Planet Earth - Spring 2006
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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LeaderPlanning our priorities.
NewsSome brief examples of NERC funded science around the globe.
Bird flu in perspective Four experts give their views.
Ant antics Unravelling the relationship between red ants and gorse.
Grassing on fertilisers Plants are losing their diversity.
WitchweedA parasitic plant worse than drought or erosion.
Redshank redemption Helping birds cope with climate change.
Sounding out our coastlines and rivers Sound and sand can show how coastlines evolve.
Beneath the tsunami waves Coral reefs escape damage.
Under the ice and into the unknown What is happening beneath the sheets?
Flash floods - an underlying problem Geology can show us where flash floods are likely.
Radioactive 'stick-in-the-muds'Could microbes clean up nuclear contamination?
Opinion: nuclear energy - greener thank you think? The radioactive zone around Chernobyl is a rich wildlife reserve.
Burps that warmed the world A methane gas release caused a global catastrophe.
(Cover story) Light sky at night?Predicting space weather for power companies.
Where the Arctic and the Atlantic meet Investigating environmental change at a vital junction.
Getting science into policy Behind the scenes at the Montreal Climate Change Conference. (This story appears on second page of the previous article)
Tracking all over the world Following marine animals.
Soil sentinels Predatory worms and a shocking case of cannibalism.
Life on ice Microbes can thrive in the cold.
Bite-sized science Short science stories.