New Content on CO2 Science http://www.co2science.org Summary of new material published weekly on CO2 Science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:29:19 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Ed Miliband's "War on Climate Sceptics" http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/EDIT.php It's an operation that is sadly misdirected. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:29:17 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/EDIT.php Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week http://www.co2science.org/data/mwp/studies/l1_bonifaceriver.php Was there a Medieval Warm Period? YES, according to data published by 804 individual scientists from 476 separate research institutions in 43 different countries ... and counting! This issue's Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week comes from the Boniface River Area, Northern Québec, Canada. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:28:52 GMT http://www.co2science.org/data/mwp/studies/l1_bonifaceriver.php Little Ice Age (Regional - South America: Peru) http://www.co2science.org/subject/l/summaries/perulia.php An externally-driven millennial-scale oscillatory phenomenon has been influencing the climate of Peru -- and most all of the rest of the world as well -- as far back in time as researchers have been able to discern its effects. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:27:56 GMT http://www.co2science.org/subject/l/summaries/perulia.php Plant Growth Data http://www.co2science.org/ This week we add new results of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature for: Chinese Red Pine (Zhao et al., 2009), Reed Grass (Zhao et al., 2009), Soybean (Kanemoto et al., 2009), and Sugar Beet (Burkart et al., 2009). Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:27:33 GMT http://www.co2science.org/ The Hydrometeorology of the Amazon Basin http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/C1.php How did it vary over the last seven decades of the 20th century? Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:27:10 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/C1.php The Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age in Northern Patagonia http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/C2.php How do their times-of-occurrence compare with those of the rest of the world? ... and how do their temperatures compare with those of the present? Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:26:45 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/C2.php Deaths Due to Coronary Heart Disease in the Elderly http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/B1.php What a difference a day makes! Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:26:22 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/B1.php Dengue Fever and Climate Change http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/B2.php Does the latter promote the former? Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:25:58 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/B2.php The Effects of Increases in Atmospheric CO2 and Soil Nitrogen Concentrations on Grassland Biodiversity http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/B3.php How do the impacts differ when the two phenomena occur separately and concurrently? And what are the implications of the results? Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:25:35 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N6/B3.php