Editorial
Evolutionary Adaptations to Climate Change: Can they occur rapidly enough to do any good in the face of predicted global warming?

Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week
This issue's Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week comes from Northern Icelandic Shelf, North Atlantic Ocean.

Subject Index Summary
Range Expansion (Plants - North America: United States, Scattered Locations): What do experimental and observational studies reveal about the nature of woody-plant range expansions across the wide expanse of the United States?

Journal Reviews
Lowest Flows and Largest Floods of Minnesota (USA) Rivers: How have the two hydrological extremes responded to the supposedly "unprecedented" global warming of the past few decades?

The Water Status of the Canadian Prairie Provinces: Is it getting better or worse?

A 1300-Year Record of Climate Change in Northern India: What major periods of earth's climatic history does it reveal?

Water Limitations of Terrestrial Plants in a CO2-Enriched and Warmer World: Perception vs. Reality: What may appear to be a straightforward plant physiological consequence of reduced soil water content is not necessarily so.

Direct Effect of CO2 vs. Indirect Effect of Projected CO2-Induced Climate Change on Rice Productivity in China: Which one wins?