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The Planet Earth Blog

Highlights and links to more environmental science stories, events and achievements.

Updated: 20 May 2013

Cryosat

Team heads to the Arctic to test satellite's accuracy

The researchers need to test how well its radar can see through snow.

Updated: 20 April 2011

Alan Jamieson

Hadeep - the final mission

Join Alan Jamieson on his latest research cruise to the deep-ocean trenches of the Pacific.

Updated: 18 March 2011

Alan Jamieson

Japan earthquake - a first-hand account

Scientist describes what happened when the earthquake struck.

Updated: 11 March 2011

Glacier meets ocean

Antarctic ice freezing from bottom up

Important new evidence for formation of Antarctic ice.

Updated: 4 March 2011

Aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake

Earthquake strikes New Zealand

Seismologists are monitoring the latest quake to hit Christchurch.

Updated: 22 February 2011

Solar flare

Science Minister and space weather

The Science Minister visited the British Geological Survey last week.

Updated: 17 February 2011

Bipedal gorilla

Walk like a man

What's the relationship between walking upright and carrying things?

Updated: 2 February 2011

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