NIDIS Releases New Drought & Public Health Roadmap
NIDIS and the University of Nebraska Medical Center co-led the development of the assessment, titled: “Drought and Public Health: A Roadmap for Advancing Engagement and Preparedness.”
National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)
NIDIS to Host 2023 Western Drought Webinar
This webinar will examine key questions on the status of the megadrought in the West after a record-breaking wet winter was preceded by three straight years of drought as well as 20+ years of mostly dry conditions.
NIDIS and USDA to Host Technical Workshop on Drought Assessment and Climate Change
This workshop will explore the notion that drought assessment is being outpaced by climate change, and determine the implications to drought response and adaptation.
NIDIS, CNAP, and Partners Issue Special Edition Drought Status Update for the Western United States
This Special Edition Drought Status Update was issued to help answer the question, “What do the recent storms mean for drought in the West?”
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 …
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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NIDIS Launches 2022-2026 Strategic Plan
The 2022–2026 Strategic Plan outlines and advances NIDIS’s approach to building a national drought early warning system (DEWS).
Drought.gov Launches New Map Feature for Tribal Nations
NIDIS launched this feature in direct response to the NIDIS Tribal Drought Engagement Strategy, which was developed in close consultation with 22 tribal natural resource managers.
West RISA researcher co-authors new publications on simulations of wildfire burn severity maps
Based on California wildfires, this research team develops empirical models to improve burn severity and high-severity patch area maps with vegetation regimes to create efficient wildfire burn severity maps that will improve land use management by policy makers.