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
Brought to you by The NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program (SARP), US National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), Water Research Foundation, Water Environment Federation (WEF), Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), and American Water Works Association (AWWA).
SARP Webinar Series: Decision Making into Local/Regional Planning Read More »
The NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program (SARP), US National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), Water Research Foundation (WRF), Water Environment Federation (WEF), Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and American Water Works Association (AWWA) are co-hosting a monthly webinar series on “Climate Information for Managing Risks in Water Resources.” The next webinar – entitled “Planning with Communities at Risk.”- will be held on Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. EST.
SARP Webinar: Planning with Communities at Risk Read More »
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy (ACCAP), a program of CPO’s Regional Integrated Sciences & Assessments, will host a webinar on Tuesday, Dec. 17 titled “Climate Scenarios and Vulnerabilities in the Aleutian and Bering Sea islands.”
Webinar: Sarp does stuff Read More »
The NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program (SARP), US National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), Water Research Foundation (WRF), Water Environment Federation (WEF), Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and American Water Works Association (AWWA) are co-hosting a monthly webinar series on “Climate Information for Managing Risks in Water Resources.” The next webinar will take place on Nov. 21 from 1 – 2 p.m.
SARP Webinar: A Focus on Groundwater 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 »
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 »
WE&T Magazine highlights a collaborative research project that examines how water utilities, resource managers, and county and regional planners make decisions before and during extreme weather.
WE&T Magazine Highlights SARP-funded Extreme Events Workshops Read More »
A newly released case study explores the wide-reaching impacts of four consecutive extreme weather events in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (ACF) in Georgia, which cost taxpayers millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure, homes, and businesses and threatened water supply for ecological, agricultural, energy, and urban water users.
New Case Study: Extreme Events in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Read More »
In a place routinely afflicted by drought, water managers in Tampa Bay use climate forecasts to ensure a water supply to people’s taps without sucking the region’s rivers, wetlands, and groundwater dry. The limits of their innovation might be tested in a future which could pose even more challenges to ensuring the oasis remains green.
Florida’s Fragile Oasis Read More »
The second of five workshops sponsored by NOAA’s Sectorial Applications Research Program, EPA, the Water Environmental Research Foundation and WaterRF took place in Gwinnett County, Georgia, on May 9 and 10. The focus of the workshop was on adaptation strategies and information needs in response to extreme events.
Foundation Workshop Series Addresses Extreme Events Response Read More »