Planet Earth - Spring 2005
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.
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Leader Hail and farewell.
After the tsunami disaster NERC scientists help in the clean up.
Bridging the gap Using the Follow-on fund to develop NERC-funded science.
Waves, rogue waves, and statistics Predicting rough seas - but not freak waves.
If you go down to the woods today ... The battle going on under our feet.
Mud or murder? How geology can help pin down the culprit.
Reading the rocks Long-lost landscapes revealed in a grain of sand.
(Cover story) Understanding the Cairngorms How granite influenced the Cairngorms landscape.
Armyworms in west Scotland Fly larvae trek across the forest floor.
Diving in for science NERC’s Facility for Scientific Diving.
Journey from the centre of the Earth? A long-extinct isotope helps explain the planet’s inner workings.
Scratching the surface How far offshore did the Pleistocene British Ice Sheet extend?
Back at the cutting edge Getting back into research after a career break.
Looking for Lophelia Uncovering cold water coral reefs in Scottish waters.
Rigged? An unexpected inhabitant of the Brent Spar oil rig.
Finding the Hobbit Carbon-dating a new species of pygmy human.
Can’t live without them The invisible life in marine and freshwater environments.