Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-9-371-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-9-371-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Editorial: Introducing a new article type: Limitations, Errors, Surprises, Shortcomings and Opportunities for New Science (LESSONS)
Hydrology and Environmental Hydraulics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
John Hillier
Dept. Geography and Environment, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
GC executive editor
Stefan Gaillard
Institute for Science in Society, Radboud University, 6500 HC Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Education Center, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Center of Trial and Error, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Theresa Blume
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
HESS chief-executive editor
Eduardo Queiroz Alves
European Geosciences Union (EGU), Munich, Germany
Susanne Buiter
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
SE executive editor
Ken S. Carslaw
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
ACP chief-executive editor
Kirsten von Elverfeldt
HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology), Heidelberg, Germany
GC executive editor
Tim H. M. van Emmerik
Hydrology and Environmental Hydraulics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Barbara Ervens
Institute of Chemistry, University Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
ACP chief-executive editor
Department of Water Resources, faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Sam Illingworth
Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
GC chief-executive editor
Daniel Klotz
Interdisciplinary Transformation University, Linz, Austria
Google Research, Vienna, Austria
Jonas Pyschik
Department of Near-Surface Geophysics, Albert‐Ludwigs‐University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Editorial statement
Th editorial is of high interest to the wider geoscience community. It provides a valuable article type to EGU journals and contributes to open and transparent science.
Th editorial is of high interest to the wider geoscience community. It provides a valuable...
Short summary
We explain a new article type that is being introduced in participating EGU publications. "LESSONS" articles describe the Limitations, Errors, Surprises, Shortcomings and Opportunities for New Science emerging from the scientific process. The publication of non-positive results and associated learnings aims to complete an unbiased record of the research effort, contributes to open and transparent science, allows the authors and others to learn, and may open opportunities for new science.
We explain a new article type that is being introduced in participating EGU publications....
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