Some Global Cooling Expected?

An article published recently in Nature is creating quite a bit of buzz amongst the climate change community. The following research projects that surface temperatures in Europe and North America may not increase over the next decade. This has led to predictions of "global cooling:"

Keenlyside NS, et al. (2008 May 1). Advancing decadal-scale climate prediction in the North Atlantic sector. Nature;453:84-88. doi:10.1038/nature06921

Physical & Biological Changes Due to Climate Change

A team of scientists, led by Cynthia Rosenzweig at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has linked physical and biological system changes to the warming of surface and ocean temperatures. Their study is published in Nature:

Rosenzweig C, et al. (2008 May 15). Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change. Nature; 453(7193): 353-357. doi:10.1038/nature06937

Price on CO2 Emissions Would Immediately Reduce CO2 Emissions

A new study from Carnegie Mellon, published in Environmental Science and Technology, claims that the immediate imposition of a price on CO2 emissions of the largers generators of electricity in the US would lead to an immediate reduction in CO2 emissions in the short term:

Newcomer A, Blumsack SA, et al. (2008). Short Run Effects of a Price on Carbon Dioxide Emissions from U.S. Electric Generators.Environ. Sci. Technol., 42 (9), 3139-3144. DOI: 10.1021/es071749d

Benchmarking Air Emissions

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released its 2006 report titled, "Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Power Produces in the United States - 2006." This report not only compares and contrasts emissions from US electric power producers, but it estimates the financial impacts from proposed federal global warming legislation (e.g. Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act, Low Carbon Economy Act).

Vulcan Project Tracks US CO2 Emissions

The Vulcan project of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Purdue sheds a new light on US CO2 emissions by providing a level of detail previously unavailable: individual factories, roadways, powerplants, etc.

UNICEF Assesses Impacts to Children from Climate Change

UNICEF has issued a report on the effects of climate change on children: "Our Climate, Our Children, Our Responsibility: The Implications of Climate Change for the World's Children."