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Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Journal notices

Meet Frontiers in Earth Science at AGU 2025 – New Orleans, 15–19 December

Call for Specialty Chief Editors – Geoinformatics and Marine Geoscience

Research Topic spotlight: call for papers

Propose and lead a Research Topic in Frontiers in Earth Science

Join the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Earth Science

Editors

ben van der pluijm

eliot atekwana

fahu chen

marcelo cohen

Articles

Investigation into Etna's summit effusive activity by correlating satellite-derived erupted volumes and strain response

Study on the Spatial Morphological Evolution of Traditional Old Urban Centers Based on Space Syntax and GIS Spatial Analysis: A Case Study of the Yiyang Historical and Cultural City Protection Zone

Research on the differences in the spatial distribution of land resource security in North China based on the DPSIRM model

Mechanism of the connection between sacred and secular space: settlement morphology characteristics in the multi-ethnic areas of the Gansu-Qinghai Plateau

Research Topics

Biomass Burning, Air Pollution and Human Health: From Local Episodes to Global Challenges

Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Hazards and Infrastructure Resilience in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Mechanisms, Assessments, and Mitigation Strategies

Bridging Earth Sciences and Policy: Advances in Integrated Disaster Risk Management, volume II

Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Water Management and Pollution Reduction