Craig D. Idso

Craig D. Idso is the founder and chairman of the board of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change.

He is the brother of Keith E. Idso and son of Sherwood B. Idso.

Idso received his B.S. in Geography from Arizona State University, his M.S. in Agronomy from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, and his Ph.D. in Geography from Arizona State University, where he studied as one of a small group of University Graduate Scholars.^[1]

Idso's current research focus is on carbon sequestration, but he remains actively involved in several other aspects of global and environmental change, including climatology and meteorology, along with their impacts on agriculture. Idso has published scientific articles on issues related to data quality, the growing season, the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO₂, world food supplies, coral reefs, and urban CO₂ concentrations, the latter of which he investigated via a National Science Foundation grant as a faculty researcher in the Office of Climatology at Arizona State University. In addition, he has lectured in Meteorology at Arizona State University, and in Physical Geography at Mesa and Chandler-Gilbert Community Colleges.^[1] From 2001-2002, Idso served as Director of Environmental Science at Peabody Energy in St. Louis, MO.

Idso is a global warming skeptic. He is co-author with Fred Singer and Robert M. Carter of the reports of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), a study group of global warming skeptics.^[2][3] Idso advocates that increasing atmosphere carbon dioxide concentrations will instead benefit plant growth.^[4] With his name on 67 papers, Idso was the most represented author^[5] in a list of 938 peer reviewed papers alleged to be skeptical of global warming.^[6] Idso is a science adviser to the Science and Public Policy Institute.^[1]

Selected publications

• CD Idso, SB Idso, RC Balling. The urban CO₂ dome of Phoenix, Arizona, Physical Geography, 1998

• DE Stooksbury, CD Idso, KG Hubbard. Effects of data gaps on the calculated monthly mean maximum and minimum temperatures in the continental United States: a spatial and temporal study, Journal of Climate, Vol. 12, no. 5 II, pp. 1524–1533. 1999 Abstract

• CD Idso, SB Idso, BA Kimball, HS Park, JK Hoober, et al. Ultra-enhanced spring branch growth in CO₂-enriched trees: can it alter the phase of the atmosphere's seasonal CO₂ cycle?, Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2000

• CD Idso, SB Idso, RC Balling Jr. An intensive two-week study of an urban CO₂ dome in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Atmospheric Environment, 2001

• SB Idso, CD Idso, RC Balling Jr. Seasonal and diurnal variations of near-surface atmospheric CO₂ concentration within a residential sector of the urban CO₂ dome of Phoenix, AZ, USA, Atmospheric Environment, 2002

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Personnel". Science and Public Policy Institute. http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/personnel.html. 
2. ^ Idso, Craig; Singer, S. Fred (2009). Climate Change Reconsidered : The 2009 Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change. Chicago: Heartland Institute. ISBN 9781934791288. http://www.nipccreport.org/reports/2009/2009report.html. 
3. ^ Idso, Craig D.; Carter, Robert M.; Singer, S. Fred (2011). Climate Change Reconsidered : 2011 Interim Report. Chicago: Heartland Institute. ISBN 9781934791363. http://www.nipccreport.org/reports/2011/2011report.html. 
4. ^ Craig Idso. Carbon Dioxide: The Breath of Life. Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPNiBVU2QIA. 
5. ^ "Analysing the ‘900 papers supporting climate scepticism’: 9 out of top 10 authors linked to ExxonMobil". The Carbon Brief. http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2011/04/900-papers-supporting-climate-scepticism-exxon-links/. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
6. ^ "900+ Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skeptic Arguments Against ACC/AGW Alarm". PopularTechnology.net. April 13, 2011. http://www.populartechnology.net/2009/10/peer-reviewed-papers-supporting.html. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 

External links

• Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change; chairman: Craig D. Idso
• Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change

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