Editorial
State-of-the-Art Climate Models and Extreme Meteorological Events and Consequences: Some choice remarks on the ability of the former to correctly simulate the latter are provided by Kevin Trenberth.
Journal Reviews
Surface Melting and the Dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet: Does warming-induced surface melting lead to enhanced ice sheet movement towards the sea?
A Multi-Century History of Forest Fires in Central Siberia: Have fires in the region become more numerous in response to the global warming experienced since the end of the Little Ice Age?
Early Life Stages of Shrimp and Mussels in Low pH Seawater: Do the shellfish exhibit more-than-normal difficulties that portend further problems while progressing towards maturity?
Synergistic Effects of Heat and Other Stresses on Coral Larvae Survival: Just how important are the manynon-heat-induced threats to their survival?
Climate Change and Marine Productivity: A new review of the subject suggests that just the opposite of what climate alarmists tend to predict about the future may well come to pass instead.
Ocean Acidification Database
The latest addition of peer-reviewed data archived to our database of marine organism responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment is Purple Sea Urchin [Paracentrotus lividus]. To access the entire database,click here.
Plant Growth Database
Our latest results of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature are: Blue Grama (Augustine et al., 2011) and Western Wheatgrass (Augustine et al., 2011).
Medieval Warm Period Project
Was there a Medieval Warm Period? YES, according to data published by 998 individual scientists from 573 research institutions in 43 different countries … and counting! This issue’s Medieval Warm Period Record comes from Castilla-León, Northern Spain. To access the entire Medieval Warm Period Project’s database, click here.
World Temperatures Database
Back by popular demand and upgraded to allow patrons more choices to plot and view the data, we reintroduce the World Temperatures section of our website. Here, users may plot temperatures for the entire globe or regions of the globe. A newly added feature allows patrons the ability to plot up to six independent datasets on the same graph. Try it today. World Temperatures Database. (co2science.org)
