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
Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA) program, a NOAA CAP/RISA team, researchers publish article proposing new methods for inclusive engagement to better prepare for the future with climate change.
CPO employees Ariela Zycherman and Morgan Zabow will present at NOAA’s third Equity in Action Symposium to discuss environmental justice and equity efforts across NOAA and the ways in which RISA and NIHHIS contribute to the President’s Justice40 Initiative.
This virtual webinar, titled Planning for Fire: Wildfire, Water Quality, and Local Preparedness in the West, highlights graduate student work on local fire risk reduction planning and water quality planning in the face of wildfire risk.
The Green Infrastructure, Climate, and Cities Seminar invites researchers and practitioners from around the country to come and present ideas for resilient, sustainable cities in response to climate extremes.
The project exhibits on-the-ground details being incorporated into existing drought monitoring processes.
Alaska Climate Specialist Rick Thoman is playing a critical role in contributing to local and national coverage of historic Typhoon Merbok and its detrimental impacts on Western Alaskan Native communities.
Dwyer was hired as a Climate Adaptation Program Specialist to support NOAA RISA in the U.S. Virgin Islands. His position will help establish critical interagency and community-based partnerships necessary to further climate adaptation planning and preparedness.
Ms. Moehlenkamp attended the Palau Indigenous Knowledge Exchange to participate in traditional forms of aquaculture and navigation, exploring Indigenous coastal solutions to climate change mitigation, adaptation, resilience, and building alliances for a united Pacific.
The study, published in the Journal of Weather and Climate Extremes, found that the use of ensemble-based flood forecasting systems are more advanced than single forecasting systems, as they provide better information that can be used in emergency management decision making in the event of a disaster.
This research analyzed focus group responses to better understand the context for heat health warning systems and help incorporate stakeholder needs and interests into future management.