On the brinkWith the warming of the planet and the myriad of related environmental consequences, there has never been a more important time to conduct and publish environmental research. New technologies are also pushing an environmental agenda, from nanotechnology to renewable biofuels and water reuse processes. TheJournal of Environmental Monitoring(JEM) is poised to lead in the publishing of this exciting research, as it reaches its tenth anniversary this year. The last year and a half has seen a transformative change inJEM, as it has emerged from adolescence and become a mature and healthy publication. We completed a strategic positioning process and have nearly completed its implementation.One of the more important changes has been the expansion of the Editorial Advisory Board. We have added a number of world-class scientists to the Board, to broaden the expertise represented on the Board and also to support and raise the profile of the journal. We are pleased to welcome Professor Peter Liss, from East Anglia University (UK), who brings his extensive atmospheric sciences and climate change experience to the Board; Dr Beate Escher, a rising star in ecotoxicology from EAWAG (Switzerland); Dr Bernhard Michalke, a metals speciation expert from the GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health (Germany); and Dr Stephen Mudge, University of Wales (UK), who brings his expertise in environmental forensics. We continue to benefit from the guidance of our other Board members, Professor Kevin Jones, University of Lancaster (UK), Dr Martin Harper, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US), Professor Omowunmi Sadik, State University of New York-Binghamton (US), and Dr Jose Centeno, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (US). We have taken advantage of this diversity to add perspectives on nanotechnology, and expand our critical reviews.This year, it will be ten years since the launch ofJEM, which took place at the AIRMON Conference in Norway in 1999, thus it is only fitting that our celebrations will also be launched at this conference on January 27th in Geilo, Norway, with aJEMsponsored Lecture and sponsorship for the meeting. We will be celebrating this anniversary in a number of ways and in so doing, hope to offer even greater support to the relevantJEMcommunities. We will be sponsoringJEMlectures at relevant major conferences; we will run special anniversary Editorials from senior figures in the Environmental sector and we shall also be featuring a series of anniversary reviews in the journal. Editorial staff and Board Members will be attending many meetings throughout the year and we sincerely look forward to meeting you and hearing your feedback on any aspect of the journal.JEMhas seen a steady improvement in quality and recognition, with the metrics of success all going in the right direction. Our rejection rate is high (80%), with an increase in submissions, resulting in greater selectivity of accepted articles and an overall increase in quality. We have also benefited from a number of forward-looking and innovative publication policies and tools at the RSC, which are explained in detail below.Finally, we would like to express our sincere thanks to all our authors who provide the excellent work that is published in the journal; our reviewers, who continue to work hard to provide such an excellent service in filtering out the poor work and maintaining high acceptance standards; and, of course, to you, our readers and subscribers.We have much to celebrate as we enter our anniversary year—and much environmental science to publish. Join us as we go forward into our second decade of success, publishing cutting edge research on environmental processes and impact