Planet Earth - Summer 2008
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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LeaderScience in society.
News *Mediterranean tsunamis, fish hibernation, the future of the Amazon and other stories in brief.
(Cover story) Living with environmental change *A £1bn ten-year programme bringing scientists and policymakers together to plan for the effects of a changing climate.
Rapid climate change *Weighing the risks of an abrupt shift in global ocean circulation.
Life – but not as we know it *A pioneering mission to explore Lake Ellsworth, a lake deep beneath the Antarctic ice.
Saturated sinkOne of the world's most important carbon sinks is behaving strangely. Cause for concern?
Acid oceansPollution is making the oceans more acid – how is this affecting marine life?
Cloud forestsWatching a rare habitat slowly disappear in Honduras.
Side effectsCould chemotherapy drugs get into British rivers and streams?
High life *City ecologists have a vision for a London skyline carpeted in green roofs.
Silencing genesA surprising link between flowering time and a secret war on unruly genes.
Sum of the partsThe risks and rewards of the herding instinct.
Lost in translation *Exchanging knowledge in Japan.
Small particle, big picture *Exploring the makeup of the natural world with the University of Edinburgh's ion microprobes.
A gentleman's collectionA vast fossil collection provides insight into climate change.