This week in Ecology and Society

State of the Planet: A Snapshot [Audio Slide Show]

Special Online Collection: Science, Language, and Literacy

Evidence for the role of organics in aerosol particle formation under atmospheric conditions

Water as an essential nutrient: the physiological basis of hydration

Ecological processes can synchronize marine population dynamics over continental scales

Universal model for water costs of gas exchange by animals and plants

Asian Monsoon Failure and Megadrought During the Last Millennium