Editorial
The Dark Ages Cold Period in China: Just how cold was it?  And what drastic measures might the cold of that period have prompted the government of the Beiwei Dynasty to take a millennium and a half ago?

Subject Index Summaries
Temperature (Urbanization Effects - General): How widespread is the urban heat island-induced contamination of earth's surface air temperature record?  Data from various parts of the world suggest it is nearly universal, even affecting tiny towns.

Weeds (Parasitic): How does the "balance of power" between parasitic weeds and their host plants shift as the air's CO2 content rises?

Journal Reviews
Arctic Sea Ice Behavior: Arctic sea ice extent decreased significantly from 1988 to 2001, encouraging climate alarmists to claim the decline was caused by CO2-induced global warming.  However ...

Glacier Fluctuations in Tropical Peru: What do they tell us about 20th-century warming?

Winter Temperatures and Mortality in England: How are the two related?  And how does the strength of the relationship compare with the strength of the relationship that prevails in summer?

Salinity, CO2 and Citrus Trees: How does atmospheric CO2 enrichment impact the deleterious consequences of salinity stress in citrus trees?

Atmospheric DMS in Relation to Local Coral Cover: Concomitant measurements of dissolved DMS, water-to-air DMS fluxes, and atmospheric DMS concentrations confirm corals as a significant source of this climatically-important trace gas.