After growing up in Tempe Arizona, Idso received his B.S. in Geography from Arizona State University, his M.S. in Agronomy from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1996,[5] and his Ph.D. in geography from Arizona State University in 1998.[2][3] His doctoral thesis was titled, Amplitude and phase changes in the seasonal atmospheric CO2 cycle in the Northern Hemisphere.[6]
Career
Idso remains actively involved in several 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. His main focus is on the environmental benefits of carbon dioxide. In addition, he has lectured in meteorology at Arizona State University, and in Physical Geography at Mesa Community College and Chandler-Gilbert Community College.[2][3]
Idso, Craig D.; Idso, Sherwood B.; Kimball, Bruce A.; Park, Hyoung-Shin; Hoober, J. Kenneth; Balling Jr., Robert C. (2000). "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. 43 (2): 91–100. doi:10.1016/S0098-8472(99)00054-4.
^Idso, Craig D. (1996). A semi-empirical approach to quantifying temperature trends at 193 locations in the conterminous USA from 1961-1990. University of Nebraska - Lincoln. OCLC34822329.
^Idso, Craig D. (1998). Amplitude and phase changes in the seasonal atmospheric CO2 cycle in the Northern Hemisphere. Arizona State University. OCLC43074811.
