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Volume 13 Number 24:  16 June 2010

Editorial
The Persistence of Species: They are not slip-sliding away, even slowly, into the netherworld of extinction as a result of CO2-induced global warming.

Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week
This issue's Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week comes from Malangen Fjord, Norway.

Subject Index Summary
Ocean Acidification (Effects on Marine Plants: Phytoplankton -- Coccolithophores): How do the microscopic algae that are the most prolific shell producers of the world's oceans respond to increases in the air's CO2 concentration that are claimed by climate alarmists to lead to dramatic decreases in their ability to conduct calcification?

Journal Reviews
American Pikas and Global Warming: Are they really as threatened by the possibility of rising temperatures as climate alarmists have made them out to be?

Breeding Birds and Wind Farms: Are the two compatible?

The Demise of the Monteverde Golden Toad: The story continues.

The Thermal Preferences of Ecuadorian Butterflies of the Amazon: They mostly like it -- relatively speaking -- hot.

Insect Herbivores, Insectivores and Detritivores in a Scrub-Oak Ecoystem: How are they all affected by atmospheric CO2 enrichment?