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Warming world altering thousands of natural systems 10.1038/news.2008.823 Earth and Environment Wed May 14 17:48:25 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed May 14 17:48:25 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080514/full/news.2008.824.html?s=news_rss But officials insist system will work for bigger quakes. Japan's earthquake warning system fails again 10.1038/news.2008.824 Earth and Environment Wed May 14 17:14:18 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed May 14 17:14:18 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080514/full/news.2008.825.html?s=news_rss The amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is higher than an any other point in the past 800,000 years. Ice cores reveal climate secrets 10.1038/news.2008.825 Earth and Environment Wed May 14 17:13:28 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed May 14 17:13:28 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080514/full/453268a.html?s=news_rss Climate scientists call for major new modelling facility. 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A broad view of quake 'prediction' 10.1038/news.2008.813 Earth and Environment Fri May 09 15:15:02 EDT 2008 News at Nature Fri May 09 15:15:02 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080508/full/news.2008.808.html?s=news_rss Settlers travelled to the coast to get their seaweed. Early Americans had a coastal diet 10.1038/news.2008.808 Earth and Environment Thu May 08 17:02:05 EDT 2008 News at Nature Thu May 08 17:02:05 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080507/full/news.2008.803.html?s=news_rss But the biological cost of maintaining their skeletons may be too high. Brittlestars can survive acid oceans 10.1038/news.2008.803 Earth and Environment Wed May 07 00:01:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed May 07 00:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080507/full/453145b.html?s=news_rss Patent on Mexican yellow beans is reversed 10.1038/453145b Earth and Environment Wed May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080507/full/453146a.html?s=news_rss A new way to analyse seismic vibrations is bringing order out of noise to help predict volcanic eruptions or create detailed images of Earth's interior. Rachel Courtland reports. Earth science: Harnessing the hum 10.1038/453146a Earth and Environment Wed May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080502/full/news.2008.799.html?s=news_rss Rising temperatures are affecting European hop harvests. 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