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
Webinar: Pollination Changes Across Alaska Read More »
On June 24 and 25, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) hosted its first-ever institutional review with its International Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee.
On June 24 and 25, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) hosted its first-ever institutional review with its International Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee.
Representatives from the RISA community participated in the meeting with the goal of moving beyond discussions to actually taking action to improve the science-policy interface.
RISAs Participate in AGU Science Policy Meeting in Washington DC Read More »
Nancy Beller-Simms, the program manager of the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research program participated in a Senate Committee roundtable event on July 18, 2013.
CPO’s Beller-Simms participates in Senate Committee roundtable Read More »
NOAA, in partnership with FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has created a set of map services to help stakeholders consider risks from future sea level rise in planning for reconstruction following Hurricane Sandy. The RISA program and the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN) RISA team in New York City played major roles in the development of the two reports that informed the mapping tools.
CCRUN RISA Contributes to Sea Level Rise Tools for Sandy Recovery Read More »
NOAA-funded researchers co-authored an article for Nature Climate Change on the importance of fostering knowledge networks for climate adaptation. The authors discuss how the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments Center, one of eleven Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments centers funded by NOAA’s Climate Program Office, are experimenting with this model.
NOAA-funded researchers on fostering knowledge networks for climate change adaption Read More »
A paper by University of Washington researchers and co-authors at eight institutions across the West aims to explain this wide range, and provide policymakers and the public with a framework for comparison. The study, funded by NOAA through its Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments program and its National Integrated Drought Information System was published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Clearing up confusion on future of Colorado River flows Read More »
Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan delivered the Welcome and Opening Keynote Address at Capitol Hill Oceans Week on June 4 in Washington, D.C. One of the projects Dr. Sullivan mentioned in her remarks was the Marine InVest tool. NOAA CPO’s Coastal and Ocean Climate Applications program is currently supporting a project involving the marine InVEST tool in Galveston Bay, Tx.
Acting NOAA Administrator mentions CPO-supported project in keynote address Read More »
A newly released case study explores the wide-reaching impacts of drought in Texas. Central Texas entered its third consecutive year of drought in 2013, which began in 2011 when the state endured its worst single-year drought and hottest summer in recorded history. That year, communities in Central Texas faced 90 days of triple-digit heat, during which extensive wildfires burned hundreds of homes.
New Case Study: Drought in Central Texas Read More »