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