New Content on CO2 Science http://www.co2science.org Summary of new material published weekly on CO2 Science Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:20 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Algal Symbionts Appear to Determine Responses of Calcifying Organisms to Ocean Acidification http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/EDIT.php And if one type won't help them, perhaps another will??? Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:15 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/EDIT.php Peatlands -- Summary http://www.co2science.org/subject/p/summaries/peatlands.php Earth's peatlands contain a vast amount of sequestered carbon, about as much, in fact, as that contained in the entire atmosphere. As a result, they are vital elements of the planet's carbon cycle and have the potential to significantly impact its climate. In this summary, we briefly review the findings of several papers that come to bear upon this topic. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:09:47 GMT http://www.co2science.org/subject/p/summaries/peatlands.php Precipitation within the Waikato Region of New Zealand http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/C1.php How has it been affected by over a century of global warming? Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:09:21 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/C1.php Late Holocene Climate on the Korean Peninsula http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/C2.php How did it compare with that of other parts of the world? Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:08:54 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/C2.php A 2000-Year Temperature History of the Mountainous West Eifel Volcanic Field of Germany http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/C3.php What does it reveal about the natural millennial-scale oscillation of earth's climate? ... and about the relative warmth of the Medieval Warm Period? Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:08:29 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/C3.php Genetic Adaptation to Warming Revealed in Study of Water Fleas http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/B1.php What was done? ... and what was learned? Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:08:03 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/B1.php The Last Half of 20th-Century European Forest Growth http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/B2.php How did it vary? ... and what was the hierarchy of responsible factors? Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:07:33 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N5/B2.php Ocean Acidification Database http://www.co2science.org/data/acidification/growth/growth_results.php?l=P&filename=growth The latest addition of peer-reviewed data archived to our database of marine organism responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment is Purple Sea Urchin [Strongylocentrotus purpuratus]. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:07:08 GMT http://www.co2science.org/data/acidification/growth/growth_results.php?l=P&filename=growth 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: Candle Anemone (Lee et al., 2011) and Yarrow (Lee et al., 2011). Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:06:43 GMT http://www.co2science.org/