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
A new review paper published in Nature Climate Change and supported by CVP seeks to make better connections between research and climate adaptation by examining scientific assessment reports and highlighting key approaches to communicate uncertainty to decision-makers.
How Should We Communicate Sea Level Rise Uncertainty in Assessment Reports? Read More »
CPO’s Adaptation Sciences Program works with partners in the public and private sector in the U.S. and abroad to enhance the knowledge, engagement and capacity needed to foster adaptation and resilience in the face of a changing climate.
NIDIS Director Roger Pulwarty gave the keynote address on climate services and adaptation at the WCRP-Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Developing, Linking, and Applying Climate Knowledge.
Pulwarty gives keynote address on climate services and adaptation Read More »
Researched funded by CPO’s MAPP program was published in Nature Climate Change on Feb. 23. Scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) led a new study to be published in Nature Climate Change, identifies a path forward to reduce or eliminate global sea surface temperature biases in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Assessments resulting in greater confidence in climate model projections.
A global perspective on CMIP5 climate model biases Read More »
Dr. Phil Mote of the CIRC RISA in the Pacific Northwest will be presenting, “IPCC Fifth Assessment Report — Summary of the Science of Climate Change” as part of the NWS Climate Services Seminar Series.
RISA’s Mote to discuss IPCC report at NWS Climate Services Seminar Read More »
Amanda McCarty of the Climate Program Office is participating in the United National Climate Change Conference taking place in Warsaw, Poland from Nov. 11 – 23 as part of the delegation from NOAA and the United States.
NOAA delegation attends UN Climate Change Conference Read More »
Supported by CPO’s Modeling, Analysis, Prediction and Projection (MAPP) program and the National Science Foundation, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have published a new study on the risk of Amazon Rainforest dieback in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The new study suggests that the southern portion of the Amazon rainforest is at much higher risk of dieback due to stronger seasonal drying that projections made by the climate models used in the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
MAPP supports PNAS-published research on risks of Amazon Rainforest dieback Read More »
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report on “The Physical Science Basis” of climate change has been completed and will appear online on Sept. 30, 2013. This report represents a milestone in the understanding of the Earth system and climate science. Scientific research funded by NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) is foundational to advancing IPCC reports. CPO supports climate science research reflected in the IPCC’s report through its Climate Observations and Monitoring (COM); Earth System Science (ESS); and Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) programs.
A milestone in advancing the physical science basis of climate variability and change Read More »