Launch of ACS ES&T Engineering and Redefining Environmental Engineering
Abstract
contributions in the field of environmental engineering.We would like to take this opportunity to introduce the journal and the strategy behind its launch.The primary mission of environmental engineering research is to understand and develop the air, water, and soil systems that "support the well-being of people and the planet in areas where the two intersect." 1 Environmental engineering research today addresses problems and issues that are increasingly complex and global in scale, such as climate change and its implications, shortages of critical resources such as fresh water and nutrients to grow food, indoor and outdoor air pollution and the inequities it creates, ubiquitous occurrence of persistent micropollutants and microplastics in natural waters, and emerging viruses and pathogens.Such challenges require highly innovative and cross-disciplinary solutions that involve diverse groups of researchers from disparate disciplines, where the engineering aspect of the solution cannot proceed without embracing and interfacing with these interlinking elements that exist outside of traditional engineering.In response to the broadening scope of environmental engineering research and the diversified communities working together to solve these complex environmental problems, ACS has established ACS ES&T Engineering (ES&TE) as a new publication medium not only to respond to this rising demand but to embrace and enable it.This new journal, as a member of the Environmental Science &…
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