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CPO-supported publication highlights the importance of interdisciplinary research for improving regional models of relative sea level change

July 27, 2015

New research synthesis supported by NOAA's Climate Program Office has been published in Current Climate Change Reports. The paper by Kopp et al., "Geographic Variability of Sea-Level Change" ... ...

Facilitating the Use of Drought Early Warning Information through Interactions with Agricultural Stakeholders

July 22, 2015

Rapid onset drought events or "flash droughts" occur rapidly (i.e., as short as a few weeks) and can impact agriculture harsher than longer lasting droughts because farmers have less time to prepare . ...

National Integrated Heat Health Information System Workshop

July 20, 2015

From July 28-30, Climate Program Office Director Wayne Higgins and CPO Climate and Health Lead Juli Trtanj are participating in a workshop on the development of climate services for a National ... ...

New center to advance drought research, preparedness

June 25, 2015

Drought affects every state in the U. S. Its impacts cut across economies and the environment and can last for years. Since 1980 more than 20 drought events have cost the nation at least $1 billion .. ...

Cultural knowledge and local vulnerability in African American Communities

June 10, 2015

Policymakers need to know what factors are most important in determining local vulnerability to facilitate effective adaptation to climate change. Quantitative vulnerability indices are helpful but .. ...

Semi-arid regions may be key to understanding and predicting variations in the land CO2 sink

June 10, 2015

Terrestrial ecosystems pull about one-fourth of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions out of the atmosphere per year, serving as a sink for CO 2 since industrialization. Minor swings in CO 2 fluxes can cause . ...

Global warming's new predictors of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall

June 10, 2015

Since the end of the 19th century, Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) predictions have improved. However, prediction skill of the operational forecasts from 1989-2012 is quite low. Variations as .. ...

CPO leads NOAA engagement for a White House public-private partnership on Climate Services for Resilient Development (CSRD)

June 9, 2015

The NOAA Climate Program Office is working closely with USAID and OSTP on the U. S.-initiated public-private partnership on Climate Services for Resilient Development (CSRD), which was originally ... ...

Is the Indian Ocean a potential sink for missing atmospheric heat?

June 8, 2015

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the rate of global warming has slowed despite rising greenhouse gas levels and increasing net radiation at the top of the atmosphere. A paper resulting from .. ...

Cultural knowledge and local vulnerability in African American Communities

June 8, 2015

A paper supported by a grant from CPO's Coastal and Ocean Climate Applications (COCA) program, was published online in Nature Climate Change on June 8. The paper: "Cultural knowledge and local ... ...

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