The onset of summer in England has been advancing since the mid 1950s, research from a pair of University of Sheffield geographers has shown.

By Cowell, C Mark Hayes, James J COWELL, C. M. (Department of Geography, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211) AND J. J. HAYES (Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405). Structure, history and dynamics of a mature oak-beech forest in western Indiana. J. Torrey Bot.

ABSTRACT An innovative interdisciplinary project at California State University, Long Beach, was designed to increase the attractiveness of the geosciences (physical geography, geology, and archaeology) to underrepresented groups.