Large ocean currents system likely to critically impact climate response to greenhouse gases on centennial timescale
The findings have important implications for changes we are likely to see in the 21st century.
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Large contribution from anthropogenic warming to emerging megadrought
The authors found that an otherwise moderate drought in the western United States was made into the most severe drought of the last 500 years and that our warming climate is playing a key role.
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Climate action in Boston could have substantial public health co-benefits, says new study
The research shows that eliminating anthropogenic emissions from the City of Boston could also decrease public health mortalities by 288 deaths per year, saving the city $2.4 billion annually.
ASAP launches pilot program for private sector climate service providers in the Great Lakes
The program aims to strengthen for-profit climate service providers’ competencies for using and building upon the climate data, information, services, and strategies that have been developed primarily by the public and non-profit sectors.
NOAA’s Climate Program Office announces new Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellows
Eight new postdoctoral fellows are commencing cutting-edge research projects that will contribute innovative climate science to the research community as well as NOAA’s mission. These fellows are the new 2020-2022 class of NOAA Climate and Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Fellows, selected by NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).
RISA Principal Investigator co-authors “The Law and Science of Climate Change Attribution”
A growing body of climate change attribution science is being used in court to hold actors accountable for inaction in the face of economic and social harm.
Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments team provides climate science expertise to Air Force risk assessment
Incorporating regional climate impacts into large national hazard assessments provides critical context for building resilient infrastructure.
Atmospheric rivers drive western U.S. flood damages, says RISA-funded study
The research recently published in Science Advances found that atmospheric rivers accounted for 84% of flood damages, or $42.6 billion, across the western United States from 1978-2017.
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Urban Northeast RISA team helps prepare one of world’s largest energy delivery systems for climate change impacts
A new report evaluated present-day infrastructure, design specifications, and procedures against expected climate change to better understand its future impact on Con Edison’s energy delivery systems in NYC and Westchester County through the 21st century.
CPO-funded research develops first comprehensive Global Drought and Flood Catalogue
The catalogue provides consistent estimates of large-scale drought and flood events over 1950-2016, their different characteristics, as well as long term risk.
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