Elementa

02

Dec

Editor-in-Chief Detlev Helmig introduces the Atmospheric Science domain

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/78756200]

15

Nov

Associate Editor Ming Xu gives his thoughts on Sustainable Engineering and why he thinks Elementa is important

“Given that sustainability encompasses three dimensions (environmental, economic, and social), sustainable engineering by nature is highly interdisciplinary.” Your academic appointment at the University of Michigan is somewhat unique in that you …

06

Nov

Associate Editor Samuel Oltmans tells us about his experiences in the Atmospheric Science field

“The atmosphere is the place where many of us probably see most dramatically a number of the impacts of human activity in, for example, climate change and degraded air quality.” Please tell …

04

Nov

Earth and Environmental Science Associate Editor John Geissman shares his thoughts on Elementa

“The more that we understand the details of how we are and will continue to influence natural processes, the better we will be positioned to make rational decisions concerning proper courses of …

04

Nov

Kevin Arrigo, author of inaugural commentary “The changing Arctic Ocean” speaks with Elementa

“The commentary focuses on the dramatic environmental changes going on in the Arctic Ocean in recent decades and how these changes are affecting local ecosystems.” Please tell introduce yourself and your area …

30

Oct

Sustainable Engineering Editor-in-Chief Michael E. Chang discusses open access in a podcast interview at Georgia Tech

“We want to really have far-reaching impact, and not necessarily just within our field, but within humanity itself.” Listen to this podcast here. In his role as Deputy Director at the Brook …

02

Oct

Sustainability Transitions Editor-in-Chief Anne Kapuscinski introduces her Dartmouth-based research

How is Anne Kapuscinski’s research team finding new paths leading to a more sustainable future for aquaculture? Published by Dartmouth Now, September 17, 2013 by Bonnie Barber. Anne Kapuscinski and her team—Sarker, …

01

Oct

Humanity’s Epoch: Anthropocene

[vimeo https://vimeo.com/67316014] Working directly with Elementa, filmmaker John Boswell produced a remix capturing the grandness of the aspects covered by the Anthropocene. Read an interview with Boswell here.

05

Sep

Why is it important for Elementa to facilitate Open Source Data deposit?

Elementa’s Editor-in-Chief for Atmospheric Science, Detlev Helmig, gives his view on the importance of data publication. “In the academic University environment, most research these days is conducted under the umbrella of targeted …

19

Aug

Why is it important for Elementa articles to be machine-intelligible?

“Text-mining articles within the context of a body of articles can expedite new discoveries”Stuart Shieber, James O. Welch, Jr. and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University. Elementa is open …