Environmental Science: Advances Blog

The past decade has seen a huge growth in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) approaches being applied to challenges in chemical science. These approaches are powerful tools in improving our understanding of the environment to build a cleaner, safer, more sustainable and equitable planet. This special collection of Environmental Science: Advances welcomes all studies that use AI and ML to advance our understanding of the physical environment, environmental health, and environmental sustainability, or to provide solutions to challenges in these areas.

Article publication online and in issues will occur without delay to ensure the timely dissemination of the work. The articles will then be assembled on the RSC Publishing platform and promoted as a web-based thematic collection.

Environmental Science: Advances is a gold open access journal and covers advances in all areas related to environmental sustainability. Authors are welcome to submit original research as a Communication, Full Paper or Review article. Please contact the editorial office to register your interest or for more information. Alternatively, you can submit your manuscript here, quoting code ‘VAAIML22‘ when prompted.

Guest Editor: Hemi Luan (South University of Science and Technology)

Submission deadline: 30th April 2023

Submit your manuscript, quoting ‘VAAIML22’: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/va

APCs are waived until mid-2024.

We’re delighted to share this great infographic about the potential environmental impact of tank mixtures containing broad spectrum fungicides tebuconazole and prothioconazole on the degradation of the herbicide iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium in US American and German soils under controlled laboratory conditions, which was published in Issue 1 of Environmental Science: Advances. Read the entire open-access article at:

‘Decelerated degradation of a sulfonylurea herbicide in four fungicide-treated soils’

Christiaan Wijntjes et al., Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2022, 1, 70-82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1VA00021G

We’re excited to share this latest eye-catching infographic about the evaluation of two separate full-scale post aerobic digestion (PAD) reactors to determine process performance and key operational parameters, which was published in Issue 1 of Environmental Science: Advances. Read the entire open-access article at:

‘Post aerobic digestion (PAD) is a solids sidestream nutrient removal process that utilizes native carbon: performance and key operational parameters from two full-scale PAD reactors’

Leon Downing et al., Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2022, 1, 216-228

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2VA00045H

In order to solve the climate crisis and advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), researchers from many different scientific disciplines need to work together and this is reflected in the wide scope of Environmental Science: Advances. Our journal proudly encourages new and exciting partnerships that span subject areas while solving environmental problems.

Environmental Science: Advances complements the Royal Society of Chemistry’s existing Environmental Science journals (Environmental Science: Atmospheres, Environmental Science: Nano, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts and Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology) which are well-respected in the community for their commitment to quality and impactful science. Our journal maintains these high standards while also providing a home for broader environmental science work.

Scope

The scope of Environmental Science: Advances spans the chemical, physical, biological and information sciences while also welcoming work from topics that include engineering, ecology, meteorology, oceanography, land management, soil science, water research, geology, atmospheric science, microbiology, geoscience, deforestation, and agrisciences… We could go on! Interesting and impactful research from any discipline that will contribute to the understanding of the environment and sustainability would fit perfectly in Environmental Science: Advances.

How to publish your next work with us

If you are interested in publishing with us, get in touch with us at esadvances-RSC@RSC.org with a proposed title and abstract so that we can discuss the next steps or submit to our journal directly.

Environmental Science: Advances is a gold open access journal with all article processing charges waived until mid-2024 so all our articles are currently free-to-publish and free-to-read. We hope you’ll enjoy reading and being part of our truly interdisciplinary journal!

We’re excited to share this fantastic new infographic about the fabrication of flexible tunable copper sulfide-based membrane for seawater desalination, which was published in Issue 1 of Environmental Science: Advances. Read the entire open-access article at:

‘A flexible copper sulfide composite membrane with tunable plasmonic resonance absorption for near-infrared light-driven seawater desalination’

Shiping Yang and Zhenfeng Bian et al., Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2022, 1, 110-120

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1VA00043H

Urgent action is needed to combat the climate emergency and associated impacts – and across the world, our community are collaborating to address UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We have put together a collection of leading content on clean water and sanitation from across our energy and environmental science journals. This diverse collection features work on wastewater treatment and disinfection, water resource recovery and monitoring water quality – vital technologies that will help us to improve access to sustainable water for all and address SDG 6.

Read on to discover this exciting collection, featuring:

Opportunities for nanotechnology to enhance electrochemical treatment of pollutants in potable water and industrial wastewater – a perspective by Paul Westerhoff et al.

The potential contribution of urine source separation to the SDG agenda – a review of the progress so far and future development options by Tove A. Larsen et al.

A case study on tap water quality in large buildings recommissioned after extended closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic by Maryam Salehi et al.

A flexible copper sulfide composite membrane with tunable plasmonic resonance absorption for near-infrared light-driven seawater desalination by Zhenmin Xu, Shiping Yang, Zhenfeng Bian et al.

Join us in tackling the climate crisis and contribute to our cross-journal collection showcasing research advancing UN SDGs

The principles of the UN SDGs align closely with our own – to help the chemical science community make the world a better place. So that we can achieve this, we are curating a cross-journal collection across our energy and environmental science journals.

This collection will cover studies which advance our understanding of the climate situation, and present new technologies & innovations to combat climate change – inclusive of environmental engineering, materials science, energy science disciplines and beyond.

We invite you to publish your next paper in this collection – quote ‘XXSDG0622’ when submitting your manuscript. You can put your trust in both our rigorous peer review process and fast times to publication – which are less than 9 weeks after submission across all our journals.

If you have some exciting results to publish on these topics, we would be delighted to hear from you – we are also very happy to guide you on which RSC journal would be the most appropriate for your paper.

Submit your manuscript to the collection