31 January 2025

Nutrient cycling characteristics along a chronosequence of forest primary succession in the Hailuogou Glacier retreat area, eastern Tibetan Plateau

"Nutrient cycling across different stand development stages is a prominent topic among forest managers and ecologists, yet there is a limited amount of research available on this subject."

Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi, Handling Editor

16 January 2025

Optimization and action mechanism of pollutant removal performance of unsaturated vertical flow constructed wetland (UVFCW) driven by substained-release carbon source

"The study describes an environmental friendly and sustainable technical approach to reduce N and pollutant release from constructed wetlands."

Jörg Oehlmann, Section Editor

23 December 2024

Spatial heterogeneity of soil properties in planted mixed forests in the rocky desertification areas of the Wuling Mountain

"This manuscript provides information about karst ecosystems affected by desertification."

Nasim Yasin, Handling Editor

18 December 2024

Time series (ARIMA) as a tool to predict the temperature-humidity index in the dairy region of the northern desert of Mexico

"This article provides a useful tool for meteorological parameter prediction and application in climate and environment."

Xinfeng Wang, Handling Editor

25 November 2024

Feldspathic sandstone as an emerging soil stabilizer for aeolian sand in the Mu Us Sandy Land: insights into particle size distribution

"The manuscript contains valuable materials and knowledge, but will be of interest mainly to specialists in this field."

Mykola Karabiniuk, Handling Editor

26 September 2024

Turbidivision: a machine vision application for estimating turbidity from underwater images

"The paper describes how to leverage machine learning to use a mobile phone's camera as a turbidimeter"

Matteo Zucchetta, Handling Editor

23 September 2024

Towards sustainable coastal management: aerial imagery and deep learning for high-resolution Sargassum mapping

"Sargassum is of environmental concern in the Caribbean. The article presents an interesting approach to assess its distribution as a prequisite for an effective management."

Jörg Oehlmann, Section Editor

11 September 2024

Comprehensive analysis of bioplastics: life cycle assessment, waste management, biodiversity impact, and sustainable mitigation strategies

Muhammad Aamer Mehmood, Handling Editor

10 September 2024

Advancements in monitoring: a comparison of traditional and application-based tools for measuring outdoor recreation

"With the example of the Columbia and Canadian Rocky Mountains the authors compared a number of approaches to estimate recreation use and identified their specific strengths and limitations. Their findings help managers to select the best suited (combination of) tools to assess recreation use and to reduce pressure on wildlife."

Jörg Oehlmann, Section Editor

3 September 2024

Specific ion effects on the soil shear strength and clay surface properties of collapsing wall in Benggang

"Despite the focus on a disciplinary readership, the results obtained expand the understanding of the relationship between ions and soil properties and their erosion vulnerability."

Mykola Karabiniuk, Handling Editor