Editorial
On the Importance of Land: Where does it rank on the list of essential biospheric resources?

Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week
This issue's Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week comes from Lake Hayq, North-central Highlands of South Wollo, Ethiopia.

Subject Index Summary
Ozone (Effects on Plants - Tree Species: Yellow-Poplar): How will earth's yellow-poplar trees react if atmospheric CO2 and O3 concentrations continue to rise in the days and years ahead?

Journal Reviews
The "Divergence Problem" in Tree-Ring Reconstructions of Temperature: What is it? And why would its resolution be so important?

Sea-Level Trends of the North Indian Ocean: Are they consistent with global estimates?

Flood and Drought Variability in China's Yangtze Delta: How is it related to temperature variability on the Tibetan Plateau?

The Impact of Global Warming on Cool-Season Plants: How difficult does it make life for them?

China: Getting Greener (In the Good Sense): As the air's temperature and CO2 content have risen ever higher, so too has the country's net primary productivity risen hand-in-hand with the "twin evils" of the climate-alarmist crowd.