"We are currently living in a global cooling period which is likely to continue for a decade"

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Lead researcher Ka-Kit Tung, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle, published in Science magazine.

http://www.wallstreetotc.com/global-warming-slowdown-linked-to-atlantic-ocean/27793/

There's additional concern that the Icelandic volcano that has begun to erupt will spew enough particulate matter to further cool areas in the Western Hemisphere.