From pylons to pandas: 5 Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]
Frontiers in Environmental Science
Our toilets can yield excellent alternatives for widespread polluting fertilizers
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Scientists show that the yield of cabbages grown on soils supplied with two modern nitrified urine fertilizers recycled from [...]
Ancient Maya cities were dangerously contaminated with mercury
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Temple of the Great Jaguar at Tikal, a UNESCO world heritage site in Guatemala. Image credit: Leonid Andronov,/ [...]
Peace has led to more deforestation in Colombia
By K.E.D. Coan, science writer Difference between reserve and cattle ranches in Colombia. Image credit: Sebastian Di Domenico / Shutterstock In the tropics, when conflict [...]
Agricultural pesticides cause widespread harm to soil health and threaten biodiversity
Comprehensive review shows that pesticides cause damage soil health and biodiversity: Frontiers in Environmental Science [...]
Plastic debris releases potentially harmful chemicals into seabird stomach fluid
Plastic waste is toxic for seabirds: Frontiers in Environmental Science [...]
How to protect the environment from toxic pollutants? Find the answer across disciplines
Oladele Ogunseitan leads new specialty on Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment [...]
Comparing the world’s mega-canals
Researchers have compiled a database of all the water transfer megaprojects currently existing and planned by 2050; Frontiers in Environmental Science [...]
How one tough shrub could help fight hunger in Africa
A drought-resistant native plant can irrigate food crops and increase production: Frontiers in Environmental Science [...]
Making waves: Paolo Perona and Björn Vinnerås lead new water-related section in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Specialty Chief Editors, Paolo Perona from the University of Edinburgh and Björn Vinnerås at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) lead the Water and Wastewater Management Section within Frontiers in Environmental Science. [...]
The cycles, they are a changin’: Frontiers in Environmental Science addresses planetary change in new specialty on Biogeochemical Dynamics
Frontiers in Environmental science addresses planetary change in new specialty on Biogeochemical Dynamics led by Chief Editor Vera Slaveykova [...]
‘An affair of the heart’: Dagmar Haase on the motivation behind new Land Use Dynamics section
Professor Dagmar Haase capitalizes on the Frontiers open-access platform to address issues of sustainability and resilience in land-use management. — by Louisa Wood [...]
Waterside lighting drastically disrupts wildlife in the surrounding ecosystem
Streetlights affect insects and spiders living beneath the lights, finds a study in Frontiers in Environmental Science [...]
New Specialty Chief Editor for Frontiers in Environmental Science
We welcome Professor Hayley Jane Fowler, Newcastle University, as the new Specialty Chief Editor of our Interdisciplinary Climate Studies specialty section. [...]
Welcome to Prof Martin Siegert, Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Environmental Science
Frontiers in Environmental Science is delighted to announce Prof. Martin Siegert as our Field Chief Editor! Martin Siegert is Professor of Geosciences and co-Director of [...]
First e-book published in Environmental Science: “Circulation Weather types as a tool in atmospheric, climate and environmental research”
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new eBook presenting cutting edge themes on weather systems: “Circulation Weather types as a tool in atmospheric, [...]