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
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
Ted Nield
Nature 451, 258–260 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06581
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A planetary perspective on the deep Earth
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
Barbara Romanowicz
Nature 451, 266–268 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06583
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Mineralogy at the extremes
Thomas S. Duffy
Nature 451, 269–270 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06584
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Earthquake physics and real-time seismology
Hiroo Kanamori
Nature 451, 271–273 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06585
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From landscapes into geological history
Philip A. Allen
Nature 451, 274–276 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06586
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The rise of atmospheric oxygen
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pierre Friedlingstein
Nature 451, 297–298 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06593
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Small-scale cloud processes and climate
Marcia B. Baker & Thomas Peter
Nature 451, 299–300 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06594
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Earth science and society
Frank Press
Nature 451, 301–303 (17 January 2008) doi:10.1038/nature06595
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