Global mean temperatures have been flat for 15 years despite an increase of heat-trapping greenhouse gases and new research by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that cooling in the eastern Pacific Ocean is behind the recent hiatus in global warming.
In a study funded in part by the NOAA Climate Program Office's MAPP program, researchers have constructed a 700-year record of the climate phenomenon known as El Niño that may be the most accurate ever made.
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on Tuesday, June 11 titled "Tropical Climate Extremes".
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on June 21, 2012 titled "State of Decadal Prediction".
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