Over at Watts Up With That, Anthony Watts has been closely following the global downturn in temperatures. It seems that the Pacific Decadal Oscillation has been offically recognized as having turned to a cool phase, NASA: PDO flip to cool phase confirmed - cooler times ahead for the West Coast?. Have you read about this anywhere in normal press outlets where we are supposed to find objective analysis and reporting on what is going on in the world around us? I didn't think so.