NIDIS News
FEMA Climate Change Planning Guidance for Response and Recovery
CPO entered an informal MOA with FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery to develop national-level guidance to FEMA officials.
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NIHHIS and NOAA engage with DOT on Heat, Community Resilience and Health
This meeting is part of the beginning of DOT engaging with NIHHIS and working more closely with NOAA on climate tools and resources for heat resilience.
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More than 10 CPO staff, research team members, and interns will attend and present on climate topics relevant to CPO’s mission at the American Meteorological Society 103rd Annual Meeting
More than 10 CPO staff, research team members, and interns will attend and present on climate-related topics at the 2023 American Meteorological Society (AMS) meeting. The presentations represent a total of 19 abstracts. As leaders in the field, some of the staff will lead sessions and town halls while others are supporting authors. See the full list of CPO presentations at AMS below.
Coping with Drought – Ecological Drought
CPO’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Program is announcing seven new 2-year projects in Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), focused on research and tools to improve our understanding and management of drought risk in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to inform more deliberate and expanded decision-making that supports sustainable, healthy, and resilient ecosystems. The competitively selected projects total
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Coping with Drought – Building Tribal Drought Resilience
CPO’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Program is announcing five new 2-year projects in Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), focused on working with tribal nations to build tribal drought resilience. The competitively selected projects total $2,422,0131 in cooperative agreements. NIDIS recognizes that tribal communities face unique drought challenges and opportunities, requiring customized approaches, tools, and data that may
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Event Recap: Montgomery County Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mapping Campaign
On August 7th, more than 100 volunteers in Montgomery County, MD participated in the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) “Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign”.
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Congressional Staffers and Media Attend NIDIS/NIHHIS Drought and Heat Webinars
NIDIS and NIHHIS are working together to inform Congress, the media, and other stakeholders how worsening drought and heat conditions are severely impacting communities in the West and Southern Plains.
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NIDIS and NIHHIS to Co-Host 2022 U.S. Drought and Heat Webinars for the West and Southern Plains
Climate change is fueling long-term drought and extreme heat in the West and Southern Plains. These July webinars will provide the latest information on conditions and outlooks as well as the serious impacts to diverse sectors of the economy and communities.
NIDIS and USGS Co-Host Coastal Salinity Tool Webinar
The webinar will highlight the recent expansion of a coastal drought monitoring tool across the Gulf of Mexico and Eastern Seaboard.
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