Frontiers in Environmental Science

Original Research

Accepted on 28 Nov 2025

From a Hefty Greenery to a Parched Paradise: Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Security and Biodiversity Decline in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Zenande Mbana
Mulala Danny Simatele

Frontiers in Environmental Science

146 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Nov 2025

Waterscape of belonging: symbolic water infrastructure, governance legitimacy, and urban identity in Shanghai

Yuanbo Qi
Panpan Huang

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1666629

1,239 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Nov 2025

Exploring the news media and scientific conversations around water quality in a water-rich basin of the United States

Catherine Christenson
Jennifer Murphy
Jaqueline Ortiz

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1622251

947 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Nov 2025

Optimization of in-situ soil thermal desorption technology based on machine learning and heat transfer process model

Xin Wang
Yihe Li
Yong Tian
Bowei Zhang
Qinglan Li
Shufeng Xi
Ying Zhao
Tingting Zhang
Qianting Ye
Rong Li

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1730352

1,009 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Nov 2025

Assessing the impact of land use patterns on rain-flood risk in high-density urban centers: a SCS-CN model-based approach

Kun Ma
Xiaoming Li
Qiqi Liu
Wen Zhou
Weiming Li

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1713793

768 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Nov 2025

Ecological patterns of Fontinalis antipyretica and Fontinalis hypnoides distribution in Bulgarian rivers, and relevance to ecological status assessment

Gana Gecheva
Rayna Natcheva
Anna Ganeva

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1715526

785 views

Review

Accepted on 27 Nov 2025

Research Progress on Biot-mercury Interactions in the Periphyton: Environmental Processes, Ecological Effects and Restoration Applications

Pan Li
Ming Xu
Yufeng Xu
Wenyu Zhao
Luyao Miao
Jie Zhou

Frontiers in Environmental Science

157 views

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Nov 2025

Evaluating the Impact of Low-Carbon City Policies on Urban Land Use Efficiency: Evidence from China's Green Transition

Tianhao Zhao
Longlong Duan

Frontiers in Environmental Science

188 views

Editorial

Published on 27 Nov 2025

Editorial: What’s ahead: navigating the future of environmental science

Martin Siegert

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1730170

902 views

Data Report

Published on 27 Nov 2025

Monitoring and volatile organic compounds characterization (isoprene, monoterpene and BTEX) in a tropical-oceanic environment in Reunion island (Indian ocean, south hemisphere)

Olivier Magand
Patricia Boulanger
Pierre Staménoff
Magali David
Patrick Hernandez
Eric Golubic
Yann Hello
Claudine Ah-Peng
Valentin Duflot
Olivier Ktata

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1704158

1,046 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Nov 2025

How does the water resources tax affect the sustainable green innovation of water-intensive industrial enterprises?

Xia Xing
Honglan Tang
Jie Li

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1688381

906 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Nov 2025

Geochemical baseline and multivariate analysis of potentially toxic elements in stream sediments of the Vazante zinc district, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rafael Tarantino Amarante
Eduardo Duarte Marques
Úrsula Azevedo Ruchkys
Emmanoel Vieira Silva-Filho
Gabriel Soares Almeida
Isadora Mello
Gabriel Negreiros Salomão

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1684687

809 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Nov 2025

Reliability of low-cost colorimetric phosphate and nitrate tests used by citizen scientists to assess river water quality

Elena von Benzon
Elizabeth A. Bagshaw
Rupert Perkins
Simon Browning
Thomas N. D. Tibbits

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1667241

1,138 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Nov 2025

Morphological and phenological shifts in semiarid grasses paralleled climate and land use changes

Julio César da Silva
Jefferson Rodrigues Maciel

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1625441

1,195 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Nov 2025

How does land use transformation coordinate with socioeconomic development in reservoir resettlement areas? Evidence from a Chinese town

Kexin Zhou
Shaojun Chen
Bing Liang

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1700832

630 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Nov 2025

Study on vegetation cover change and its driving mechanism in the western section of Yili-Tianshan mountainous ecological functional reserve from 2000 to 2022

Zhang Dong
Shaoshe Gang
Fukai Xiang
Meng Jun

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1540789

920 views

Correction

Accepted on 24 Nov 2025

Correction: Mechanism of digital economy on carbon emissions: based on the perspective of green finance development

Xiaoyun Zhang
Jia Rong

Frontiers in Environmental Science

180 views

Community Case Study

Accepted on 24 Nov 2025

Linking Indigenous ecological knowledge to fluvial-territories management in Ecuadorian Andean-Amazonian watersheds

Daniela Rosero-López
Carla N. Villamarin
Gonzalo Nenquimo
Mariana Varesse
Jose R. Daza
Andrea Encalada

Frontiers in Environmental Science

217 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Nov 2025

China’s urban agglomerations as drivers of synergistic pollution and carbon reduction

Ruxiao Wang
Fengcun Feng
Zainab Khalid
Ubair Nisar

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1685581

1,524 views

Perspective

Published on 24 Nov 2025

Next generation of domestic wastewater management

Björn Vinnerås

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1719089

1,186 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Nov 2025

Voluntary environmental regulations and their impact on marginal abatement costs: empirical results from the national ecological demonstration park

Jian Gao
Kaibin Wu
Fubin Hong
Huiming Xu
Zejing Qiu
Yue Sun

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1725903

740 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Nov 2025

What drives carbon emissions in the Yellow River Basin: new insights from multi-scale analysis based on nighttime light data

Mingjuan Ma
Wenwen Gao
Qiang Li

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1711394

639 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Nov 2025

Study of the impact of green finance reform and innovation pilot zones on total-factor carbon productivity in Chinese cities

Youzhi Zhang
Rumeng Bian
Yinke Liu
Jingyi Wang
Jing Zhao

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1687405

759 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Nov 2025

Does carbon emission trading policy promote energy structure transition? Evidence from China

Zhengwei Zhao
Ying Liang
Yongheng Chen
Yujie Wang
Bingnan Guo

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1635782

1,343 views

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Volume 13 - 2025

From a Hefty Greenery to a Parched Paradise: Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Security and Biodiversity Decline in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Waterscape of belonging: symbolic water infrastructure, governance legitimacy, and urban identity in Shanghai

Exploring the news media and scientific conversations around water quality in a water-rich basin of the United States

Optimization of in-situ soil thermal desorption technology based on machine learning and heat transfer process model

Assessing the impact of land use patterns on rain-flood risk in high-density urban centers: a SCS-CN model-based approach

Ecological patterns of Fontinalis antipyretica and Fontinalis hypnoides distribution in Bulgarian rivers, and relevance to ecological status assessment

Research Progress on Biot-mercury Interactions in the Periphyton: Environmental Processes, Ecological Effects and Restoration Applications

Evaluating the Impact of Low-Carbon City Policies on Urban Land Use Efficiency: Evidence from China's Green Transition

Editorial: What’s ahead: navigating the future of environmental science

Monitoring and volatile organic compounds characterization (isoprene, monoterpene and BTEX) in a tropical-oceanic environment in Reunion island (Indian ocean, south hemisphere)

How does the water resources tax affect the sustainable green innovation of water-intensive industrial enterprises?

Geochemical baseline and multivariate analysis of potentially toxic elements in stream sediments of the Vazante zinc district, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Reliability of low-cost colorimetric phosphate and nitrate tests used by citizen scientists to assess river water quality

Morphological and phenological shifts in semiarid grasses paralleled climate and land use changes

How does land use transformation coordinate with socioeconomic development in reservoir resettlement areas? Evidence from a Chinese town

Study on vegetation cover change and its driving mechanism in the western section of Yili-Tianshan mountainous ecological functional reserve from 2000 to 2022

Correction: Mechanism of digital economy on carbon emissions: based on the perspective of green finance development

Linking Indigenous ecological knowledge to fluvial-territories management in Ecuadorian Andean-Amazonian watersheds

China’s urban agglomerations as drivers of synergistic pollution and carbon reduction

Next generation of domestic wastewater management

Voluntary environmental regulations and their impact on marginal abatement costs: empirical results from the national ecological demonstration park

What drives carbon emissions in the Yellow River Basin: new insights from multi-scale analysis based on nighttime light data

Study of the impact of green finance reform and innovation pilot zones on total-factor carbon productivity in Chinese cities

Does carbon emission trading policy promote energy structure transition? Evidence from China