Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Inflation Reduction Act will support NOAA, partner research to advance long-range projections of tropical storms, heat waves, ocean changes
CPO’s role in co-sponsoring greenhouse gas (GHG) research and convening stakeholders supports the National Strategy to Advance an Integrated U.S. Greenhouse Gas Measurement, Monitoring and Information Service outlines a coordinated, sustained effort to improve GHG data and information across federal agencies.
The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) represents the latest science in assessing changes in the climate, its national and regional impacts, and options to reduce present and future risk. Every five years, the U.S. Global Change Research Program releases a new National Climate Assessment. The newest assessment, NCA5, is a resource to understand how drought
NCA5: Drought and Climate Change in 10 Maps Read More »
In a changing climate, the intensity, duration, and frequency of droughts may change. This poses new challenges for drought assessment. To discuss these challenges, the CPO-led National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Climate Hubs co-hosted the Drought Assessment in a Changing Climate Technical Working Meeting on February 28–March
Assessing Drought In A Changing Climate Read More »
A new AC4-funded study develops a new wildfire smoke tracking and Fire Radiative Power (FRP) estimation tool using weather radar, which can fill in gaps missed by traditional satellite measurements.
A New Tool for Tracking Wildfire Smoke: Weather Radar Read More »
NCCOS Competitive Research Program (CRP) Regional Ecosystem Research Program and partners, including MAPP, are announcing $4.2M in funding for multi-stressor research.
A new CVP-supported study develops a highly skilled biogeochemical ocean forecast up to ten months, demonstrating an improved modeling method for short-term changes to inform marine fisheries managers.
Improved Short-Term Forecasts for Fisheries Managers Read More »
The urban heat island mapping program was showcased at the White House Demo Day on November 7th, where President Biden learned about the CPO housed program.
NOAA Showcased Innovative Climate Solutions at White House Event with President Biden Read More »
This monograph presents key information to federal, state and local agencies that could potentially help lower barriers to understanding the impacts of climate change in local policies, regulations and infrastructure designs.
Researchers use a new global paleoclimate data product to enhance our understanding of the ways temperature and precipitation have responded to each other over the past 2,000 years, in a new COM-supported Nature Geoscience paper.