strategies 🐟🫧 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #waterquality #coastalecosystems #dissolvedoxygen #restoration #watermonitoring #ChesapeakeBay
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🚰 Read in #ERIS how #water, #sanitation, and #hygiene (WASH) interventions for individuals experiencing homelessness across the West coast of the U.S. are implemented and the efficacy of these important humanitarian programmes 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #WASH #socialpolicy
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🏗️ How much time, effort and equipment will be required to clear #debris in preparation to rebuild #Gaza and what are the likely #carbonemissions from this grand undertaking? 🚛 📘 Find out in this research published in #ERIS 📚 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Infrastructure #GHGs
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🌎 Check out this research Letter in Environmental Research Letters #ERL: "The impact of global warming on U.S. hurricane landfall: a storyline approach" 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #EnvironmentalScience #OpenAccess #StorylineApproach
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 Read in #ERE how citizen science data can be used to map global threats to seagrass and how this can inform conservation efforts 🌊🌿 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #ecology #citizenscience #seagrass #conservation #ecosystems #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #coastalecosystems
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🪵How much upfront-embodied #GHG emissions can #woodenbuildings save compared to other #construction materials?🏗️ Find out in this article published in #ERIS! 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #infrastructure #sustainability #timber #lifecycleassessment #greenhousegases #materials
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🌲Do fuel reduction treatments in Alaska affect tree health? 🪲 📚Find out more by reading this newly published research in Environmental Research: Ecology #ERE🌱 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Ecology #Beetles #Trees #Forests #Woodlands #Wildlife #Wood #Treehealth #Treedisease
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🌊Read in #ERW how engagement with stakeholders and the public facilitates regional water governance of transboundary rivers 🧑‍⚖️💦 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #Rivers #Watergovernance #sciencepolicy #transboundaryrivers #waterresources #watermanagement #landmanagement
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
☀️💰Read in #ERIS how the impacts of #climatechange alter investment needs for #SDGs related to #water, #energy, and #food security and how modelling can aid in optimising investment strategies🌊🔋🌽 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Infrastructure #Sustainability #climatefinance
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🌊Check out this new research published in #ERW ⤵️ 🪻'Plastic pollution and water hyacinths consistently co-occur in the lower Saigon river'🧴 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #hydrology #pollution #plastic #rivers #macroplastic #waterquality #rivers #Saigonriver #Vietnam
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
⚡Check out the first publication by Walters et al. in the Environmental Research: Energy #EREN focus collection on People and Place in #EnergyJustice: "Just places: How community energy initiatives foster energy justice through place attachment" 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🏭Read in #ERIS about decarbonisation strategies in the cement industry and what actions can be taken to overcome policy barriers 🌱 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Infrastructure #Sustainability #cement #concrete #climate #decarbonisation #climatepolicy
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
💧☀️ Read in #ERW how climate change impacts mountain snowpack and the implications this has for agricultural water security in California 🫗🌽 🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/3033-4942/ade7aa #Environment #Water #Agriculture #ClimateChange #Snow #Irrigation #Hydrology #WaterResources ⛲🌾
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🌽Read in #ERFS why it's important to consider multiple leverage points to ensure successful implementation of agri-food system transformation🐄 🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2976-601X/adeca9 #Environment #Food #FoodSystems #LandUse #Agriculture #Sustainability #Climatechange #LandUse
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
🌳Read in #ERCL: "Effectiveness of street trees in reducing air temperature and outdoor #heatexposure in Las Vegas". 🌡️🌆 📄The full research paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #UrbanCooling #ClimateScience #EnvironmentalScience #OpenAcess
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🌱🌲 Read in #ERE how 'Fine-scale vegetation composition and structure shape spatiotemporal variation in surface albedo across a low Arctic tundra landscape' 🏔️❄️ 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #ecology #arctic #remotesensing #snow #albedo #tundra #snowdynamics #LiDAR #arcticplants
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🌍New research by Assaf et al. (2025) in Environmental Research: Health #ERH reports elevated climate anxiety among 744 adolescents in an ED. Key factors are female gender, Hispanic ethnicity, health insurance status, warmer seasonality & mental health concerns 📚 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🌳🦅Read in #ERE how #socioecological modelling can be utilised to inform #conservation efforts inclusive of local communities and their needs 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧🌎 🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/ae00ca #Environment #Ecology #biodiversity #socialjustice #socialvulnerability #ecosystemservices
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
📉🐄New Environmental Research Letters #ERL study explores how recent #droughts have impacted beef prices across producer, futures, and retail markets: 'Short- and long-term drought impacts on the U.S. beef value chain' 🔗Read more: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #EnvironmentalScience #OpenAccess
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🌾Read in #ERFS why it's important to consider new environmental impact metrics for assessing the impact and mitigation of dairy and beef production on the environment🐄 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Food #livestock #methane #agriculture #landuse #deforestation #climatechange
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
💦📈Read in #ERW how #waterquality modelling can be used to project total #phosphorus loading into #lakes and #reservoirs over the next 75 years and why this is a threat to aquatic #ecosystems 🪱🐟 🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/3033-4942/adead8 #Environment #water #sustainability
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🦫🛰️ Read in #ERE how satellite data can be used to quantify the changes in beaver activity and populations in response to forest fires 🌳🔥 🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/ae04f0 #Environment #Ecology #Beavers #Wildfire #Remotesensing #beaverponds #forestfires #biodiversity
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
♻️Read in #ERIS about the relationship between #dataquality and life cycle assessment #LCA and why responsible data usage is important for successful implementation of LCA for #sustainability initiatives 📈 🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2634-4505/adec1a #Environment #Infrastructure
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🌱 Read in #ERE how the impact of long-term climate variability on forage production can be modelled and why this is important for informing sustainable land management in California 🐄 🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/adf6c1 #Environment #Ecology #Climatechange #Agriculture
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
📊New research published in #ERCL - in the 'Focus on #ClimateChange Informed Catastrophe Modeling to Support #ClimateRisk Management' 🌧️Bayesian spatiotemporal nonstationary model quantifies robust increases in daily extreme rainfall across the Western Gulf Coast: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🌳New research in #ERE demonstrates the use of remote sensing mapping tools for quantifying environmental degradation as a result of wildfire and droughts in the US🔥 🔗 Read more here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Ecology #Wildfire #Remotesensing #drought #invasivespecies
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
📢 New study in Environmental Research Letters #ERL finds Ireland’s climate targets risk locking in global inequality by protecting methane-heavy agriculture: 📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🌊 Check out this topical review in #ERW discussing the use of large language model (LLM) technology in hydrology research 💧🤖 🔗Link to article: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #hydrology #LLMs #AI #watermodeling #knowledgemanagement #datamanagement #hydrologicalmodeling
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🧑‍🌾 Read in #ERFS about a new method for mapping croplands across the U.S. and how this can help advance sustainable agricultural practices 🛰️📈🌾 🔗 Full article: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Food #Foodsystems #Crops #Croplands #Irrigation #sustainability #datasets #Agriculture
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
🌊 Check out this article co-authored by the #ERW co-Editors-Chief: 'A multi-model assessment of global freshwater temperature and thermoelectric power supply under climate change' 💧🌡️ 🔗 Full article here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Environment #Water #Climatechange #watertemperature
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🌍New #ERL study shows how coarser 100km climate model grids miss key extremes – especially in mountains and tropics. 🏔️🌧️Using 10km resolution, researchers outline improved insights into temperature & precipitation extremes📊🔥 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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IOPP Environment and Energy @iopp-environment.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
🧠🌿🌊 #ERH – Exploring how access to urban #GreenSpace & #BlueSpace may boost cognitive function through possible mechanistic pathways 📄 Article: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... ‪#OpenAccess #EnvironmentalPsychology #WellBeing #UrbanHealth #Aging @miketrott.bsky.social @queensuhealth.bsky.social
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