Launched at the end of October 2006 as a high-impact, open-access Letters journal, Environmental Research Letters (ERL) will provide a coherent and integrated approach including research articles, perspectives, news and editorials, as well as meeting notices for the environmental science community.

Environmental Research Letters (ERL) is a high-impact, open-access research journal intended to be the meeting place of the research and policy communities concerned with environmental change and management. If you have not submitted to ERL before, please see the journal's scope below for information on the specific subject coverage and article types.

The journal's coverage reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of environmental science, recognizing the wide-ranging contributions to the development of methods, tools and evaluation strategies relevant to the field. Submissions from across all components of the Earth system, i.e. land, atmosphere, cryosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere (freshwater and marine), and exchanges between these components are welcome.

The core of ERL's content draws from observations, numerical modelling, theoretical and experimental approaches to environmental science, and especially science relevant to policy, impacts, and decision-making. In addition, approaches from a range of physical and natural sciences, economics, and political, sociological and legal studies are strongly encouraged.

Typical areas of interest include:•Biodiversity•Biogeochemical cycle•Climate•Energy•Environmental health•Environmental risk assessment•Food•Pollution•Natural resources•Policy and law•Water resources