February 2008

Editorial

• Benefits forgot - Ted Nield bemoans the oft-forgot benefits of science and technology
• Beating the system - Nick Petford asks whether Earth System Science could find itself a beneficiary in the new system of Citation Analysis

People

• Carousel; Deaths;
  
• Mapping Mountains exhibition hits Piccadilly

Geonews

• Monster muncher.  Devonian bugs could have collected you, says Dwain Eldred.
• Fixing the Bubble - the future of CO₂ sequestration?  By Emily Baldwin
• Deep in the Forest something stirred - A new geological attraction for the Forest of Dean
• Nevada Spooked - Polonium in the drinking water...

Society at Large

• Elections

Reviews

• Reviews by Ted Nield, David Nowell and Dick Selley

Opinion

• Goalposts on the move - Nick Petford on what citation analysis could mean for Earth science departments.

Feature

• Wrong kind of Rain - hydrogeologist Michael Price discusses UK geology and water supply in a changing climate.
  

Letters 

Crossword

Sticks & Stones

By DUGZ.