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Mice put endangered petrels at risk of extinction

The mice are demolishing the only breeding population of Atlantic petrels in the world

Scientists sound acid alarm for plankton

Acid's effects amplified for some of the smallest marine organisms

Tasting the salt of the oceans

What satellite imagery is telling us about the global water cycle

Drought and record rainfall, indoor avalanches

Why England is in drought, and studying avalanches inside

Scientists sound acid alarm for plankton

Tasting the salt of the oceans

Drought and record rainfall, indoor avalanches

Mice put endangered petrels at risk of extinction

Map of salinity

Tasting the salt of the oceans

11 May 2012

New satellite images give global views of the distribution of salt and fresh water across the surface of the Earth's oceans. Now scientists are using this information to learn about the global water cycle.

A lake on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Spotting ice from space

How satellites are revolutionising our ability to monitor the fast-changing poles.

4 May 2012


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Mouse in petrel nest

Mice put endangered petrels at risk of extinction

The mice are demolishing the only breeding population in the world.

16 May 2012

Seaweed as biofuel

Algae cultivation could boost UK industry

UK companies could cash in on chance to produce algal biofuels.

15 May 2012

Dried up river

Drought and record rainfall, indoor avalanches

Why England is in drought, and studying avalanches inside.

8 May 2012

Plankton

Microscopic plants, using volcanic ash for dating

What you should know about phytoplankton, and volcanic dating.

24 April 2012