Damià Barceló, the chief editor until recently, "publishes a new study every five days [...] 1,800 papers in his lifetime, more than 200 of them in Science of the Total Environment, his own journal. His name appears numerous times as editor of his own studies." This person should be in prison.

3/3) Other funded PhD opportunities available, specifically GGC Studentships for projects addressing climate change (carbon fluxes, enhanced weathering), and various international scholarships, incl. Chinese Scholarships Council. More info: www.durham.ac.uk/study/schola...

2/3) Fully funded PhD position (application deadline January 5, 2026):
Weathering vs. climate change: Quantifying recent silicate weathering using novel isotope tracers. More info: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

1/3) 12-month Research Engineer (RI) in isotope geochemistry of lake biogenic silica, partly based at the University Savoie Mont-Blanc (USMB) in France, and partly at Dept. of Earth Sciences at Durham University, UK. Application deadline Dec 4, 2025. More info: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...