New Content on CO2 Science http://www.co2science.org Summary of new material published weekly on CO2 Science Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:40:57 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Costs of Free Energy http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/EDIT.php Like the "free lunch," free energy is not exactly what it's made out to be. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:40:55 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/EDIT.php Ocean Acidification (Effects on Marine Animals: Miscellaneous) -- Summary http://www.co2science.org/subject/o/summaries/acidanimals.php A hodge-podge of miscellaneous sea creatures have been scrutinized for their responses to "ocean acidification." What do the studies reveal? Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:40:30 GMT http://www.co2science.org/subject/o/summaries/acidanimals.php Greenland Temperatures of the Past Millennium Based on Nitrogen and Argon Isotopic Ratios http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/C1.php An impressive new study testifies to the reality of the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:38:18 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/C1.php The Naturally Oscillating Climate of Northern Norway http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/C2.php Fjord sediments reveal the four major cool and warm periods of the last 1500 years. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:37:51 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/C2.php The Temperature Sensitivity of Global Biospheric Respiration http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/B1.php Terrestrial ecosystem respiration was long believed to increase strongly with temperature; but that is now believed no longer. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:37:23 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/B1.php The Power of Acclimation: How Trees Respond to Warming in Natural Settings http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/B2.php Are the air temperatures at which different tree species optimally photosynthesize firmly fixed? ... or can they adjust their physiology to accommodate a modest warming? ... or maybe even a warming of the magnitude predicted by the world's climate alarmists? Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:37:01 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/B2.php The Effects of Warming on Alpine Vegetation in the Swiss Alps http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/B3.php They wouldn't be negative, would they? Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:36:32 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V13/N35/B3.php 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: Couch Grass (Crous et al., 2010), Kentucky Bluegrass (Crous et al., 2010), and Smooth Brome (Crous et al., 2010). Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:36:10 GMT http://www.co2science.org/ Medieval Warm Period Project http://www.co2science.org/data/mwp/studies/l2_jinchuan.php Was there a Medieval Warm Period? YES, according to data published by 869 individual scientists from 516 separate research institutions in 43 different countries ... and counting! This issue's Medieval Warm Period Record comes from the Jinchuan Peat Marsh, Huinan County, Jilin Province, China. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:35:41 GMT http://www.co2science.org/data/mwp/studies/l2_jinchuan.php