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Top fossil fuel companies responsible for over one third of area burned by wildfires across western North America
A ground-breaking study published today in Environmental Research Letters links the area burned by forest fires and increases in drought- and fire-danger conditions to heat-trapping emissions from the largest global carbon producers. The new analysis, led by experts at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), “The Fossil Fuels behind Forest Fires,” found that 19.8 million […]
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IOP Publishing and SANLiC partner to minimise OA publishing barriers in South Africa
South African researchers to benefit from IOP Publishing OA agreement for the first time. IOP Publishing, and the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC) have finalised a three-year transformative agreement as they work towards breaking down open access (OA) publishing barriers for researchers in the global south. The agreement, which is IOP Publishing’s […]
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Rooftop solar panels could power one third of US manufacturing sector
Mounted on the rooftops of industrial buildings, solar panels could meet the entire electricity demand of up to 35% of US manufacturers. A new study, published in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research: Sustainability and Infrastructure, investigates the feasibility of meeting these electricity demands through on-site solar panel installations for different regions and manufacturing sectors across […]
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IOP Publishing celebrates early career brilliance in nanotechnology
IOP Publishing (IOPP) are delighted to announce the winner of the 2022 Mark Reed Young Researcher Award which recognises early career brilliance in nanotechnology and is open to students and researchers within the first five years of completing their PhD. Organised by Nanotechnology, the IOPP journal received over 25 excellent nominations which were considered by the Editorial Board who selected […]
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Indigenous people in South America are twice as likely to die from wildland fires
A new study, published in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research: Health, reveals that Indigenous people in the Amazon Basin are twice as likely to die prematurely from smoke exposure due to wildfires than the broader South American population. Regions in Peru, Bolivia and Brazil are identified as particular hotspots for smoke exposure, with mortality rates […]
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Antonia Seymour elected President of the Publishers Association
Antonia Seymour, CEO of IOP Publishing, has been elected to the position of President of the Publishers Association. Antonia succeeds Nigel Newton, CEO and Founder of Bloomsbury, who remains an Officer of the Publishers Association. The Presidency transferred at the Publishers Association’s Annual General Meeting, which was held yesterday at the Science Gallery London (Tuesday, […]
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IOP Publishing expands its open access environmental portfolio with the launch of Environmental Research: Energy
Responding to the increasing demand for sustainable energy research, IOP Publishing is launching a new open access (OA) environmental research journal. Environmental Research: Energy (EREN) will openly publish the latest findings around clean and sustainable energy for all. Aligned with a number of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the journal launch comes at a […]
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IOP Publishing celebrates World Quantum Day with the announcement of a special quantum collection and the winners of two prestigious quantum awards
In celebration of World Quantum Day (14th April), IOP Publishing (IOPP) is launching a special collection of its most popular, cutting-edge quantum research published in the last two years. The IOPP quantum collection is openly available for anyone to read and showcases world-class quantum researchpublished in the academic journals Materials for Quantum Technology, Quantum Science and Technology, New Journal of Physics and Reports on Progress in […]
