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Science of the Total Environment Best Paper Award 2006/2007
Elsevier is happy to announce the "Best Paper Award" for Articles published in Science of the Total Environment during 2006 and 2007.
The winning paper is: "Environmental costs of mercury pollution” by L.D. Hylander and M.E. Goodsite, published in Science of the Total Environment 368 (2006), pages 352-370.
As Jerome Nriagu, Editor in Chief of the journal, explains, “this pioneering paper in risk science puts monetary value on mercury pollution of food sources in the Arctic, provides cost-benefit models for strategies aimed at avoiding mercury pollution, and assesses the costs for remediating some contaminated sites in Sweden and Japan. >> read more
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The STOTEN editorial team would like to congratulate the authors on this excellent achievement. |
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ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing authors receive U.V. Heleva Award
The U.V. Helava Award is awarded to authors of the best paper in the ISPRS Journal over a period of four years. Runner-up awards are presented to the authors of the best paper for each journal volume (one year).The Best Paper Award of volume 61 (2006) was awarded to Boris Jutzi and Uwe Stilla for their paper "Range determination with waveform recording laser systems using a Wiener filter".
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Environmental Impact Assessment Review:
A Comparison of Carbon Calculators
A Comparison of Carbon Calculators
By J. Paul Padgett, Anne C. Steinemann, James H. Clarke, Michael P. Vandenbergh
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Volume 28, Issues 2-3 February-April 2008, Pages 106-115
International attention to carbon dioxide emissions is turning to an individual's contribution, or “carbon footprint.” Calculators that estimate an individual's CO2 emissions have become more prevalent on the internet. Even with similar inputs, however, these calculators can generate varying results, often by as much as several metric tons per annum per individual activity. This paper examines the similarities and differences among ten US-based calculators.
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New Editors-in-Chief
We are pleased to welcome new Editors-in-Chief for Biological Conservation and Ecological Economics. |
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 Biological Conservation
Richard Primack, who recently took over as Editor-in-Chief of Biological Conservation, is a Professor at Boston University where he studies the effects of climate change on plants and birds and long-term changes in tropical forests. He also works with scientists from other countries to produce locally adapted translations of his two textbooks in conservation biology.
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Ecological Economics
Richard Howarth joined us in January 2008, succeeding Cutler Cleveland.Richard is the Pat and John Rosenwald Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at Dartmouth College. His work emphasizes the theory of environmental policy analysis with applications to topics such as energy use, climate change, and ecological conservation. He is committed to the view that effectively addressing environmental problems requires a transdisciplinary approach that integrates the insights of ecology, economics, ethics, and the social sciences.
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Ecological Indicators welcomes Short Note articles
Authors submitting papers on the application of existing indicators or indicator systems are invited to send their articles in the form of a Short Note article. This will shorten the reviewing process and will ensure quicker publication times.
Papers focussing on demonstrations, tests or minor methodological improvements on the basis of regional investigations as well as condensed articles on new topics concerning ecological indication are suitable articles to be submitted in the format of short note articles. The papers should not exceed the length of ten manuscript pages, including figures, tables and references. |
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New Feature: PERK Publishing Ethics Resource Kit
In March this year, Elsevier announced the launch of its Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK). The aim of this kit is to act as a resource and provide advisory support for addressing queries about issues such as plagiarism, authorship disputes, multiple submission and/or publication, and research misconduct.
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Special
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View a list
of all Environmental
Science & Ecology Special Issues published between January - April 2008.
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 Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics
An Introductory Text
By John Marshall and R. Alan Plumb
For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students a good grasp of what the atmosphere and oceans look like on the large-scale and why they look that way. The role of the oceans in climate and paleoclimate is also discussed. |
 An Introduction to the Dynamics of El Nino & the Southern Oscillation
By Allan J. Clarke
Many scientists either working on the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) problem or its many applications have not been trained in both the equatorial ocean and atmospheric dynamics necessary to understand it. This book seeks to overcome this difficulty by providing a step by step introduction to ENSO, helping the upper level graduate student or research scientist to learn quickly the ENSO basics and be up to date with the latest ENSO research.
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 Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set
Pub Date: Jul 2008
Editor-in-Chief: Sven E. Jørgensen, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark
Associate Editor-in-Chief: Brian D. Fath, Towson University, Maryland, USA
The groundbreaking Encyclopedia of Ecology provides over 500 broad-ranging, well-balanced, and up-to-date articles on all of the major topics in ecology. Written by an international team of leading experts, this compilation is at a level that is accessible to undergraduate students, while providing active researchers with an excellent summary of current ideas and practices in the field. Article text is supported by over 3,500 full-color photos, drawings, tables and other visual material.
Special introduction price - 20% reduction
This Major Reference Work is being offered at an special introductory price saving the reader 20%
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