NERC News - Spring 2002
This edition was the final issue of our magazine under the title NERC News. From the next issue it was renamed Planet Earth.
The following is a summary of the contents of this issue. We apologise that it is not available as downloadable PDF files nor in print.
Leader - Launch of RCUK
Maggots and murder
How forensic science can get additional evidence
Conference highlights sustainable development research agenda
Scientists need to make sure their research aids policy
Why do birds get divorced?
Beyond the grave
With 75% of the UK's drinking water coming from the ground and our graveyards getting full, we need to make sure
our ancestors aren't making us ill.
Taking CL:AIRE of contaminated land
A project testing alternatives to landfill for contaminated soil.
Behind the scenes in the grant review process
Red fish, blue fish
Increasing numbers of sub-tropical fish in Britain's coastal waters are a good indicator of global warming.
Managing climate science
Climate is a global phenomenon and needs global co-ordination to research it.
Fossilised forests in a frozen land
Was it the cold or the volcanoes that killed the ancient lush forests of the Antarctic?
Hammering out better crops in Zambia
The simple adaptation of a maize grinding mill will help Zambian farmers.
Will malaria return to the UK?
Could global warming help it make a comeback?