Editor’s Message: The 2017 Editors’ Choice articles

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Editors’ Choice articles are ones that were printed in the 2017 Hydrogeology Journal (HJ) volume and selected for special attention by our editorial team (Martin Appold, Jean-Michel Lemieux, Liz Screaton, Maria-Theresia Schafmeister, Cliff Voss). At the conclusion of the publishing year, the editors selected five articles from among the ∼140 printed articles in the regular issues. These articles are distinguished by a variety of positive attributes including: outstanding science, innovative approach, potentially important conclusions, interesting field area or phenomenon, unusual topic, political/social/historical/philosophical interest, etc. The HJ editors believe that readers will find these articles to be especially interesting and valuable. …