1. Climatic predictions and social responsibility — guest editorial

   • A. Barrie Pittock

   EditorialNotes Pages: 203 - 207

2. Are droughts predictable?

   • R. P. Kane
   • N. B. Trivedi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 223

3. The smoke plume from the bombed city of Dresden: A personal recollection

   • Eric B. Kraus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 230

4. General circulation model CO₂ sensitivity experiments: Snow-sea ice albedo parameterizations and globally averaged surface air temperature

   • Warren M. Washington
   • Gerald A. Meehl

   OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 241

5. The effect of changing climate on Australian biomass production — a preliminary study

   • A. B. Pittock
   • H. A. Nix

   OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 255

6. Accelerated plate motion and rates of volcanicity as controls on Archean climates

   • Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll
   • David McConchie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 265

7. Climatic variation and trends in the boreal forest region of Western Canada

   • T. Singh
   • J. M. Powell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 278

8. Possible influences of solar radiation variations on the atmospheric circulation in the northern hemisphere of the earth

   • Manfred Schmidt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 294

9. Book reviews

   • Bert Bolin
   • G. Shaw
   • M. J. Salinger

   BookReview Pages: 297 - 304