Planet Earth - Summer 2010
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Leader Biodiversity counts.
News An asteroid did kill the dinosaurs, the search for ancient life on Mars, Vikings in Dorset and other stories in brief.
Giants of the Rewa Head Searching for the rare giant otter in a remote stretch of Guyanese rainforest populated by other giants.
Scanning the horizon Many of our current environmental problems could have been avoided with a little forethought.
(Cover story) Experiment Earth? Discovering what people think of geoengineering, which aims to slow down or reverse climate change.
From the sea to the sky Testing the 23-year old CLAW hypothesis, and coming up with some surprising results.
L'Aquila earthquake: one year on What UK Earth scientists found studying the powerful earthquake that struck Italy's Abruzzo region last year.
Gases to gases Isoprene produced at sea has profound effects on our climate and on ocean ecosystems.
Hunting the last ice sheet The seabed around Scotland is giving up the secrets of the last ice age.
Bugs, bogs and gravity: a new look at methane Using satellite observations to reveal new insights into this greenhouse gas.
Adapting to a changing climate BGS's climate change programmes is tackling some of the toughest questions to emerge from climate science.
Marine Biological Association: 125 years on A look at some of the work that has led to the MBA's success over the last 125 years.