Published since 1993, this quarterly e-only journal presents authoritative literature reviews on a wide range of environmental science and associated environmental studies topics, with emphasis on the effects on and response of both natural and manmade ecosystems to anthropogenic stress. The authorship and scope are international, with critical literature reviews submitted and invited on such topics as sustainability, water supply management, climate change, harvesting impacts, acid rain, pesticide use, lake acidification, air and marine pollution, oil and gas development, biological control, food chain biomagnification, rehabilitation of polluted aquatic systems, erosion, forestry, bio-indicators of environmental stress, conservation of biodiversity, and many other environmental issues.

自1993年出版以來，這個(gè)僅限電子期刊的季刊就廣泛的環(huán)境科學(xué)和相關(guān)的環(huán)境研究主題提供權(quán)威的文獻(xiàn)綜述，強(qiáng)調(diào)自然和人為生態(tài)系統(tǒng)對(duì)人為壓力的影響和反應(yīng)。作者和范圍是國際,重要的文學(xué)評(píng)論提交和邀請(qǐng)等主題可持續(xù)性、供水管理、氣候變化、收獲影響,酸雨,農(nóng)藥使用,湖泊酸化,空氣和海洋污染,石油和天然氣開發(fā),生物防治,食物鏈的生物放大,污染水生系統(tǒng)的康復(fù),侵蝕、林業(yè)、生物指示器的環(huán)境壓力,保護(hù)生物多樣性,以及其他許多環(huán)境問題。