How does rising atmospheric CO2 affect marine organisms?

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Volume 15 Number 34:  22 August 2012

Editorial
Can Bioenergy from Forest Products Significantly and Sustainably Reduce Fossil Fuel Use?: A thoughtful review of the subject suggests not.

Subject Index Summary
Fluctuating Asymmetry: Higher concentrations of atmospheric CO2 tend to reduce fluctuating asymmetry in plant leaves, leading to more symmetrical leaves that appear to be less susceptible to attacks by herbivores.

Journal Reviews
Do Regional Climate Models Realistically Represent Precipitation?: A new study of precipitation variability and extremes over Portugal gives one pause for thought.

Hydroclimatic Extremes in the Basin of the Blue Nile: Have they become more frequent or severe in response to global warming?

Floods Across the United States: Trends of the Last Century: How did the floods vary, as the air's CO2 content rose by some 32%?

Climate Change and Mushroom Productivity: Has warming been good or bad for the friendly fungi that produce the well-known fruiting bodies? ... and has the result been good or bad for man, other animal life and the environment?

Effects of Ocean Acidification on Coastal Plankton Communities: How significant are they?

Health Effects of Increasing Diurnal Temperature Range in Korea: What are its effects on cardiovascular and respiratory hospital admissions?

Medieval Warm Period Project
The latest Medieval Warm Period Record comes from Jenny Lake, Southwest Yukon Territory, Canada.

Ocean Acidification Database
The latest addition of peer-reviewed data archived to our database of marine organism responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment is Plankton Community (pigment-based biomass estimates). To access the entire database, click here.