下期Ambio(第27卷第4期,1998)将展示编委会组成上的重大变化。一些工作于广泛的环境研究领域的世界最知名科学家已经欣然同意加入我们重新组建的编委会,并且乐于将他们的聪明才智融入我们保持刊物处于环境出版物前沿位置的努力中。这并不意味着现有编委会成员(见本期封二名单)将要退休,而是,他们将成为本刊的正式合作编辑,继续协助编辑部搞好日常工作。这 The next issue of Ambio (Vol. 27, No. 4, 1998) will show the major changes in the composition of the editorial board. Some of the world’s best-known scientists working in a wide range of environmental research have readily agreed to join our reorganized Editorial Board and are happy to incorporate their intelligence into our efforts to keep publications at the forefront of environmental publications. This does not mean that existing editorial board members (see this list) will retire. Instead, they will become official editorial co-editors and continue to assist the editorial department in its daily work. This