How does rising atmospheric CO2 affect marine organisms?

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Volume 11 Number 1:  2 January 2007

Editorial
Climate Model Problems: II. Hydrologic Cycle: All is far from "neat and clean" in man's attempts to model earth's evolving precipitation regime. In fact, the problems encountered have got some of the best minds in the field scratching their heads in bewilderment.

Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week
This issue's Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week comes from the Tropical Pacific Ocean.

Subject Index Summary
Evolution (Aquatic Life): Can marine and freshwater plants and animals evolve rapidly enough to successfully cope with the degree of global warming projected for earth's future?

Journal Reviews
A 7200-Year Climate Record of Canada's Boothia Peninsula: What does it reveal about the state of the region's current climate?

Late 20th-Century Drought in Morocco: How exceptional was it?

A Second Review of Drought in Morocco: How does it fit into the bigger picture of the entire Northern Hemisphere? And what does it suggest about coincident temperatures?

Glomalin in Ecosystems: Results of a Recent Literature Review: What do they reveal about the effects of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on soil glomalin concentrations and biospheric carbon sequestration?

Effects of Elevated CO2 on Plant-Herbivore Interactions: A recent review of the scientific literature comes up with some general conclusions.