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Greenhouse-gas Emissions Raise Extreme Temperatures in China
Humans are responsible for increasingly warm daily minimum and maximum temperatures in China, new research in Geophysical Research Letters suggests
Fossil Forensics Reveals how Wasps Populated Rotting Dinosaur Eggs
Research published in the scientific journal Palaeontology.
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Extreme Temperature Analysis Reveals 60 Years of Antarctic warming
Study identifies 60 year Antarctic warming trend
Study Explores Atmospheric impact of Declining Arctic Sea Ice
New research explores the impact of ice free seas on the planet's atmospheric circulation
Active Galactic Nuclei
A Q&A with Volker Beckmann, co-author of 'Active Galactic Nuclei'.
Precision Agriculture Improves Farming Efficiency, Has Important Implications on Food Security
Precision agriculture promises to make farming more efficient and should have an important impact on the serious issue of food security, according to a new study published in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association. In an article about the study in the magazine’s May issue, University of Reading Professor Margaret A. Oliver, BSc, PhD, assesses how there is potential to manage land more effectively to improve the farming economy and crop quality, and to ensure food security.
Wiley Job Network Announces New Resources and Tools to Connect Job Seekers and Employers
Wiley has announced a new suite of resources and tools to enhance the Wiley Job Network
Wiley Selects TEMIS for Semantic Big Data Initiative
Leading Global STMS Publisher To Deploy Luxid® Content Enrichment Platform to Enhance Customer Experience Across its Digital Products and Leverage its Six-Million Document Archive
Wiley Journals Comply With New Open Access Policies of UK Funders
John Wiley & Sons, Inc, announced today that the majority of Wiley’s journals in its open access publishing program now offers authors funded by The Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK the opportunity to publish their articles under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY license when paying an Article Publication Charge (APC).
Handbook of Agricultural Entomology
Wiley is pleased to announce the publication of the Handbook of Agricultural Entomology , a reference and textbook for swift identification and information on all major insect pests and the damage they cause to crops.
Storage or Conversion: New Research Explores CO2 Conversion Technologies
From: International Journal of Energy Research
Sixty-Six Titles Join Wiley’s Journal Portfolio in 2013
Sixty-six journals will join John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global provider of content-enabled solutions in areas of scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly research; professional development; and education, in 2013. The titles include 52 journals moving to Wiley from other publishers or self-publication, and 14 new titles, of which eight are open access. The titles joining Wiley represent relationships with over 30 societies and associations.
Satellite Imagery Provides Full Picture of Forest Cover in Africa’s Dry Zones
From: Journal of Biogeography
After the Storm: New Method for Assessing Flood Risk to New York City
From: Risk Analysis
China’s Solar Cells Production Set to Half by 2020
From: Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
New Tool Improves Forecasts of the Sun's Plasma Explosions
New analysis tool helps predict whether plasma explosions from the sun will affect Earth’s environment
Climate Forcing of Geological Hazards
It is only relatively recently that geoscientists have begun to consider how the Earth's crustal systems will respond to the rapid climate change that is expected in the next century.
Wiley Makes Scientific PDFs Interactive With the ReadCube Web Reader from Labtiva
Wiley has launched Labtiva’s ReadCube Web Reader on Wiley Online Library, making it easier for researchers to discover, access and interact with scientific literature.
Citizen Science Finds Spring Could Come a Month Early to Warming U.S.
The first countrywide assessment of springtime tree budding based on in-the-field measurements has found that by the end of the century tree budding across the United States will occur more than a month earlier
How Will Global Climate Change Influence the Way We Assess and Manage Chemicals in the Environment?
Special Issue Explores the Impact of Climate Change on the Fields of Toxicology and Chemistry
What Authors Want From Open Access Publishing
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced the results of an author survey on open access, with over ten thousand respondents from across Wiley’s journal portfolio. The research explored the factors that authors assess when deciding where to publish, and whether to publish open access. Among the top factors considered by authors were the relevance and scope of the journal, the journal’s impact factor and the international reach of the journal.