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，這個僅限電子期刊的季刊就廣泛的環境科學和相關的環境研究主題提供權威的文獻綜述，強調自然和人為生態系統對人為壓力的影響和反應。作者和范圍是國際,重要的文學評論提交和邀請等主題可持續性、供水管理、氣候變化、收獲影響,酸雨,農藥使用,湖泊酸化,空氣和海洋污染,石油和天然氣開發,生物防治,食物鏈的生物放大,污染水生系統的康復,侵蝕、林業、生物指示器的環境壓力,保護生物多樣性,以及其他許多環境問題。