Planet Earth - Autumn 2003
NERC's award-winning free magazine, Planet Earth, is aimed at non-specialists with an interest in environmental science.
This issue is no longer in print.
* Unless specified, all articles are less than 1MB in size.
Drum and bass The importance of sound in young coral fish
Setting the farming example How new farming methods may help the environment
Portrait of the atmosphere as a bucket Gravity waves, what they are and how to stimulate them.
Liability for climate change Will it ever be possible to sue anyone for damaging the climate?
Staying alive - survival in the sea A report on the discoveries of NERC's research programme Development Ecology of Marine Animals (DEMA).
Catastrophe of the Caribbean corals Humans and nature have wiped out 80% of the Caribbean's living coral.
Raiders of the lost arc A group of geologists turn detective and piece together the destruction of a vanished ocean.
More fish in the sea Marine reserves could help fish grow older and fishers grow richer.
What did the Vikings ever do for us? The Norse legacy of beach ownership law.
Ship-shaped science Exploring NERC's Research Ships Unit.
Vegetarian fish Can we produce nutritious farmed salmon in a sustainable way?
Mystery of the deep earth (*3·2MB) Using NERC's new consortium grant funds to understand the Earth's core.
Trans-sexual fish from dimensionless space Variety may be the spice of life, but there could be common reasons for having a sex change.
Home run for climate change All you need is a home computer to take part in the world's largest climate change experiment.