New Content on CO2 Science http://www.co2science.org Summary of new material published weekly on CO2 Science Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:30:09 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss How Corals Are Able to Tolerate Significant Seawater Acidification http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/EDIT.php It's a complex process; but it appears to be capable of doing what needs to be done. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:30:00 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/EDIT.php Nitrous Oxide -- Summary http://www.co2science.org/subject/n/summaries/nitrousoxide.php Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an influential greenhouse gas, with a global warming potential approximately 300 times that of CO2 on a per-molecule basis; and, therefore, understanding the factors controlling the concentration of this gas in the atmosphere, and how its sources and sinks vary with changes in climate and other factors, has been a topic of great concern among the scientific community. Consequently, in this Summary we review important research that has been conducted on this topic, beginning with a discussion of studies examining how increases in atmospheric CO2 might modify the release of N2O into the atmosphere. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:28:56 GMT http://www.co2science.org/subject/n/summaries/nitrousoxide.php Another Test of CMIP5 Models: What Problems Were Detected? http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/C1.php With 21 scientists identified as authors of this study, one would expect some pretty significant results. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:28:24 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/C1.php Seven Centuries of Avalanche Activity in the Southern French Alps http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/C2.php Do they provide any evidence of increasing frequency or severity in response to global warming? Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:27:57 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/C2.php Effects of Aquatic Acidification on a Widespread Toxic Haptophyte http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/C3.php What are they? Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:27:28 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/C3.php The Effects of Elevated CO2 on Tree Intrinsic Water Use Efficiency http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/B1.php What are they? ... and how significant are they? Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:26:56 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/B1.php The Effect of Elevated CO2 on Tomato Plant Lateral Root Growth http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/B2.php Is it of minor or major significance? Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:26:24 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/B2.php Negative Effects of Salinity on Barley: How Can They Be Reduced? http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/B3.php The answer is intimated by the title of the reference listed in this review. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:25:55 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V16/N24/B3.php Ocean Acidification Database http://www.co2science.org/data/acidification/calcification/calcification_results.php?l=L&filename=calcification The latest addition of peer-reviewed data archived to our database of marine organism responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment is Mediterranean Crustose Coralline Algae [Lithophyllum cabiochae]. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:25:04 GMT http://www.co2science.org/data/acidification/calcification/calcification_results.php?l=L&filename=calcification Plant Growth Database http://www.co2science.org/ Our latest results of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature are: Hybrid Aspen (Sun et al., 2012) and Sticky Snakeroot (Lei et al., 2012). Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:24:40 GMT http://www.co2science.org/ Medieval Warm Period Project http://www.co2science.org/data/mwp/studies/l3_badanitallake.php Was there a Medieval Warm Period? YES, according to data published by 1164 individual scientists from 669 research institutions in 46 different countries ... and counting! Our latest Medieval Warm Period Record comes from Badanital Lake, Rudraprayag District, Garhwal Himalaya, India. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:24:13 GMT http://www.co2science.org/data/mwp/studies/l3_badanitallake.php