Planet Earth - Spring 2011
Planet Earth is a free magazine aimed at non-specialists with an interest in environmental science.
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Government austerity measures mean that, along with many other public sector organisations, we have to make some savings. So we will not be producing a print version of Planet Earth magazine for the time being. We hope to resume printing in the future.
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Planet Earth - Spring 2011 (4·9MB) Whole magazine. Individual articles are available below.
Leader Living with Environmental Change.
News (2·6MB) The solar system's biggest volcano, meerkat cooperation, drought in the Amazon rainforest and other stories in brief.
Moderation in all things Managing ecosystems to alleviate poverty.
What's the buzz? The conservation and ecology of urban pollinators.
Setting the scenario Planning for environmental change.
Fully EQUIPed How climate scientists are quantifying uncertainty.
Supporting and sharing environmental solutions Providing the 'wiring' to help people access the knowledge necessary to tackle today's scientific challenges.
Hunting for data with dog sleds What happens when modern climate science meets ancient Inuit traditions?
A dangerous legacy The safe storage of radioactive waste is a big challenge, but some of the answers lie at the smallest scale.
Modelling the world's magnetism How understanding our planet's changing magnetic field helps keep us facing the right direction.
Climate of collaboration How climate-change scientists and policy-makers on opposite sides of the world are linking up.
Probing Porcupine Investigating life on the sea floor 4800m beneath the surface of the northeast Atlantic Ocean.