Environmental Sciences Europe is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of environmental science. It was established in 1989 as Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung (German for Environmental Science and Pollution Research), obtaining its current name in 2011. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editor-in-chief is Henner Hollert (RWTH Aachen University). Since 2011, the journal has been open access.