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
In partnership with the Hopi Department of Natural Resources, Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) – a RISA program – has helped generate the first ever Hopi Quarterly Drought Status report.
CLIMAS RISA helps produce first ever Hopi Quarterly Drought Status Report Read More »
Research funded by the RISA program was published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The publication – Understanding Uncertainties in Future Colorado River Streamflow – is a synthesis of studies on Colorado River streamflow projections that examines methodological and model differences and their implications for water management.
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A report was based on the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA) was recently presented to the President’s Task Force for Climate Preparedness and Resilience.
Hawaii RISA helps create climate change adaptation report Read More »
CPO’s Adam Parris and Caitlin Simpson spoke at the National Council for Science and the Environment’s conference: “Building Climate Solutions,” which took place in Arlington, Va. from Jan. 28-30.
CPO scientists present at NCSE Conference Read More »
Researchers from the Western Water Assessment – a part of CPO’s Regional Integrated Sciences & Assessments (RISA) program – joined a Jan. 17 roundtable discussion on climate impacts in Salt Lake City featuring members of the White House staff.
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Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), a RISA program, announced that the University of Arizona’s Institute of the Environment has opened the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions, or CCASS, to help link science with the needs of decision makers
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New research partially funded by NOAA’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program may enable longer-term forecasts of U.S. heat waves. Scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research have fingerprinted a distinctive atmospheric wave pattern high above the Northern Hemisphere that can foreshadow the emergence of summertime heat waves in the United States more than two weeks in advance. The new research could, according to NCAR, potentially enable probability forecasts of U.S. heat waves 15-20 days out, giving society more time to prepare for these often-deadly events.
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SCIPP, the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (a RISA team), has published a new report: South Central U.S. Hazard and Climate Change Planning Assessment. The report looks at decision makers’ hazard planning practices, climate change planning practices and information and applications across SCIPP’s six-state region.
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The Quivira Coalition, a nonprofit organization based in Santa Fe, N.M., which is dedicated to building economic and ecological resilience on western working landscapes, has recognized Dr. Jonathan Overpeck for his leadership of the Climate Assessment of the Southwest (CLIMAS) RISA.
RISA scientist earns recognition for work at CLIMAS Read More »
On August 13, NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) announced a federal funding opportunity for the 2014 fiscal year. The full announcement of opportunity is available on the CPO Funding Opportunities page and on the Grants.Gov website. Letters of intent are due by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 10, 2013, and the deadline for final applications is Nov. 14, 2013.
NOAA Climate Program Office funding opportunity for FY 2014 now available Read More »