Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Rajan's Take: Climate Change: Snow in Sahara desert; UAE under Cold Wave; Igloo village in Davos; Leh minus 22 deg C; Arctic Oscillation turns strongly negative

It’s all happening. The Arctic Oscillation (AO) has finally flipped to its strongly negative mode and if it stays that way, a deep freeze is on its way that would plunge global temperatures to lows, last seen during the 1945-77 global cooling cycle the very least. A foretaste of winter to come during February is already indicated by some of these very recent events:

Full transcript: Obama's 2012 State of the Union Address | The Asbury Park Press NJ | APP.com

The differences in this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change. But there's no reason why Congress shouldn't at least set a clean energy standard that creates a market for innovation. So far, you haven't acted

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