May 2008

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Editorial

Research is responsibility - pp49

Olive Heffernan

Published online: 01 May 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.42

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Research Highlights

Mammoth's last stand - pp50

Anna Barnett

Published online: 17 April 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.32

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Sandy storehouse - pp50

Alicia Newton

Published online: 17 April 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.34

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Seismic slippage - pp50

Anna Barnett

Published online: 24 April 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.36

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Northward bound - pp50

Alicia Newton

Published online: 01 May 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.40

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This year's model - pp51

Mark S. Allen

Published online: 01 May 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.39

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Ozone anxieties - pp51

Olive Heffernan

Published online: 01 May 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.41

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News Features

Plight of the pines - pp52 - 53

Brian Hoyle

Under attack from pine beetles that are thriving in a warmer climate, Canada's boreal forests could become a sizeable source of emissions in the coming decade. Brian Hoyle reports.

Published online: 24 April 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.35

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Breaking the ice - pp54 - 56

Dan Whipple

Scientists are becoming increasingly open to using local knowledge to understand how climate change could affect the world's most vulnerable, and often inaccessible, regions. But how useful are these data to science? Dan Whipple reports.

Published online: 24 April 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.38

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Commentary

Beware the lone killer - pp57 - 59

J. Alan Pounds & Luis A. Coloma

Why are harlequin frogs disappearing across the American tropics? A resifting of the evidence backs up the conclusion that global warming is a key conspirator in the losses.

Published online: 24 April 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.37

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Books and Arts

The Fine Life - pp60

Dave S. Reay

Humour can be a great vehicle for sustainable-living messages, but a lack of substance makes for a faltering ride.

Published online: 17 April 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.33

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News and Views

Natural ups and downs - pp61 - 62

Richard Wood1

The effects of global warming over the coming decades will be modified by shorter-term climate variability. Finding ways to incorporate these variations will give us a better grip on what kind of climate change to expect.

Published online: 30 April 2008; doi:10.1038/453043a

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