Erl Happ: El Nino. How big? How long? « Climate Change

The next warming event should reach its peak early in 2011. A cycle of cooling is already underway. However it is at this stage still remote from the equator. On the basis of recent experience it is expected to continue for a year. It should plumb new depths for tropical sea surface temperature and have a strong impact on witer temperature at high latitudes.

Giving New Meaning to ‘Electric Avenue’ - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

In May, scientists at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology demonstrated how induction strips and inverters embedded in a road can carry a current that recharges specially designed electric vehicles on the fly. The cars in such a system — aimed primarily at urban areas — would be equipped with compact batteries that have a 50-mile range.