From the Editor-In-Chief's Desk

In the June issue of Environmental Geosciences:

• Dr. Appold of the University of Missouri-Columbia studies the effects of CO₂ on pore water composition in the Pennsylvania Morrow B Sandstone in the Farnsworth Unit in Texas to evaluate potential for long-term CO₂ sequestration and storage. The geochemical interactions of the CO₂ and rock properties are studied in-depth to determine the viability of this method.
• Elaborating on a much different topic, Dr. Sammarco of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium attempts to determine the correlation between substrate relief of hard-bottom offshore banks and the benthic biodiversity associated with their geographic patterns.

Although both papers deal with "wet" topics, the diversity in their environments is incredible and fascinating.

If you're interested in submitting a manuscript to Environmental Geosciences, please visit http://www.aapg.org/divisions/deg, or contact editor Michele Cooney at [email protected].