This series covers leading-edge research focusing on the environment, including current research data on lead adsorption into activated carbon; energy efficiency improvement utilising high technology; clean and green energy technologies, sustainable development and environment; a review of published “environmental flows” research; the study of biodiversity corals community on coral reefs of Vietnam; microbial community in heavy metal bioremediation; and the relationship between climatic factors prevailing prior to flowering or subsequent to boll setting and cotton production.