Style and Usage in Earth Science and Environmental Science

2009 ◽  
pp. 427-468
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Science ◽  
Earth Science

scholarly journals Preface

2021 ◽  
Vol 940 (1) ◽  
pp. 011001
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Public Works ◽  
State University ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
University Of Oxford ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract This year, Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development (JESSD) is proud to hold its second international virtual symposium, featuring world-class speakers and editors worldwide. We were incredibly honored to have invited Prof. Christopher Silver, Ph.D., FAICP from College of Design, Construction, and Planning, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA; Mari E. Mulyani, D.Phil. from University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Prof. Rotimi Williams Olatunji from School of Communication, Lagos State University, Nigeria; Prof. Svetlana Drobyazko from Open International University of Human Development, Kyiv, Ukraine; Prof. Marinela Panayotova from Departement. of Chemistry, University of Mining and Geology, Bulgaria; Anita Bernardus from APRIL Group; Ir. Maya Tamimi, M.Sc. from Unilever Indonesia; Dr. Yuki M. A. Wardhana from PT Penjaminan Infrastruktur Indonesia; and Dr. Taufan Madiasworo, ST, MT from Deputy Director of Integration on Settlements Infrastructure Management, Directorate General of Human Settlements, Ministry of Public Works and Housing. The symposium was held in virtual format due to related restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic. I appreciate everyone’s participation in the second JESSD Symposium: International Symposium of Earth, Energy, Environmental Science, and Sustainable Development, despite the restrictive situation caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of being postponed, this symposium was conducted virtually to response to emerging issues mainly related to earth science, energy, environmental science, and sustainability. Moreover, this symposium also facilitates the publications of qualified research on COVID-19 to contribute to the global response towards the pandemic situation. This symposium is slightly different with previous symposium and conference held last year. By making the best use of development in telecommunication platforms, we are able to gather virtually to share our insights and progresses covering numerous subjects ranging from: the broad earth science, energy, and environmental science, to more specific topics on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the special issues of COVID-19 Research as well as Community Engagement for Better Environment. This symposium utilized Zoom and Youtube, a widely known cloud-based video conferencing tool, as its telecommunication platform.

scholarly journals Science Teachers’ and Senior Secondary Schools Students’ Perceptions of Earth and Environmental Science Topics

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaille Dawson ◽  
Katherine Carson
Keyword(s):  
Science Teachers ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Secondary Science ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis article presents an evaluation of a new upper secondary Earth and Environmental Science (EES) course in Western Australia. Twenty-seven EES teachers were interviewed and 243 students were surveyed about the degree of difficulty, relevance and interest of EES topics in the course. The impact of the course on students’ views about EES topics was also explored. It was found that more than two thirds of the students chose to study EES because of personal interest. However, students perceived that some Earth science topics were difficult, boring or irrelevant. A lack of content knowledge from lower secondary science contributed to these perceptions. Nevertheless, teachers and students perceived that their understanding and attitudes towards environmental science topics such as climate change was improved. With the advent of a new Australian senior secondary science curriculum that includes EES, the implications of the findings for curriculum development and teacher professional development are discussed.

scholarly journals Research Trends and Focus on the Deserts of Northern China: A Bibliometric Analysis During 1986–2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Fei Shi ◽  
Fang-Fang Huang ◽  
Shan-Heng Shi ◽  
Ying-Sha Jiang ◽  
Xiao-Min Huang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Publication Output ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Taklimakan Desert ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Number Of Citations

With the economic progress and scientific development since the 1980s, research on deserts in China has advanced remarkably. Many research outputs have been published, especially in recent years. However, a systematic review and quantitative analysis of these publications has been lacking. Here, we conducted a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the main deserts in China in order to characterize the trends and temporal changes in publications. Because the first publication was found in 1986, we searched all publications from 1986 to 2020. We found that annual publication output increased exponentially, especially after 2012, and that the Tengger Desert, the Taklimakan Desert, and the Horqin Sandy Land were the most intensively studied areas. Earth science, involving environmental science and ecology, geology, and agriculture were the major research fields. In addition, Journal of Arid Land, Chinese Science Bulletin, and Catena were the journals with the largest number of publications. The Chinese Academy of Sciences produced the largest number of publications, wherein, Li X R, Zhao X Y, and Zhang Y M were the three most productive authors. Noticeably, “climate change” has become a frequent topic since 2010, indicating that more attention has been paid to climate change and alleviating anthropogenic disturbances in desert areas in China. Although Chinese authors contributed the most publications, the average number of citations per publication for Chinese authors was relatively low. Our results highlight that authors should continue to improve the number of citations of their publications and pay more attention to the interactions between climate change and desertification in the deserts research of Northern China in the futures.

Preservation and Detection of Lipid Biomarkers within Martian Sulfates

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anushree Srivastava ◽  
Karen Olsson-Francis ◽  
Victoria Pearson ◽  
Susanne Schwenzer ◽  
Michael Macey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Water ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Planetary Science ◽  
Lipid Biomarkers ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Pyrolysis Gas ◽  
Early Mars

<p>The environmental conditions on present-day Mars are detrimental for life as we know it; however cumulative evidence suggests that early Noachian Mars (~ 4 billion Ga) had a warmer climate with a denser atmosphere<sup>1 </sup>capable of supporting surficial liquid water, and providing protection from UV and cosmic radiation. It is possible, therefore, that early Mars could have been hospitable for microorganisms.</p> <p>While cellular degeneration is a rapid process following cell death, microorganisms do leave behind molecular clues as to their existence, or biosignatures, such as the lipid molecules that previously comprised their cell membranes. Each group of microorganisms leaves behind a distinct lipid “fingerprint” that is relatively resistant to harsh environmental conditions and can be preserved over geological timescales<sup>2</sup>.</p> <p>Various robotic and remote-sensing missions have confirmed the presence of salt deposits (e.g., chlorides, sulfates) at the late Noachian to late Hesperian (~ 4 to 3.5 Ga) boundaries of present-day Martian deposits. In particular, bulk enrichments of calcium and magnesium sulfates have been reported in the Hesperian (~ 3.3–3.7 Ga) sedimentary rocks of Gale crater<sup>3</sup>, which indicate the previous presence of widespread liquid water on Mars. On Earth, such salts have been found to harbour and protect microbial life for a prolonged period, possibly over millions of years<sup>4</sup>, thus evaporite sequences provide a compelling target for life detection, as putative biosignatures could be preserved<sup>5</sup>.</p> <p>Currently, the beneficial or deleterious effects of sulfate chemistry on the preservation of organic matter, especially under biologically destructive modern Martian conditions is not well constrained. Given the prominent presence of sulfates on the surface of Mars, this work explores whether sulfate minerals can act as viable substrates for the long-term preservation of lipids, when exposed to Mars-like radiative and atmospheric conditions, and aims to determine whether those signs of life can be explicitly detected.</p> <p>To carry out this work, we use a combination of analogue fieldwork and laboratory-based simulation studies. Microorganisms isolated from a magnesium sulfate-rich analogue site (Basque Lake) and other terrestrial early Mars analogues, will be entombed within artificial sulfate crystals by evaporating an experimental brine under low atmospheric pressure and UV radiation similar to that encountered on the surface of Mars using The Open University’s Mars chamber facility. The lipids within the samples will be extracted and derivatized to make them amenable to by pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (py-GC-MS); py-GC-MS is an important component of the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite onboard NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and of the Mars Organic Molecular Organizer (MOMA) on the ESA’s Rosalind Franklin (ExoMars) rover. This work will aid in characterizing the impacts of the simulated Martian environment and Martian mineralogy on the preservation and detection of lipid biomarkers within sulfitic evaporite deposits and will inform the robotic missions targeting the search for ancient signatures of life on Mars.</p> <p><strong>References: </strong>[1] Carr MH, Head JW (2010) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 294: 185-203 [2] Luo G et al., (2019) Earth-Science Reviews 189: 99-124 [3] Rapin, W et al., (2019) Nature Geosciences 12:889–895 [4] Fendrihan S et al., (2006) Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology 5: 203-218 [5] Johnson SS et al., (2020) Astrobiology 2020 20:167-178</p>

scholarly journals Preface

2021 ◽  
Vol 921 (1) ◽  
pp. 011001
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Science ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
National Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Transportation Engineering ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Conference Series ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
The Republic

We are pleased that the 3rd International Conference on Global Issue for Infrastructure, Environment, and Socio-Economic Development (GIESED 2020) have been done. The conference is an annual international conference held by the Graduate School of Hasanuddin University. The international conference of GIESED was held on November 24, 2020 at Hasanuddin University, Tamalanrea Campus, Makassar City, South Sulawesi aProvince, Indonesia. The theme of this International Conference was “Enhancement of science and technology application to support the implementation of SDGs”. The main topics on the 3rd IC GIESED 2020 are: a) Renewable Energy Technology b) Landfill and Earth Science c) Integration of energy and energy networks d) Infrastructure and Environmental Science. e) Gender and Development f) Environmental Socio-Economic and Policy Aspects g) Climate change h) Implementing sustainable development with the SDGs concept. This time in the conference, we were very happy to have the honourabe Dr. Ir. H. Suharso Monoarfa (Minister of National Development Planning of the Republic of Indonesia) as a keynote speaker; Dr. Peter Davey (Director Bachalor of Environment Management School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Australia); Prof. Hideaki Yasuhara, (Ehime University, Japan), Dr. Zul Fahmi bin Mohamed Jaafar, (Lecturer of Highway and Transportation Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, USM Engineering Campus, Malaysia); Prof. Ir. Sumbangan Baja, M. Phil, PhD., (Hasanuddin University, Indonesia); Dr. rer. nat. Arifuddin Idrus, ST. MT., (Geological Engineering Department, Gajah Mada University, Indonesia); and Prof. Dr. Eng. Adi Maulana, ST, M. Phil, (Head of Center for Disaster Studies of Hasanuddin University, Indonesia), as invited speakers. Therefore the committee would like to thanks for all speakers and also 200 participants and 110 presenters who have joining in our 3rd Giesed 2020 conference. Finally, we would like to express our special gratitude to editors and reviewers who have reviewed 110 paper manuscript during the time from November 2020 to September 2021. We also highly appreciate to Mrs. Anete Ashton (Senior Publisher Conferences Series) and Mrs. Kayleigh Parsons (Conference Coordinator IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science) for the guidance and helping for prepare and submitting our articles manuscript. As a closing remarks, on behalf of the committee for the 3rd International Conference of GIESED, I hope of all our articles will be published in IOP Conference Series “Earth and Environmental Science”. Wishing all of you always health and thank you for your participation. Chairperson of IC-GIESED 2020 Dr. phil. nat. Sri Widodo, ST. MT. List of committees are available in the pdf

All the Water in the World by G. E. Lyon

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matilda Roche
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Graphic Novels ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Illustrated Books ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
The World

Lyon, George Ella. All the Water in the World. Illus. Katherine Tillotson. New York: Atheneum Books, 2011. Print. A gorgeous synthesis of poetry and illustration, All the Water in the World imbues complex environmental science concepts with an intense personal immediacy, full of sentiment and expression. The text follows water’s cyclical passage through different levels of the global climate, as it permeates all facets of life on earth. Science and aesthetics are used in inspired collaboration to create a realistic depiction of natural phenomena and an evocation of the innately lyrical and metamorphic quality of water in its diverse and omnipresent manifestations. Lyon’s adept use of emphasis and repetition perfectly captures the rush and cadence of moving water. She creates a clear discourse focusing on the morality of water conservation and its implications for human equality and preservation of the natural world. Tillotson employs oil paint manipulated through collage, printmaking, and digital techniques to capture the many moods of water, transitioning between cartoonish representation and dynamic, impressionistic imagery. The charm and immediacy of All the Water in the World comes from its depiction of familiar manifestations of water that will evoke a visceral response in a young audience. The book seamlessly associates those common experiences with the larger natural patterns that water follows, as it interacts with the earth, ocean and atmosphere. All the Water in the World is an emblematic example of how talented writers and illustrators are integrating engagingly vivid non-fiction into young children’s libraries. Highly Recommended:  4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Matilda RocheMatilda spends her days lavishing attention on the University of Alberta’s metadata but children’s illustrated books, literature for young adults and graphic novels also make her heart sing. Her reviews benefit from the critical influence of a four year old daughter and a one year old son – both geniuses. Matilda’s super power is the ability to read comic books aloud.

scholarly journals Atlantic Geoscience Society Abstracts: 47th Annual Colloquium and General Meeting, February 5 and 6, 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 103-135
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion

Due to current Pandemic circumstances, the 2021 Colloquium & Annual General Meeting was held for the first time using a virtual venue (Zoom) on February 5th and 6th. Although not ideal from the networking and social point of view, not travelling in the unpredictable winter weather of Atlantic Canada was a bonus. On behalf of the society, we thank Colloquium organizers Donnelly Archibald, Rob Raeside, and Chris White, as well the numerous session chairs and judges, for facilitating an excellent meeting with about 200 registrants. AGS acknowledges support from the corporate sponsors and partners for the meeting: Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Mines (Geological Survey and Petroleum Resources), New Brunswick Department Natural Resources and Energy Development, Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, and Acadia University (Department of Earth and Environmental Science).In the following pages, we are pleased to publish the abstracts of oral and poster presentations from the meeting on a variety of topics. Best undergraduate and graduate student presentations are recognized and indicated by an asterisk in the authorship. The meeting included five special sessions: (1) Defining the controls on onshore and offshore Pliocene-Quaternary processes; (2) Sedimentological and paleontological investigations from the onshore and offshore realms; (3) Developments in geoscience education; (4) Developments in mineral resources research in the northern Appalachians; (5) Karst research in AtlanticCanada; and a general session on mineralogy, igneous and metamorphic geology, and structural geology.Also included with the conference was a day-long, short course on “Applications of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) to Earth Science” delivered by Robin Adair (University of New Brunswick). In addition, a Workshop was held on “Looking to the Future; Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion as a way of being in our discipline” chaired by Anne-Marie Ryan (Dalhousie University) and Deanne van Rooyen (Cape Breton University). The traditional Saturday evening banquet and social were replaced by a virtual Awards Banquet at which society awards were announced, as well as student prizes for best poster and oral presentation. The student award winners are noted at the end of the appropriate abstract.Although the abstracts have been edited as necessary for clarity and to conform to Atlantic Geology format and standards, the journal editors do not take responsibility for their content or quality.

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