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First articles published in IOP Publishing’s new open access environmental journal
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has published the first articles from the new, open access journal, Environmental Research: Climate featuring research from world-renowned climate scientists. The journal represents one of three new interdisciplinary titles for 2022 that will extend IOP Publishing’s Environmental Research series to six open access journals that provide universally accessible publishing options for the […]
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How climate change is affecting extreme weather events around the world - new study
Attribution science has led to major advances in linking the impacts of extreme weather and human-induced climate change, but large gaps in the published research still conceal the full extent of climate change damage, warns a new study released today in the first issue of Environmental Research: Climate, a new academic journal published by IOP […]
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IOP Publishing's colleague conference highlights early-career research barriers
‘If scientists are successful, we are successful.’ That was the message of publishing director Miriam Maus, at PubCon – IOP Publishing’s staff conference – which focussed on trends in publishing and how publishers can support scientists in delivering high quality research. IOP Publishing’s annual internal conference for publishing colleagues had an exciting line up of key […]
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Wealthiest homeowners most at risk of wildfire hazard
The top ten per cent most valuable homes in the western United States are 70% more likely to be in high wildfire hazard areas than median-value properties, measured by county, according to a new study published today in Environmental Research Letters. Researchers at Resources for the Future, an independent research institution in Washington, DC, used […]
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Study: Existing oil, gas, and coal extraction sites need to be closed down to stay within 1.5C, findings show
Ceasing new oil, gas, and coal development is not enough – already built extraction facilities must be prematurely decommissioned – warns a new study released today in Environmental Research Letters. The study finds that, in the absence of large-scale carbon capture or removal, nearly 40% of developed fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the […]
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First image of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy published on behalf of the American Astronomical Society
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. The results, announced today at multiple press conferences around the world, have been published in ten papers in a special issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters, which is published by IOP Publishing on behalf of the American Astronomical […]
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Banana spots can help tackle food waste – study finds
Banana peels hold the key to reducing tonnes of food waste. A new study released in Physical Biology reveals how the browning of this household staple can be explained and modelled. A team of researchers at Florida State University have produced a new method of simulating spot patterns on bananas, providing new insight into how this […]
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Increasing confidence and trust in research: cracking down on misconduct
Author: Kim Eggleton, IOP Publishing’s Research Integrity and Inclusion Manager According to Retraction Watch, a website which keeps tabs on research papers withdrawn from scientific journals, from the millions of papers published every year, about 30,000 retractions have been added to the Retraction Watch database. This number is expected to rise dramatically as research misconduct becomes […]
