August 2007

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Editorial

Creating a C-change? - pp31

Olive Heffernan

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.37

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Research Highlights

Arctic response - pp32

Harvey Leifert

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.24

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Dangerous hotspots - pp32

Samia Mantoura

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.26

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Ice-cold hotspots - pp32

Eric Smalley

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.28

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Sugar power - pp32

Harvey Leifert

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.30

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Carbon export overestimated - pp33

Eric Smalley

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.29

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Arctic ponds disappear - pp33

Samia Mantoura

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.34

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News Features

Risky Business: Altering the atmosphere - pp34 - 35

Hannah Hoag

Recently revisited as a quick fix for global warming, 'geoengineering' could rapidly cool the climate but might also play havoc with the planet. Hannah Hoag reports.

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.27

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Missing carbon mystery: Case solved? - pp36 - 37

Jane Burgermeister

Scientists claim to have located the 'missing carbon sink' in tropical forests that are absorbing around one billion tonnes more carbon than previously thought. Jane Burgermeister investigates.

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.35

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Not as pure as snow - pp38 - 39

Dan Whipple

Wind-blown dust from the Southwest US is shortening seasonal snow cover in Colorado's ski resorts.

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.36

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News and Views

Chemical engineering: Hybrid routes to biofuels - pp44 - 45

Lanny D. Schmidt & Paul J. Dauenhauer

Traditional methods for making fuels from biomass come in two forms — biological or chemical. The latest approach combines the best of both worlds, and heralds the advent of a second generation of biofuels.

Published online: 20 June 2007; doi:10.1038/447914a

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Article originally published in Nature 447

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Feature

The corporate race to cut carbon - pp40 - 43

Kurt Kleiner

Companies worldwide are now competing to cut their carbon emissions, but is this trend one of environmental concern, hard-headed business or careful PR? Kurt Kleiner investigates.

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.31

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Authors

Making the paper - pp46

Andrew Yool

A study challenges the method used to estimate carbon transport by phytoplankton to the deep sea.

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.32

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Making the paper - pp47

Kenneth L. Smith, Jr

Migrant icebergs are hot spots of ocean production, enhancing export of organic carbon to the deep sea.

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.33

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