Supplements
Year of planet Earth
In this supplement
To celebrate the International Year of Planet Earth, this special supplement explores recent developments and future directions in the Earth sciences. With climate change to the fore, Earth scientists have much to offer society, and these articles explore both our understanding of the planet and how this knowledge can be used to benefit the people who live on it.
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Editorial
Year of planet Earth free access
Joanna Thorpe, Juliane Mössinger & John VanDecar
Nature 451, 257 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/451257a
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A tribe of jobbing ditchers free access
Ted Nield
Nature 451, 258–260 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06581
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A planetary perspective on the deep Earth free access
David J. Stevenson
Nature 451, 261–265 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06582
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Using seismic waves to image Earth's internal structure free access
Barbara Romanowicz
Nature 451, 266–268 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06583
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Mineralogy at the extremes free access
Thomas S. Duffy
Nature 451, 269–270 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06584
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Earthquake physics and real-time seismology free access
Hiroo Kanamori
Nature 451, 271–273 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06585
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From landscapes into geological history free access
Philip A. Allen
Nature 451, 274–276 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06586
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The rise of atmospheric oxygen free access
Lee R. Kump
Nature 451, 277–278 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06587
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An early Cenozoic perspective on greenhouse warming and carbon-cycle dynamics free access
James C. Zachos, Gerald R. Dickens & Richard E. Zeebe
Nature 451, 279–283 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06588
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Unlocking the mysteries of the ice ages free access
Maureen E. Raymo & Peter Huybers
Nature 451, 284–285 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06589
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Ocean circulation in a warming climate free access
J. R. Toggweiler & Joellen Russell
Nature 451, 286–288 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06590
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Terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics and climate feedbacks free access
Martin Heimann & Markus Reichstein
Nature 451, 289–292 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06591
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An Earth-system perspective of the global nitrogen cycle free access
Nicolas Gruber & James N. Galloway
Nature 451, 293–296 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06592
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A steep road to climate stabilization free access
Pierre Friedlingstein
Nature 451, 297–298 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06593
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Small-scale cloud processes and climate free access
Marcia B. Baker & Thomas Peter
Nature 451, 299–300 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06594
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Earth science and society free access
Frank Press
Nature 451, 301–303 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06595
