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
The highlights for the State of the Climate in 2013 report were created by the Climate.gov team in consultation with the report’s editors and authors at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center.
State of the Climate in 2013: Highlights Read More »
A Special Issue of the Journal, Earth Perspectives: Transdisciplinarity Enabled on the role of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) in Shaping Climate Services was published on June 14, 2014.
After winning three awards in the 2014 Webby Awards, NOAA Climate.gov was invited to give a five-word acceptance speech at a ceremony in New York City on Monday. David Herring and Frank Niepold of NOAA Climate.gov attended along with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan and Senior Advisor Christine Blackburn. Dr. Sullivan accepted the awards. Her speech: “Earth: Our home. NOAA’s mission.”
Climate.gov staff, NOAA leadership attend Webby Awards Read More »
A CLEAN manuscript has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Geoscience Education theme issue on climate literacy. In recent years various climate change education efforts have been launched, including federally (NOAA, NASA, NSF, etc.) and privately funded projects, as well as the development and deployment of the Climate and Energy Literacy frameworks, both reviewed and endorsed by the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
NOAA Climate.gov was selected by the International Academy of the Digital Arts & Sciences to receive two Webby Awards in the “Government” and “Green” categories. We also garnered a People’s Voice Award in the “Green” category (placing second overall in the “Government” category), determined by popular vote.
Climate.gov wins two Webby Awards and a People’s Voice Award! Read More »
Brought to you by SARP, NIDIS, WEF, WERF, AWWA and WaterRF. September 19, 2013; 1 pm – 2 pm ET Water Supply, Risk and Demand Puneet Srivastava (Auburn University) – Reducing Drought Risks for Small- to Mid-Size Communities in the Southeast through Development of a Drought Index and Quantification of Its Value Alan Roberson (AWWA)
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 »
David Herring, AAAS Fellow and Director of Communication and Education at the NOAA Climate Program Office, wrote a guest article for the inaugural issue of the webLyzard Newsletter on strategies and online tools for conveying science.
Assessing the Impact of Science Communication: Strategies and Online Tools Read More »
There will be a demo of the new and improved NOAA Climate.gov web portal for members of the public, constituents and media on Tuesday, May 28, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.
Public Demo of NOAA Climate.gov v2.0 Read More »
Today, NOAA unveiled a new and improved version of Climate.gov, a one-stop web resource for information about our changing climate from NOAA and agencies across the federal government. Climate.gov upgrades include expanded content and simplifying access to new data tools, imagery, educational resources and more.
Redesigned Climate.gov puts power of climate data in users’ hands Read More »