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    - Huge pool of Arctic fresh water could cool Europe
  - 2011
    - Violent storms provide testing conditions for research scientists
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    - NERC appoints new Chief Executive
    - Frog trade link to killer fungus revealed
    - Climate shifts could leave some species homeless, new research shows
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    - Tyrannosaurus rex grew twice as fast as previously thought
    - Engineering team heads to Antarctica to explore hidden lake
    - Deforestation reduces rainfall in Africa
    - The SPICE project: a geoengineering feasibility study
    - A spot of summer fun: make your mark on ladybird maps
    - Fool's gold gives scientists priceless insight into Earth's evolution
    - Wildfires hold key to improving air pollution forecasts
    - UK researchers to take the lead in international partnerships
    - NERC appoints an interim Chief Executive
    - UK joins the earthquake risk reduction 'task force'
    - Cruise to investigate impacts of ocean acidification
    - Report puts a value on nature
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    - Distribution of British soil bacteria mapped for the first time
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    - Japan earthquake - what the experts are saying
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    - Biodiversity in Britain's landscapes
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    - Research strategy launched to help meet food security challenge
    - Caterpillar defence methods affect lifespan and offspring numbers
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    - Warming climate means red deer rutting season arrives early
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  - 2010
    - Win for early-career researchers with top entrepreneurial skills
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    - Length of pregnancy influenced by placenta structure
    - Spanish workers are ruthless revolutionaries while British are loyal to their queens
    - Falkland Islands radar to monitor the 'Southern Lights'
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    - Nature could drive growth and cut poverty in the developing world
    - Reappointment of the Chair of NERC
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    - Less is more for a hungry bat
    - Dwindling green pastures may have killed off the mammoth
    - Stone Age remains are Britain's earliest house
    - Mountain marmots made bigger by climate change
    - Africa's national parks hit by mammal declines
    - Battle of the sexes exists in the plant world
    - New projects to address decline of honeybees
    - UK science spotlights ocean acidification
    - Conker trees facing peril from alien invaders
    - Giant steps help hungry fish to find food
    - Garden birds shun organic
    - Fast food curry footprint same as 140 million car miles
    - Ancient pigs reveal clues about colonisation of Pacific
    - Baby corals dance their way home
    - Volcanic ash impacts: research and collaboration continues
    - Research aircraft continue to sample volcanic plume
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    - Deepest black smokers found in Caribbean
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    - UK scientists to unearth Ice Age secrets from preserved tree rings
    - Contract awarded for new research ship
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    - The breathing ocean
    - UK to host international science conference
    - Ice maidens go north on Arctic expedition
    - Research project inspires new BBC series
    - UK and India forge new research collaborations
    - Britain's beaches to benefit from better water quality forecasts
    - New national centre covers marine science from the coast to the deep ocean
    - Ozone hole healing could cause further climate warming
    - Living the high life is risky for toads under threat from fungus
    - Haiti struck by massive earthquake
  - 2009
    - £40m research investment to make ecosystem services work for the poor
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    - Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up by 29 per cent since 2000
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    - Discovery may help manage nanoparticle wastes
    - Soil moisture and ocean salinity satellite ready for launch
    - Climate change monitoring success celebrated
    - Growth versus global warming
    - Global demand for tropical crop could worsen air quality
    - Acidic clouds nourish world's oceans
    - Research gives new meaning to 'green' cross code
    - Sex life may hold key to honeybee survival
    - Drugs designed by nature could prevent heart attacks and blood clots
    - Should females trust showy males?
    - Targeted investments in climate science could present enormous economic savings
    - RRS James Cook rescues Atlantic rower
    - New science champions appointed
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    - New plans to strengthen UK Arctic research
    - One hundred questions to conserve global biodiversity
    - £10m initiative to tackle bee and pollinator decline
    - Carbon capture has a sparkling future
    - £18 million to secure the future of UK energy research
    - Sleek probe to map Earth's gravity
    - Deep-sea fish stocks threatened
    - UK harnesses space technology to tackle global environmental challenges
    - Mission to explore buried ancient Antarctic lake given green light
    - Study links water pollution with declining male fertility
    - Earliest known bird had hearing similar to an emu
  - 2008
    - Bee probiotic business plan a winner for young entrepreneurs
    - UK invests in monitoring the health of the planet
    - UK's biggest ever Countryside Survey: Results published
    - Research councils recommend changes to draft EU animals Directive
    - Long term strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions needed
    - Revealing the hidden landscapes of East Antarctica
    - Arctic sea ice is getting thinner as well as receding
    - Pacific cloud-hopping to improve climate predictions
    - Deepest-living fishes caught on camera for the first time
    - Science minister re-appoints NERC Chief Executive
    - Discovery of an active methane gas system beneath Arctic seabed
    - Neighbours from hell: infanticide rife in guillemot colony
    - Culture and the climate challenge
    - Caught in a trap: Bumblebees versus robotic crab spiders
    - Robot submarine successfully completes first mission
    - UK scientist explores Sichuan fault
    - Smells like bees' spirit
    - NERC appoints three new members
    - Seals help unlock secrets of the ocean
    - Warmer climates lead to more extreme rainfall
    - Female guppies risk death to avoid sexual harassment
    - Acid rain reduces methane emissions from rice paddies
    - NERC and Met Office collaborate on climate predictions
    - Snapshot of past climate reveals no ice in Antarctica millions of years ago
    - New Director for LWEC programme
    - £1m award to support commercialisation of research
    - Rapid Climate Change : past; present; future
    - Destruction of greenhouse gases over tropical Atlantic
    - Volcano 'pollution' solves mercury mystery
    - UK research partnership responds to the urgent need for environmental action
    - Complete 'family tree' of all British birds
    - Puffins added to the list of dwindling North Sea birdlife
    - Earthworm detectives provide genetic clues for dealing with soil pollution
    - Parasites' family planning strategy helps malaria spread
    - Family feuds - why close relatives keep their distance in the animal kingdom
    - £2m to study earthquake region
    - Gardens for the year 2050 at the Chelsea Flower Show
    - Scientists aim to unlock deep-sea "secrets" of Earth's crust
    - When following the leader can lead into the jaws of death
    - Major UK funders publish common rules for animal research
    - Amazon under threat from cleaner air
    - Fluctuating diet increases risk of sudden death
    - Arctic adventurers return home
    - Early growth spurts could cause obesity
    - The most advanced gravity measurement satellite prepares for launch
    - Under the sea
    - Evolution of new species slows down as competitors increase
    - Unmanned aerial vehicles mark robotic first for BAS
    - Prestigious science prize awarded for 800,000 year old ice core
    - Summer 2007 Floods: A Very Singular Event
    - Co-operation between figs, wasps and parasites
    - Hungry sharks take strange walks to find food
    - Arctic adventure for Wirral school student
    - Masters of disguise
    - New 'Environment Centre Wales' opened
    - Carbon study could help reduce harmful emissions
    - Do you care about evolution?
    - £16 million confirmed for climate change monitoring system
    - Volcanic eruption in Antarctica
    - NERC science on ITV
    - Launch of new supercomputer
  - 2007
    - Biodiversity Exhibition
    - £14m available for biodiversity research
    - International research campaign for the West African monsoon
    - Planting carbon deep in the earth - rather than the greenhouse
    - Like father, like son: attractiveness is hereditary
    - Spin out success beckons
    - IPCC Synthesis Report published today
    - A new environmental strategy for a rapidly changing planet
    - Ice age imprint found on cod DNA
    - Coral reefs will be permanently damaged without urgent action
    - Rapid analysis could cut health risks of volcanic ash
    - Next generation environmental science
    - Deepest ocean drilling to understand earthquakes
    - NERC appoints science 'champions'
    - 10 million year-old chips link diet and evolution
    - New research programmes unveiled
    - Should modern living carry a health warning?
    - Cheaper toxic waste disposal solutions
    - New research identifies how one storm can affect another
    - National database tops 10,000 users
    - More CO2 makes plants less thirsty
    - New marine species discovered
    - Atlantic current monitored
    - Polar Meltdown at the Royal Society
    - Hot on the trail of mantle
    - Study shows successful fathers have less successful daughters
    - New Chairman for NERC's Science & Innovation Strategy Board
    - Death of a student in Madagascar
    - GM field trials 'underestimate potential for cross-pollination'
    - UK's biggest ever countryside survey starts this week
    - Marine reserves could save coral reefs
    - Secret of a long life and sex appeal?
    - Monitoring the environment from space
    - Fluorescent worms and sex changing fish
    - Chernobyl - risks from radiation exposure less significant than we think
    - NERC response to the DTI's Spring Supplementary Estimates
    - Dinosaur extinction didn't cause the rise of present-day mammals
    - More than £2m for nanoscience research
    - Appointments to the Natural Environment Research Council
    - New BAS Director
    - Science strikes oil
    - HRH The Princess Royal names new scientific research ship
    - Earth-shattering proof of continents on the move
    - Declining harbour seal numbers in northern Britain
    - The secret life of clouds
    - Oceans 2025
    - New observatory opens
    - Appointment to NERC
  - 2006
    - The climate change challenge
    - Young entrepreneurs - business planning for ideas in science
    - Global map shows new patterns of extinction risk
    - Stern review on the economics of climate change
    - RAPID climate change conference
    - New experiment to investigate cosmic connection to clouds
    - New Chairman for NERC
    - Scientists watch Mother Nature breathing
    - Satellites reveal green means rain in Africa
    - Concerned about the environment?
    - New Director of NERC Centre for Population Biology appointed
    - NERC appoints a new member
    - The nutrient time bomb
    - Biodiversity: what on earth is it?
    - Early Spring in Europe matches recent climate warming
    - Pipefish population explosion will not save starving seabirds
    - More fires, droughts and floods predicted
    - National Centre for Earth Observation announced
    - Wild bees and the flowers they pollinate are disappearing together
    - Grow fast, learn slow
    - Minerals Information Online
    - Planet Earth wins national award
    - Planet Earth: Summer 2006
    - Judgement on Bangladesh case
    - Into the Unknown - Science Under the Ice
    - NERC Chairman receives knighthood
    - Breaking down barriers for climate prediction work
    - Farewell to Royal Research Ship
    - Farm animals keep vole army at bay
    - Blog charts acidification
    - Malaria study goes to the desert
    - Scientists reveal fate of Earths oceans
    - Wasps queue for top job
    - Meteorite fragment makes an impact
    - Science may hold the clue to an ancient riddle
    - Urgent help for landslide research
    - Discovery of Antarctic subglacial rivers may challenge excavation plans
    - High flyers get ACTIVE down under
    - Yummy Mummies
    - New Director for the British Geological Survey
    - Nitrogen hotspots pose global pollution threat to plants
    - International Polar Year as big as the moon landings
    - The nitrogen challenge - global warming's missing link?
    - Decision on Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
    - Polar satellite will fly again
    - Saharan sandstorms at sea
    - Researchers revolutionise opportunities for the European water industry
    - Sun & Snow - something in the air
    - Marine centres receive major funding
    - MBE for polar base manager
  - 2005
    - Weather satellite launched
    - Centre of the Earth revealed
    - Oldest Northern European human activity
    - Oil depot explosion
    - NERC announces plans for CEH
    - Could the Atlantic current switch off?
    - Alien fish continue to spread in UK rivers
    - Fierce storm and flood predictions to be aided by new research programme
    - Scientists to explore the 'Grand Canyon' of the oceans
    - Tropical cloud 'dust' could hold the key to climate change
    - Northern birds make better mates
    - Satellite lost due to launch failure
    - Climate change at the poles
    - Record Arctic sea ice loss
    - Countdown to CryoSat launch
    - What environmental issues matter to you?
    - Killer methane burps caused massive global warming
    - Greater horseshoe bats keep it in the family
    - The Natural Environment Research Council appoints two new members
    - Puffins dig their own graves
    - Teamwork makes bacteria more effective
    - Head of National Marine Facilities announced
    - Conservation targeting called into question
    - Giant virus could give health benefits
    - DNA traces the evolution of extinct big cats
    - Reappointments to NERC's Council
    - China and UK study climate change impact
    - Owls and hawks can help conservationists
    - Global science into global policy
    - Warm Atlantic linked to hot summers
    - Faster climate change predicted as air quality improves
    - New law discovered in a hole in a tree
    - A better understanding of gene flow - media briefing
    - Stealth Parasite threatens European fish
    - Queen's Birthday Honours
    - Summer Drought
    - Too many sheep spoil the eggs
    - A better understanding of gene flow
    - Health forecasts and climate prediction
    - Climate change sceptics out in the cold
    - Out of the blue...
    - Fossil fish challenge gene theory
    - Biodiversity: what on earth is it?
    - A new era for ocean and earth sciences in the UK
    - New Director for the NERC Centres for Atmospheric Science
    - Partners in the business of science
    - Hunt for the Harlequin
    - New Director for the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
    - Weather in the oceans
    - Autosub trapped under the Antarctic Ice Shelf
    - An invisible threat could change Britain's landscapes
    - Scientists from the British Geological Survey take action after tsunami conference
    - Bleak first results from the world's largest climate change experiment
    - Bangladeshi claim - update
    - UK-Japan Collaboration: Climate Science for the 21st Century
    - New Chief Executive for the Natural Environment Research Council
    - Indian Ocean Tsunami
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    - Into clear skies
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    - Natural Environment Research Council appoints two new members
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    - Have you run out of energy?
    - Subtropical Arctic
    - A new tribe?
    - The future is...green
    - Life's a beach
    - Ice and a slice of climate history
    - Landslides, flooding and climate change in the UK
    - The raining champions
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    - Keeping it in the family
    - Gone with the wind?
    - £36m contract awarded for scientific research ship
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    - Universal mechanism controlling biodiversity
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    - Wind farms - the future of energy or a blot on Scotland's landscape?
    - NERC Press Conference
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    - 'The Day After Tomorrow' - fact or fiction?
    - Arctic expedition may find clues to what caused the last ice-age
    - Ancient mariners surprise oceanographers
    - The world we created? : Risking our environment
    - Marine deserts could give clues to understanding climate change
    - Scientists link up to investigate biodiversity
    - Groundbreaking research in Scotland
    - Extinction
    - Environmental scientists build bridges with industry
    - Bangladeshi claims against the British Geological Survey
    - Measuring Europe's central heating system
    - £2.3m invested in the air that we breathe
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  - 2003
    - UK scientist scoops top international Japan prize
    - New Environment Centre for Wales
    - Old bones and new buildings
    - Investing in the environment
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    - What would you do with £270 million?
    - Polar bears' habitat threatened by thinning of Arctic sea ice
    - Planet Earth, Autumn 2003
    - GM crop farm-scale evaluation results published today
    - First national study to quantify GM hybrids across the UK
    - Hotting up - first results from the 'Earth Simulator' supercomputer
    - Health check for environmental science
    - Tagged turtles in the eye of the storm?
    - Science Prize for British-French collaboration
    - Invasion of the ocean body snatchers
    - West Nile Virus infections detected in Britain
    - The Work of the Natural Environment Research Council
    - Pollutant threat to oyster industry
    - New research on depleted uranium in the environment
    - Eat junk, look good, die young
    - The Pied Piper of fish
    - This is Planet Earth...
    - Historic Bidston lighthouse to be preserved in development plan
    - Bangladesh claims (update)
    - Radical changes at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
    - Sexy birds: why females prefer males with red beaks
    - New centres are launched to monitor and predict climate change
    - Fuming about transport
    - Bangladesh claims
    - UK may get as cold as Iceland within 20 years
  - 2002
    - Well-fed robins could be lonely at Christmas
    - Observatory site goes up for sale
    - MP to visit Oxford-based research centre
    - West Nile virus antibodies sought in birds in England
    - New forum for environment research
    - Healthy rocks and wildlife farming
    - Public debate launched on farm-scale evaluations for GM crops
    - Bangladesh claims (update)
    - Major advances in predicting storms causing flooding
    - New instrument to investigate climate change
    - Bangladesh claims
    - Today's scientists, tomorrow's entrepreneurs
    - Atmosphere and oceans finely balanced
    - Armour-plated fish and the evolution of dentists
    - Bjorn Lomborg continues rational debate about climate change
  - 2001
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    - Frozen shellfish to combat pollution
    - Should we implement the Kyoto protocol?
    - Making maps from space
    - Jackpot win for environment business solutions
    - New earth observation centres announced
    - Public opinion counts
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    - New initiative for atmospheric research announced
    - New Director at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
    - 'Centre of Excellence' opens in Reading
    - Prize for Oxford scientists
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    - Science makes business sense
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  - 2000
    - NERC goes public
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    - More cash for climate research
    - Blooming Southern Ocean's role in climate change
    - NERC scientist leads new research study on climate change prediction
    - The science behind Britain's sailing gold medals
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    - New centres use satellites to study melting ice sheets and predict climate change
    - Research centre to be disbanded
    - Dorset scientists seek environmental solutions
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    - Salmon smells trick sea lice
    - Do smelly fish make better friends?
    - Gassed by gannets!
    - Stay switched on!
    - Make your millions - turning science into business
    - Flood estimation: a risky business
    - New climate change centre - linking research to action
    - Visions of Science
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  - 2010
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    - Earth's oldest mantle discovered
    - Queen's Birthday Honours
    - Earthquake rocks China
    - CryoSat-2 launch successful
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  - 2009
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    - NERC welcomes recommendations on geo-engineering research
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    - Kids in space
    - NERC Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09
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  - 2008
    - Action plans published
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    - NERC research fellow wins silver in Beijing
    - New water management website launched
    - OneGeology
    - Theme actions plans - Phase 1
    - Annual Delivery Report 2007-08
    - Appointment of Met Office Chief Scientist
    - The Great Global Warming Swindle: Ofcom judgement
    - Watery attractions at the Summer Science Exhibition
    - Queen's Birthday Honours
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    - Silver medal for the 2050 garden at the Chelsea Flower Show
  - 2007
    - UN Geo4 report
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    - NERC student is people's choice
    - Online repository opens
    - Peru earthquake
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    - Britain's floods
    - Life with the polar bears
    - Nunatak at Live Earth
    - Robot Sub explores ocean canyon
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    - Parliamentarians welcome International Polar Year
    - Marine laboratories created on microchips
    - NERC consults on its next science strategy
    - RRS James Cook named by Princess Royal
    - Climate change experts and IPCC
    - BBC features NERC-funded research
    - Maiden voyage of RRS James Cook
    - Scientists determine the origins of flight
  - 2006
    - Changing climates, evolving humans
    - New research reveals hidden earthquake trouble spots
    - Potential risks associated with use of flu drug
    - Young researcher wins national 'Perspectives' competition
    - Arctic sea level decline
    - Nuclear Blog
    - Core science reveals Arctic's hot past
    - New climate perspective adds feedback
    - Global Warming: Will Phoenix Fry?
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    - Elephant seals dive for science
    - New study highlights climate change evidence
    - Climate change report launched
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- Features
  - 2010
    - Snow covers the whole of the UK
    - UK's chief scientific advisor backs climate scientists
    - UK's chief scientific advisor backs climate scientists: transcript
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