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Nature 439, 770-771 (16 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439770b; Published online 15 February 2006

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Plans to pare down climate centre anger UK ecologists

Jim Giles

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British response to global warming will be impaired, say critics.

Britain's ability to respond to the threats of climate change and pollution will be damaged if plans to downsize a key research institute go ahead, ecologists have warned.The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) risks losing a third of its 600 staff and half of its research sites if its main funder, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), follows through with reform proposals.