Earth and Environment

• IN BRIEF: Geophysicists accused of breach of publishing ethics

  7 January 2009

• Ocean research: The lab at the bottom of the sea - Premium content

  The best way to study life beneath the waves is to live there. Mark Schrope describes his experiences in the world's longest-running undersea laboratory.

  7 January 2009

• Forestry: A green investment - Premium content

  If growing forests in India can generate lucrative carbon credits, then why isn't everyone planting trees? Paroma Basu reports.

  7 January 2009

• China builds inland Antarctic base

  Kunlun station to open later this month atop the frozen continent's oldest ice.

  6 January 2009

• Can aircraft trails affect climate? - Premium content

  Grounding planes after the 11 September attacks may not have caused unusual temperature effects.

  31 December 2008

• Whatever happened to &? - Premium content

  As the year draws to a close, Nature looks back on a selection of news stories to find out what happened next.

  30 December 2008

• Downturn hits Chicago's natural history museum - Premium content

  Staff and science cut as museum's endowments crash.

  23 December 2008

• Canada's scientists face an uncertain future - Premium content

  Political turmoil leaves key positions in doubt.

  18 December 2008

• Drillers hit Hawaiian magma - Premium content

  Chance discovery allows up-close study of inner-earth processes.

  17 December 2008

• Drinking water contamination mapped - Premium content

  Wide-ranging survey reveals low levels of some drugs and pesticides in US tap water.

  17 December 2008