Abstract
In the past two decades, environmental sciences have increased their share in the research portfolios of European synchrotrons, not least for their topicality from a societal point of view. As this field overlaps with many other disciplines, the ESRF decided to establish, in 2005, a dedicated Review Panel for Environmental Science and Cultural Heritage.
Acknowledgments
We thank all co-authors of quoted articles for their contribution, and Jean-Louis Hazemann and Gema Criado-Martinez for fruitful discussion. Guillaume Morin is especially indebted to L. Alvarez, B. Cancès, G.E. Brown Jr., G. Calas, F. Juillot, V. Laperche, G. Ona-Nguema, D. Polya, O. Proux, D. Vaughan, and Y. Wang. The text was copyedited by Claus Habfast.