Planet Earth: Summer 2006

6 July 2006

NERC'S Planet Earth magazine has just won the best external magazine award from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. The Summer 2006 issue, packed with new research and exciting science stories is now available.

Highlights include

Unexpected findings for one of the most interesting and exciting problems in Earth science - the origin of the vast quantities of lava that erupt onto the earth's surface at so-called 'hot spots'.

A climate that can carve landscapes can sculpt bodies too. Jay Stock compares skeletons, past and present and considers the impact of geography and climate on the evolution of the human form.

Transgender fish - Peter Matthiessen's 'before and after' study of the river Ray aims to find out if hormones in sewage are really posing a risk to fish populations.

Further articles and news

Flowing rivers beneath Antarctic ice
Acid oceans
The earths lower mantle and the new mineral recently discovered within it
School student Eric Topham's award winning study of the relationship between the Large Alcon Blue butterfly and red ants.
Rewriting the history of African agriculture

Further information

NERC Press Office
Natural Environment Research Council
Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon, SN2 1EU
Tel: 01793 411561
Mob: 07917 557215

Notes

1. Planet Earth is the Natural Environment Research Council's quarterly magazine. You can request a copy by visiting the Planet Earth section of this website. News and articles in PDF format can also be downloaded.

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Planet Earth: Summer 2006

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