September 2007

Content for this issue will be added, weekly, over the next month and can be downloaded in full as a digital issue at the end of the month.

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Editorial

Consensus on cause, but not on cuts - pp49

Olive Heffernan

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.48

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Research Highlights

Climate catastrophe - pp50

Harvey Leifert

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.39

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The future's wet - pp50

Samia Mantoura

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.40

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Snail sayonara - pp50

Robin Wilkinson

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.43

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Polished predictions - pp50

Olive Heffernan

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.47

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Storm warning - pp51

Harvey Leifert

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.44

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An ice time - pp51

Samia Mantoura

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.50

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News Feature

The even darker side of brown clouds - pp52 - 53

Amanda Leigh Haag

Atmospheric aerosols compete with carbon dioxide as an agent of warming.

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.41

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Commentary

Does heavier rain mean a bigger sink? - pp54 - 56

Dave S. Reay

Reactive nitrogen, a known pollutant, has the ability to fertilize forests, thereby boosting land-based carbon sinks. Dave S. Reay looks at its potential to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.38

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Books & Arts

Tempestuous times - pp57

Is there scientific evidence of the link between climate change and hurricanes?

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.42

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Going in the right direction - pp58 - 59

Could reducing your carbon footprint be both fun and profitable?

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.45

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Q&A

Biodiversity: Climate change and the ecologist - pp60 - 62

Wilfried Thuiller

The evidence for rapid climate change now seems overwhelming. Global temperatures are predicted to rise by up to 4 °C by 2100, with associated alterations in precipitation patterns. Assessing the consequences for biodiversity, and how they might be mitigated, is a Grand Challenge in ecology.

Published online: 01 August 2007; doi:10.1038/448550a

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Correspondence

Assessing uncertainty in climate simulations - pp63

Piers Forster, Gabriele Hegerl, Reto Knutti, V. Ramaswamy, Susan Solomon, Thomas F. Stocker, Peter Stott & Francis Zwiers

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.46a

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Assessing uncertainty in climate simulations - authors' response - pp64

S. E. Schwartz, R. J. Charlson & H. Rodhe

doi:10.1038/climate.2007.46b

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