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IOP Publishing hosts Environmental Research 2023 - a month of online events to unite global environmental experts in climate action
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is launching Environmental Research 2023, a series of free-to-attend virtual events which will take place from 16 October through to 23 November. The series will bring leading environmental experts together to exchange knowledge and address crucial challenges related to the environment and sustainability. Aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), […]
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IOP Publishing introduces free ethics statement checker to support authors and speed up the submission process
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has partnered with TaskAdept, a leader in improving publication ethics by driving forward standards of ethics and data statements with a free online ethics statement generation tool: EthicsGen. The tool supports authors to create correctly worded ethics statements to speed submissions through peer review and match the statement criteria of an author’s […]
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Over one million acres of tribal land submerged by dams in the US
Dam constructions have flooded over 1.13 million acres of tribal land in the US contributing to the historic and ongoing struggle against land dispossession for Indigenous peoples in the United States. New research, published in Environmental Research Letters, has identified that a region of tribal land larger than the state of Rhode Island has been […]
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The cost of climate change: 2°C global warming target is not economically reasonable unless we make major changes
Climate change goals set out in the Paris Agreement are only economically reasonable if non-market factors such as human health and loss of biodiversity are prioritised, according to a new study published by Dr Taikan Oki, former Senior Vice-Rector of United Nations University headquartered in Japan, in IOP Publishing’s academic journal Environmental Research Letters. A […]
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How Hearing Impairment in Infants Can Impact Language Development
Hearing impairment can affect children’s ability to develop language and speech skills. Several diagnostic tests are required to determine the extent of hearing impairment in infants, leading to delays. Now, researchers from Australia have conducted non-invasive measurements of the brain activity of infants, to map the changes in connectivity between different language areas over time. […]
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IOP Publishing’s latest Environmental Research series journals now open for submissions
IOP Publishing’s (IOPP) new environmental research journals are now open for submissions. Announced earlier this year, the two new open access (OA) journals: Environmental Research: Energy and Environmental Research: Food Systems are the latest additions to IOPP’s expanding Environmental Research Series which now includes eight open access titles. IOPP’s Environmental Research series builds on the […]
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IOP Publishing expands scope of prestigious journal Reports on Progress in Physics
IOP Publishing, a leading society owned scientific publisher, is announcing significant changes to its esteemed journal, Reports on Progress in Physics™. The move will modernise the title and position it at the pinnacle of the publisher’s extensive physics portfolio. Building on the journal’s long-standing reputation as a source of authoritative reviews across all areas of […]
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How AI can be used in Sub-Saharan agriculture: Catherine Nakalembe talks open access publishing and the climate crisis
Catherine Nakalembe, Assistant Professor at the Department of Geographical Sciences at University of Maryland, has recently published a paper about the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa in Environmental Research Letters. This interview is part of a series featuring researchers who have published their work open access through a transformative agreement […]
