Planet Earth - Summer 2006
NERC's award-winning free magazine, Planet Earth, is aimed at non-specialists with an interest in environmental science.
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Leader Working across boundaries.
News Epidemic forecasting in Africa, rivers flowing beneath Antarctic ice, Kashmiri earthquake creates landslide threat and other stories in brief.
(Cover story) Too Hot to Handle The Iceland Hotspot Project raises serious doubts about the nature of hot spots.
Pressure points New minerals discovered in the lowermost mantle.
Caterpillar calling Do caterpillars 'call' ants?
Ocean acidification Carbon dioxide is making the oceans more acidic.
Please, can I have some more? How much we beg is based on our genes.
Sex change Are hormones in sewage affecting fish population?
Tackling the big issue Climate change at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
Histories of underwater weeds How to restore a lake to its pristine state.
Rewriting the history of African Agriculture Summer crops grown 1000 years earlier than previously thought.
Skeleton key Climate explains differences between body shapes.
Science in Society Raising public awareness and engagement in science and innovation.
Viewpoint Interview with Sir Gordon Conway, chief scientific advisor to the Department for International Development.
Butterflies lose their taste for beer Climate change rewards non-specialist species.
Bite-size Seawater found in Earth's mantle, cannibalism begins at home and other stories in brief.