Planet Earth - Winter 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 Proving our worth.
News Some brief examples of NERC funded science around the globe.
In the pink Using fluorescent dyes to investigate glacial melt water.
Columbus, currents and climate change Worrying signs at sea.
Carbon chasers More than 40 on a Yorkshire hillside.
Hitching a ride on the feminine side Parasites can hitch-hike across generations by changing their hosts' sex.
Death-defying disease A virus that could help stop cancer and ageing.
Dates for tsunamis The Boxing Day disaster can help date ancient tsunamis, giving us a guide for the future.
Action stations The science community's swift reaction to the Hemel Hempstead fire.
What lies beneath? Exploring the deep sea.
Patchy plankton Life isn’t evenly distributed in our seas.
The farmers, the fishers, their river and its wildlife Many factors control where soil, washed from farmlands, ends up.
Fossilised forests Did the world's earliest mountain forests chill global climate?
Bring back the beaver Is Scotland missing a great opportunity?
Out of sight, not out of mind Dramatic Scottish landscapes hidden beneath the waves.
(Cover story) Sun and snow Sunlight on snow produces some strange reactions.
Nature without nurture? Would letting horses, cows and deer run wild help conservation?
Science out and about Scientists in different environments.
Bite-sized science Short science stories.