The role of sustained observations in regional extreme heat attribution
Observations, in combination with models, are important for better understanding processes driving regional extreme heat events.
April 2020
CPO’s COCA and SARP launch Community of Practice webinar series
The series will explore science and research topics relevant to the “Managing Water Resources Along the Coast” community of practice.
SCIPP researchers publish manuscripts on extreme precipitation in the Southeast United States
Many locations, both urban and rural, in the region experience frequent flood events and the results from these studies confirm that precipitation is changing and offer possible explanations/attribution for the observed changes.
NOAA looks back at 50 years of science
Since 1990, the eleven CPO RISA teams have worked with governments, resource managers, tribes, and businesses to serve more than 400 communities, inform hundreds of local plans and policies, generate new research, and coordinate partnerships that promote social resilience.
Study shows how California Central Valley water usage is related to climate variability and land use
The study found that an initial estimate of diversions based on climate variables and land-use can be generated, and therefore could be used to drive Central Valley groundwater models to estimate pumping.
Large ocean currents system likely to critically impact climate response to greenhouse gases on centennial timescale
The findings have important implications for changes we are likely to see in the 21st century.
Large contribution from anthropogenic warming to emerging megadrought
The authors found that an otherwise moderate drought in the western United States was made into the most severe drought of the last 500 years and that our warming climate is playing a key role.
Drought less predictable under declining future snowpack
Water reserved in mountain snowpack plays a major role in seasonal water cycles and currently supplies water to an estimated two billion people.
13 Cities Launch Urban Heat Island Community Science Campaigns in 2020 with NOAA
The National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), in partnership with the NOAA CPO Communication Education and Engagement division and CAPA Strategies LLC will support and coordinate 13 community science Urban Heat Island (UHI) mapping field campaigns in cities across the country this summer.
Upcoming SARP/COCA virtual seminar at North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute Annual Conference
The seminar, “Wastewater Treatment Along North Carolina’s Changing Coastlines,” will focus on the impacts of coastal hazards (e.g. extreme precipitation, high-tide flooding) and sea level rise on wastewater treatment infrastructure along the coast.