Planet Earth - Winter 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 A code of ethics for NERC.
Does second growth mean second-rate? A first look at secondary forest wildlife in the Brazilian Amazon.
Secrets of the sooty stacks (*3·0MB) The ancient craft of charcoal burning.
Cerro Rico (*1·3MB) A mountain that bankrolled the Spanish empire.
Musseling in on better profits How industry and oystercatchers can best share farmed mussels.
Sharing the bounty of the cockle beds Making sure there are enough cockles for people and birds.
Arthur, Samson and a lion (*1·7MB) Edinburgh's rugged hills contain clues to its fiery past.
Clock watching Can molecular genetics discover how marine worms tell the time?
Light isotopes - heavy NERC science! Introducing NERC’s Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility.
A trick with mirrors Holding light captive tells us about short-lived atmospheric gases.
Scraping by… What icebergs do to the seafloor.
I can see clearly now Monitoring volcanoes even when they’re covered in cloud.
(Cover story) South Atlantic holiday rock Environmental geotourism in South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.
Food forecasting New computer models could predict how crops respond to climate change.
Slip sliding away Ways to reduce the death toll from landslides.
If only we had gills How do fish take up seemingly unusable iron?
London's lichens They're making a comeback.
Thunderstorms are go! (*1·5MB) Predicting downpours.
Floods in the future Is flooding really getting worse?