Editorial
Ocean Acidification's Impact on Planktonic Community Fatty Acids: Is it good, bad or indifferent? ... and why do we even care?

Subject Index Summary
Temperature Trends (Asia: China): Multiple real-world studies of the temperature histories of many parts of China provide no support for climate-alarmist claims of an impending anthropogenic-CO2-induced melt-down of the world.

Journal Reviews
Modeling Southern Ocean Bottom Water Characteristics: How well do the CMIP5 models do?

Modeling the Indian Ocean Dipole: A Progress Report (of Sorts): How have things progressed in going from the CMIP3 to the CMIP5 set of models?

The Effects of Ocean Acidification on Octocorals: How serious are they? ... and why should we care?

Southern Elephant Seals of Maritime Antarctica: How are they faring in the face of upward-trending temperatures?

The Virtues of Promiscuity in Coral Larvae: What are they? ... and what do they imply about the future?

Acidification of the Small Larvae of a Large Tropical Marine Fish: Can the little larvae handle a big dose of anthropogenically-produced CO2?