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APPLIED EARTH SCIENCE (TRANS. INST. MIN. METALL. B) 2020, VOL. 129, NO. 4, 163 https://doi.org/10.1080/25726838.2020.1847985 papers and digesting the science or have been submit- ting papers for review and publication, those of you behind the scenes with the publisher, Taylor & Fran- This fourth and final issue of Volume 129 of Applied cis, and anyone else who has contributed to the journal Earth Science sees us at the end of a tumultuous year during the year. I will acknowledge individual efforts in a number of ways, including the ongoing COVID- on the reviewing side for 2020 in the first issue of 19 pandemic, uncertainty (as I write this) over the US 2021, but until then I wish you all the best for the holi- elections, conflicts in the Caucasus and Ethiopia, and day season, and here’s to a better New Year. See you all other crises happening around the world. This edi- in the first issue of Applied Earth Science in 2021. torial is going to be short and hopefully sweet, and I just wanted to thank all of you who have been involved Simon Jowitt with Applied Earth Science this year to ensure things Department of Geoscience, University