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
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
See also: Editor's summary
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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