Frontiers in Physiology has launched a new section, 'Environmental, Aviation and Space Physiology'. This is the third section launch in the journal this year, following expansions into 'Avian Physiology' and 'Embryonic and Developmental Physiology'.
The section will be led by two co-Specialty Chief Editors, Professors Richard Boyle of the NASA Ames Research Centre, USA, and Hanns-Christian Gunga of Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
The section will consider many of the challenges humans face on Earth and in space. Organisms, both animal and human, must by necessity adapt to their surroundings to survive. Environmental changes may be gradual, as seen in climate change, or drastic, such as propelling an organism into space. In order to understand how our animals are adapting to their habitats, and to know how the human body copes with exposure to extreme environments, research into physiological change becomes ever more important.
Even as high altitudes, arctic conditions and changing climates on Earth push animal and human bodies to extremes, it is a feat of human achievement to consider the substantial technological advances made in space travel. Professors Boyle and Gunga emphasized the importance of these developments in their mission statement.
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