Planet Earth - Autumn 2004
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.
Leader - Jolly green giant? Is the Natural Environment Research Council a jolly green giant? Not yet. But we are working on it. John Lawton, Chief Executive of NERC, says we are going green.
Classroom@sea (*1·1MB) Two Hampshire teachers on a mission to make science teaching more exciting.
Where have all the females gone? The intriguing inequality of the sexes among European oystercatchers.
Coming onstream How mountain streams respond to rainfall.
Between the trawler and the warm blue sea Why has the number of kittiwakes halved in just a decade?
Footsteps into past coastal landscapes How our ancestors coped with the post ice age rising seas.
Deep impact (*1·3MB) Linking rock in a Gloucestershire quarry to a disastrous asteroid impact.
The Diamond Synchrotron A huge new light source facility for environmental scientists.
Ice, coal and ancient rainforests (*2·0MB) The key to how our rainforests could be affected by climate change.
Ancient mariners surprise oceanographers Satellite imagery unlocks the secret of a 500-year-old map.
Pie in the sky (*1·1MB) Aviation expansion plans make a mockery of carbon dioxide reduction targets.
Science on the sea floor (*1·7MB) Get stuck into the sediments at the bottom of the Arabian Sea.
Staying in touch with reality Data assimilation stops models going off the rails.
We share the air Personal carbon quotas are the fairest way to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Cracking open the property market Are we really as safe as houses?
One hundred years at Eskdalemuir A century of magnetic, seismic and weather observations.