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
Climate change threatens valuable marine ecosystem resources managed by sanctuaries. These learning exchanges allow sanctuaries and partner offices to learn from each other about how to incorporate information into management strategies to reduce climate risks.
The framework could help managers better assess, anticipate, and mitigate potential impacts of extreme warming events on wildlife health.
New framework helps predict effect of extreme warming events on wildlife disease Read More »
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).
The Macelwane Medal is awarded annually to three to five early career scientists in recognition of their significant contributions to Earth and space science. Meet this year’s winner: Emily Fischer, Associate Professor at Colorado State University.
NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoc Program alumna awarded the James B. Macelwane Medal Read More »
Over the past 30 years, the fellowship program has hosted 230 fellows and has developed an outstanding reputation of attracting the best and brightest PhDs in the sciences relevant to CPO’s mission. Could you or someone you know be among the next class of fellows?
CPO-sponsored NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Program seeking applicants Read More »
Community organizers in eight U.S. cities have been offered support for UHI mapping campaigns through the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) and CPO’s Communication, Education, and Engagement Division.
Eight cities slated to run Urban Heat Island mapping campaigns in summer 2019 Read More »
In the summers of 2017 and 2018, citizen scientists in Richmond, VA, the District of Columbia, and Baltimore, MD, gathered temperature data all over their cities on days when temperatures reached at least 95°F. The results, as outlined in a NOAA article from 2018, show that air temperatures in some areas of the city can be up to 17°F hotter than other areas during the same time of day. On days when local temperatures climb above 95°F, the additional heat emitted by paved and concrete structures can produce dangerously hot temperatures in some neighborhoods.
New Heat Maps Help Cities Prepare for Longer, More Intense Heat Waves Read More »
Read our Women’s History Month interview with Dr. Colette Heald, a professor at MIT, the head of the Atmospheric Chemistry and Composition Modeling Group, a PI funded by AC4, and a former NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoc.
Meet Our Scientists: Colette Heald Read More »
An international team of scientists who monitor the rapid changes in the Earth’s northern polar region say that the Arctic is entering a new state – one with warmer air and water temperatures, less summer sea ice and snow cover, and a changed ocean chemistry.
2011 Arctic Report Card: Arctic settles into new phase – warmer, greener, and less ice Read More »
David Herring, Director of Communications and Education at NOAA’s Climate Program Office, was recently elected to the rank of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, in recognition of his contributions “in developing and deploying new and innovative ways of enhancing public engagement with Earth and space science research using the World Wide Web.”
CPO’s David Herring Elected to the Rank of AAAS Fellow Read More »