http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html World Climate Research Programme - latest News Thu, 14 May 2009 10:37:46 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news54_09 Arctic sea ice undergoes large changes due to the warming of global climate. As the environment changes, new opportunities arise for marine transportation and resource extraction. To develop a robust observational protocol of arctic sea ice and describe the current state of the ice cover... http://wcrp.wmo.int/wcrp-index.html#news53_09 In the April 30 Issue of the journal Nature on The Coming Climate Crunch, Prof. Malte Meinshausen and his colleagues present results from a coupled climate-carbon cycle model that explores the effects of different emission pathways for carbon dioxide... http://wcrp.wmo.int/wcrp-index.html#news52_09 In 2008, a review of the WCRP was carried out by a Review Panel which was appointed by its sponsors, ICSU, WMO and the IOC of UNESCO, and the International Group of Funding Agencies (IGFA). In its final report, the Review Panel recognizes... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news51_09 The annual cycle of precipitation over tropical South America features distinct wet and dry seasons between the equator and 25°S. Many areas within that region receive more than half of their annual rain during the austral summer, the 'monsoon season'. The Monsoon Experiment in South America (MESA),... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news50_09 At its 30th session held 21-23 April in Antalya, Turkey, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) decided to prepare a Special Report on 'Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation'. The WCRP scientific community is very active in assessing trends..... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news49_09 Every year, disasters related to meteorological, hydrological and climate hazards cause significant losses of life. Although natural hazards cannot be prevented, early warning of the impending events can... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news48_09 Rivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a new comprehensive study of global stream flow. "As climate change inevitably continues in coming decades, we are likely to see.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news47_09 At its thirtieth session, the Joint Scientific Committee of WCRP, together with representatives of its sponsors and partners, discussed recent accomplishments in global climate research and identified opportunities and.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news46_09 The WCRP co-sponsored Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) is organizing the 2009 SOLAS Open Science Conference to be held in Barcelona, Spain, 16-19 November, which .... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news45_09 From 4-9 April, the Joint Scientific Committee of WCRP will meet at the University of Maryland, MD, USA, to discuss recent achievements and progress in implementing its strategic... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news44_09 According to the U.S. Climate Change Science Programme climate science literacy is "an understanding of your influence on climate and climate's influence on you and society". .... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news43_09 Appropriate responses to climate change require a worldwide capability to assess and properly interpret scientific findings. WCRP and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) organized a training workshop to teach participants around the world how to use WCRP's CMIP-3 database to gain regional climate understanding in the context of state-of-the-science simulations of climate change. Read BAMS publication. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news42_09 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is organizing World Climate Conference 3 (WCC-3) with the aim to establish an international framework to guide the development of climate services which will link science-based climate predictions and information with climate-risk management and adaptation to climate variability and change throughout the world. WCC-3 will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 31 August - 4 September. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news41_09 On the occasion of World Meteorological Day 2009 on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is calling attention to the interaction of weather patterns, climate and air quality. Gases and particles emitted to the atmosphere affect people's health, as well as weather and climate - a research field WCRP is addressing through its SPARC project and its Atmospheric Chemistry &amp; Climate (AC&amp;C) initiative. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news40_09 The Second DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference on Biodiversity and Society: Understanding Connections, Adapting to Change is entirely dedicated to biodiversity science and its connections to human sciences. The Conference will be held from 13-16 October 2009 in Cape Town, SA. Abstract submission deadline is 31 March. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news39_09 The integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System (iAOOS) is designed to optimize the cohesion and coverage of Arctic ocean science during the International Polar Year (IPY) and beyond. iAOOS' main concern is with Arctic change, including all aspects of the role of the Northen Seas in climate. WCRP, through its Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project, established the basis for an Arctic Ocean Observing System and sustained Arctic observing networks. Find report. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news38_09 The IGBP integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmospheric Processes Study (iLEAPS) and the WCRP Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) are organizing parallel Science Conferences with joint sessions (24-28 August 2009, Melbourne, Australia) preceded by an Early Career Scientist Workshop (20-22 August). Submit your abstract and register before 15 March. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news37_09 Over 150 leading scientists from within the IPCC, WCRP and IGBP communities gathered in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, on 3-6 March to discuss the latest developments and prospects in climate change science. Read Media Statement. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news36_09 Each year no more than 0.1% of the AGU membership may be elected Fellows. Among this year's 2009 electees is Professor Anthony 'Tony' Busalacchi (ESSIC, University of Maryland, USA). Already last year three WCRP scientists were elected AGU Fellows: Professors V. Ramaswamy, J. Shukla and U. Lohmann. Congratulations, Tony! More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news35_09 The UK Polar Network is delighted to announce that due to an increase in funding, additional places at the UKPN Atmospheric Sciences Workshop, to be held at the British Antarctic Survey from 29 April through 1 May, are now available. The extended registration deadline is Friday, 13 March 2009. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news34_09 Science highlights in the WCRP March newsletter include: First WCRP Regional Climate Projections Workshop held in Toulouse, France; WMO-ICSU International Polar Year ceremony; CLIVAR Spain network discusses Climate in Spain: Past, Present and Future; IOC-UNESCO declaration and report on Ocean Acidification. Download WCRP e-zine No. 13. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news33_09 There is a strong scientific link between the emissions of organic chlorine and bromine containing compounds and the catalytic loss of ozone over polar regions in the late winter and spring of each year since the 1970s. An initiative of the WCRP project on Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) created in 2007.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news32_09 The WCRP project on Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) and its Variability of the American Monsoons Systems panel (VAMOS) have published a joint newsletter with feature articles including The Horn of Africa Regional Climate Model Inter-comparison Project; VAMOS Activities on Anthropogenic Climate Change; Variability of the American Monsoon Systems and Extremes. Download Exchanges No. 48. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news31_09 CLIVAR-scientist Dr Lisa Alexander and colleagues have issued a compilation of articles related to climate extremes (International Journal of Climatology: Vol. 29, No. 3). The WCRP Task Force on Climate Extremes focuses on understanding the occurence, evolution and role of extreme events within the Earth's climate system and their representation in climate prediction models. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news30_09 Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar on 2 May 2008 during a time, when the international community was implementing a sustained Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS), an initiative coordinated by the WCRP-CLIVAR/GOOS Indian Ocean Panel. Read EOS transactions article by Dr McPhaden and colleagues (open access to supplementary material, AGU password required for access to full article). http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news29_09 The need for a quantum leap in advancing climate modelling and tackling its challenges was the background of the historical World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction, held in Reading, UK, May 2008. BAMS recently issued the Summit Declaration prepared by Prof. Jagadish Shukla and colleagues. BAMS; WCRP report No. 131. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news28_09 From 11-13 February, a WCRP workshop on Evaluating and Improving Regional Climate Projections was held in Toulouse, France, to discuss the way forward in producing climate information on regional - in addition to global - scales. Dr Filippo Giorgi, Co-Chair of the WCRP Task Force on Regional Downscaling (TF-RCD) is very pleased with the outcomes of the workshop. Read feature article; more on the workshop. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news27_09 The WCRP-CLIVAR Spain research network held a workshop on Climate in Spain: Past, Present and Future on 11-13 February 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Special sessions included (i) ocean variability and sea level; (ii) natural variability and trends; (iii) palaeoclimate; (iv) teleconnections; and (v) regional climate projections. Read feature article; more on the workshop. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news26_09 The European Space Agency (ESA) announces an extended deadline for the CryoSat-2 Data Announcement of Opportunity. The new deadline for submission of proposals is Tuesday, 31 March. The opportunity aims at promoting the use of CryoSat-2 data. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news25_09 From 26-30 April 2009, the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) will hold an open meeting on Social Challenges of Global Change for social and Earth system sciences in Bonn, Germany. Besides 650 presentations, the conference will offer to around 1'000 delegates dozens of side events and meetings,.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news24_09 WCRP Secretariat staff member Valery Detemmerman was interviewed at the programme Géopolitis on Climate Change and Natural Disasters. The programme will be broadcasted on Swiss television (TSR - TV5 Monde) on Monday, 23 February, 10:30 pm CET, and is available online. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news23_09 The OceanObs'99 symposium was a landmark in consolidating plans for global systematic observations of the physical environment of the oceans. These observations have now become available to support ocean sciences and enable a wide range of societal benefits including improved climate prediction. Today, the greatest challenge is to sustain the present system and further develop it by including the biogeochemical state of the ocean and the status of marine ecosystems. More; submit your abstract. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news22_09 The severity of damaging human-induced climate change depends not only on the magnitude of the change but also on the potential for irreversibility. A study led by the former IPCC Working Group I Co-chair Dr Susan Solomon shows that the climate change that takes place due to increases in carbon dioxide concentration is largely irreversibly for 1,000 years after emissions stop. The study was published by PNAS. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news21_09 Under the leadership of the Secretary-General of the United Nations a process was initiated in 2007 to achieve a coordinated action-oriented approach to the global and multifaceted challenge of climate change. The objective is to intensify the implementation of existing intergovernmental mandates and build on the experience gained in doing so to support the process for a global agreement for the post-2012 period within the UNFCCC. Report; Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news19_09 The WCRP project on Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) has issued an update on its activities including feature articles on the SPARC Dynamics and Variability Project (DynVar); the SPARC Perspective on the World Modelling Summit (WCRP report No. 131); and the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change. Download SPARC newsletter No. 32. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news20_09 From 11-13 February, a WCRP workshop on Evaluating and Improving Regional Climate Projections is being held in Toulouse, France, to discuss the way forward in producing climate information on regional - in addition to global - scales. The task is challenging as there is a variety of dynamical and statistical approaches and a new generation of high-resolution climate change projections over regions worldwide is needed urgently. Information on the workshop; more. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news18_09 The WCRP-CLIVAR Spain research network is organizing a workshop on Climate in Spain: Past, Present and Future on 11-13 February 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Special sessions include (i) ocean variability and sea level; (ii) natural variability and trends; (iii) palaeoclimate... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news17_09 The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has made the data base of high-resolution forecasts from the Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC), a joint World Weather Reaserch Programme-WCRP initiative, available to the research community. YOTC Data Portal. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news16_09 The January issue of World Climate News highlights World Climate Conference 3 (WCC3) and features articles on 'observational needs... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news15_09 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) released a first research announcement for the Global Change Observation Mission-Climate (GCOM-C1) with a focus on: development of retrieval algorithms for geophysical... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news14_09 The first 2009 issue of the WMO Bulletin is dedicated to this year's theme of the World Meteorological Day - weather, climate and the air we breathe - with articles on 'climate change and air quality'; 'air pollution,.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news13_09 Professor Hervé Le Treut has been appointed as the new Director of the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL) des Sciences de l'Environnement in Paris, France. Hervé is a member of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) and leads the Anthropogenic Climate Change (ACC) cross-cutting activity. Congratulations! http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news12_09 WCRP offers a warm welcome to the six new members of its Joint Scientific Committee (JSC), and to the new leaders and members of its International Projects' Scientific Steering Groups, Working Groups and Panels. Thank you all for offering your experience, time and energy to guide the development of the WCRP scientific strategy and implementation of its activities (feature article). http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news11_09 The need for a quantum leap in advancing climate modelling and tackling its challenges was the background of the historical World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction, held in Reading, UK, May 2008. The Summit brought together, perhaps for the first time, a diverse set of experts from the weather, climate and environment community (now online: WCRP report No. 131). http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news10_09 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has released a report that discusses the impacts of sea-level rise on coasts and coastal communities (more). A second report prepared by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program highlights the rapid climate changes in the Arctic and at high latitudes (more). http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news9_09 Earlier assessments of Antarctic temperature change have emphasized the contrast between strong warming of the Antarctic Peninsula and slight cooling of the Antarctic continental interior in recent decades. A recent study led by Dr Eric Steig from the University of Washington, Seattle, now reveals that.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/PG_Reports_WCRPInformal.html http://wcrp.wmo.int/Meeting_WCRP_upcoming.html http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news8_09 Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts is the latest in a series of U.S. Climate Change Science Program reports, which calls for an improved representation of aerosols in climate models (report). Aerosols originate from natural and anthropogenic sources and... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html#news7_09 Dr Christopher Fairall, former Chair of the WCRP Working Group on Surface Fluxes (WGSF), received this year's American Meteorological Society (AMS) Sverdrup Gold Medal. He currently leads NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory... http://wcrp.wmo.int/PG_Reports_WCRPSeries.html In May 2008, WCRP, the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) held the World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction at the ECMWF, Reading, UK, to 'develop a strategy to revolutionize the prediction of the climate to address global climate change, especially at regional scale'. Download the resulting Workshop Report (WCRP-131) and Summit Statement. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The European Space Agency (ESA) invites all interested research institutions, universities and technical centres from ESA member countries to submit research proposals for The Changing Earth Science Network, a dedicated mechanism to support the new generation of scientists. Closing date is 16 January 2009. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Dr Michael Kurylo, ex-officio member of the Scientific Steering Group of WCRP's project on Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC), was awarded the 2008 Hillebrand Prize of the Chemical Society of Washington, the Washington Chapter of the American Chemical Society. Dr Kurylo is a Program Scientist in Atmospheric Composition in the Earth Science Division of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, and leader of the Chlorine Chemistry Activity for SPARC. Congratulations, Mike! http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The WCRP Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project and the Water and Climate Impacts Research Centre (W-CIRC) have joined expertise to prepare a special issue on the Hydrologic Effect of a Shrinking Cryosphere. The publication edited by Terry Prowse, member of the CliC Scientific Steering Group, contains comprehensive review articles on the response of the world's glaciers and ice sheets, snowpack and permafrost to global warming and their effects on river run-off, water quality and geomorphology. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Professor Gordon McBean, Chair of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee from 1988 to 1994, has been appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada. The Order recognizes Professor McBean's lifetime contributions to the advancement of climate and atmospheric sciences in Canada, and his leadership in national and international scientific organizations. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html 2009 is expected to be one of the top-five warmest years on record, despite continued cooling of huge areas of the tropical Pacific Ocean, a phenomenon known as La Niña. According to climate scientists at the UK Met Office and the University of East Anglia the global temperature is forecast to be more than 0.4°C above the long-term average. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html No. 6 of WMO MeteoWorld includes feature articles on: Managing the risks and opportunities of climate variability and change; Climate predictions and seasonal forecasts; Mitigating the impacts of natural hazards; Improving early warning systems; The state of the ozone layer in 2008. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The WCRP Accomplishment Report 2007-2008, with a feature article on Advances in Modelling and Seamless Prediction chronicles recent activities and achievements of WCRP and its four core projects (CLIVAR, GEWEX, SPARC and CliC), diverse cross-cutting initiatives and many collaborations. Print the PDF or order hard copy from wcrp@wmo.int. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The World Meteorological Organization is organizing World Climate Conference-3 (31 August-4 September 2009, Geneva, Switzerland) with the vision to establish an international framework for climate services that link science-based climate predictions and information with the management of climate related risks and opportunities in support of adaptation to climate variability and change. Second Announcement. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The 2nd meeting of the Alliance of European Global Change Research Committees, which includes all national committees of the four ESSP Global Change Programmes of Europe and Russia, is scheduled for 12-13 February 2009 in Bern, Switzerland. Main issue to be discussed is the elaboration of a work programme for the next three years. The meeting is organised by the German and Swiss national committees. Contact Ms B. Höll or Mr C. Ritz. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html High-resolution regional climate information is needed more than ever. Scientists have developed various techniques for 'downscaling' global climate projections in order to receive fine-scale regional climate information. In February 2009, WCRP is organizing a workshop in Toulouse, France, to assess current downscaling techniques and advance regional modelling. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Belgium Université catholique de Louvain issued a digital textbook on dynamical processes in the climate system and their representation in climate models. Originally designed for graduate students the reader will learn about the causes of past climate changes and "to critically evaluate the projections of climate change over the next centuries or millenia". More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Issue 8 of the Surface Ocean- Lower Atmoshere Study (SOLAS) newsletter features articles on multiple remote sensing data for air-sea biogeochemical interaction research in the Pacific Ocean; sea-ice biogeochemistry in a climate change perspective; enhancement of oceanic nitrous oxide emissions by storms; biogeochemistry of iron at the ocean-atmosphere interface; new insights into organic marine aerosols. Download PDF (3.5 MB). http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html Today, the International Polar Year (IPY) launches its seventh International Polar Day focusing on research 'above the poles', including meteorology, atmospheric science, astronomy, and the view of the polar regions from space (media release). The WCRP-SPARC project prepared educative background material on the polar atmosphere focusing on stratospheric ozone and polar vortex (more; read feature article). http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html On 1 December, the latest round of United Nations-led negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious global climate change deal next year began in Poznan, Poland (more). Also on 1 December, at its 29th session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA) the report was made available of the in-session workshop on climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling held in Bonn, Germany, 7 June 2008, with active participation of the WCRP Director (FCCC/SBSTA/2008/9). http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html Today, the International Polar Year (IPY) launches its seventh International Polar Day focusing on research 'above the poles', including meteorology, atmospheric science, astronomy, and the view of the polar regions from space (media release). The WCRP-SPARC project prepared educative background material on the polar atmosphere focusing on stratospheric ozone and polar vortex (more; read feature article). http://wcrp.wmo.int/ResearchProducts_index.html Science Highlights include: WCRP 2007-2008 Accomplishment Report now available; CLIVAR endorses Southwest Pacific Ocean Circulation-Climate Experiment (SPICE); SPARC invites the atmospheric community to participate in discussions on its research agenda; GEWEX and the Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE) reinvigorate model parameterization research; 7th International Polar Day: Above the Poles. E-zine. http://wcrp.wmo.int/ResearchProducts_index.html A major concern at the Third WOAP Meeting held September 2008 in Boulder, CO, USA, was the development and improvement of climate data records which are used for studies and assessments of climate variability and change. Find report. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The European Space Agency (ESA) invites all interested research institutions, universities and technical centres from ESA member countries to submit research proposals for The Changing Earth Science Network, a dedicated mechanism to support the new generation of scientists. Closing date is 16 January 2009. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html IPCC Working Group I Co-Chair Dr Susan Solomon was awarded the Great Medal of the French Academy of Sciences "as an acknowledgement by the French scientific community of the importance of her work". "Climate change will change the world" said Dr Solomon at the award celebrations, "it will create a new planet within the next 50 years". More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/ResearchProducts_index.html Highlights in the November issue of GEWEX news include: advances in collaboration on parameterizations; progress in quantifying cloud-climate feedback uncertainties; latest research on cloud microphysics (more). No. 47 of CLIVAR Exchanges features articles on the launch of the new CLIVAR programme SPICE; the role of West African coastal upwelling in the genesis of tropical cyclones; Madden-Julian Oscillation forecasting at operational modelling centres (more). http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The WMO November update on El Niño/La Niña sees near-neutral conditions of air-sea interactions prevailing in the tropical Pacific, which are expected to continue at least through the remainder of 2008. It is too early to derive reliable indicators on possible El Niño or La Niña development during March-May 2009. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Swiss Advisory Body on Climate Change (OcCC) and ProClim (Swiss Forum for Climate and Global Change) published a report describing possible impacts of climate change and vulnerabilities of the environment, economy and society in Switzerland due to the expected level of greenhouse gases in 2050. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) invites to participate in their 7th Open Science Conference in Bonn, Germany, 26-30 April 2009. Previous Open Meetings helped to determine the state-of-the-science of human dimensions' research, outlining new research agendas, theoretical frameworks and methodologies. Registration is open. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/ScienceArchives_index.html The WCRP project on Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) held its Fourth General Assembly in Bologna, Italy, on 31 August - 5 September. Read feature article and participate in the SPARC Café to discuss the future research agenda of SPARC! http://wcrp.wmo.int/wcrp-index.html Please submit your suggestions on the OceanObs'09 conference agenda by 15 November..... http://wcrp.wmo.int/wcrp-index.html Prof. Venkatachalam "Ram" Ramaswamy, Officer of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee, was selected the new Director of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)... http://wcrp.wmo.int/wcrp-index.html The WCRP project on Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) held its Fourth General Assembly in ..... participate in the SPARC Café to discuss the future research agenda of SPARC! http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Today, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Dr Qin Dahe was awarded the 53rd International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html New study indicates a powerful greenhouse gas is at least four times more prevalent in the atmosphere than previously estimated. The research.. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html An international team of scientists is hoping to shed light on how clouds over the Pacific Ocean are affecting global climate and weather systems. Read the BBC News article on... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html At its 29th General Assembly in Maputo, Mozambique, the International Council for Science (ICSU) launched two major international research programmes. Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) will focus on... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html From 20-25 October, China is hosting the WMO Fourth International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-IV) which is held jointly with the Second Pan-WCRP Monsoon... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) have announced a new Programme on 'Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security'. ... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Two Post-Doctoral Positions in Space Sciences and Earth Sciences at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The US National Academy of Sciences published a study demanding government action to prepare for the impacts of global warming. The study uses... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Climate researchers world-wide use different climate models to answer different science questions. Global coupled atmosphere-ocean models have reached a high degree of complexity. However,... http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html Today, Arctic vulnerability to climate change and other human impacts is clear cause for concern. How can the scientific community best bring its expertise to bear on addressing this concern?.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html WMO, the Group on Earth Observations and the WCRP Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project invite to participate in the International Polar Year legacy workshop on Sustaining Project Contributions to WMO Global Cryosphere Watch... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Polar stratospheric ozone layer recovery, roles of stratospheric processes and atmospheric chemistry in climate change, predictability, and prediction were among the main topics of... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Download the September issue of ICSU's biannual newsletter. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html On 26 September, the 2007 Global Carbon Budget was released simultaneously in France and the USA by the ESSP Global Carbon Project (GCP) Co-chair Michael Raupach and the GCP Executive Director Pep Canadell. GCP posted the most recent figures for the worlds' carbon budget,... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Some 60 hydro-climatologists from around the world met in Geneva, Switzerland, 15-17 September 2008, to finalize the CEOP Strategic Implementation Plan. CEOP's mission is to understand and predict... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Workshop held 8-11 September 2008, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, brought together climate and user representatives with interests in Polar Regions to share... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Science Highlights include: GEWEX Global Precipitation Climatology Project's record shows precipitation trends; Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC) commenced 1 August; CEOP Satellite Data Gateway opens; WCRP seeks dialogue with policy makers... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The WCRP Secretariat has lost a dear friend and colleague: Victor worked for the Global Atmospheric Research Programme (GARP) from 1978 to 1982 and for WCRP from 1989 until his retirement in 1999. He is one of the 'founding fathers' of... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The WCRP core project on Climate and Cryosphere (CliC, co-sponsored by SCAR and IASC) is pleased to welcome Dr Daqing Yang as its new Director of the CliC Project Office... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The 2nd Pan-WCRP Monsoon Workshop will be held together with the WMO Fourth International Workshop on Monsoons in Beijing, China, 20-25 October. The Asian Monsoon Years (AMY 2007-2012) initiative is... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Two recent papers based upon the GEWEX Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) 27-year data set highlight strong tropical but weak global trends for increasing precipitation,... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Although envisioned to terminate after 5 years the 1982-established first WCRP project on cloud climatology, the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project ISCCP, celebrated its 25th anniversary on 1 July - congralutations!... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The July issue of WCRP/CLIVAR Exchanges (No. 46) on Natural Modes of Variability under Anthropogenic Climate Change is now available for download. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html WCRP/GEWEX is organizing the Sixth International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle which is being held in conjunction with the Second IGBP/iLEAPS Science Conference on 24-28 August 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html START, the capacity-building partner of WCRP, announced it's 2009 call for pre-proposals for the African Small Grants Programme. This call is issued to scientists... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Professor Julia Slingo, member of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee, has been appointed as new Chief Scientist of the Met Office.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Reanalysis of observations - with more complete data, improved quality control, and a constant assimilation model and analysis system - greatly improves the homogeneity of the record and makes it useful for.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html At the 28th session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA) in Bonn, Germany, June 2008, the Director of the WCRP Secretariat, Dr Ghassem Asrar, highlighted the role of downscaling techniques... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Scientists are requested to submit abstracts for research to the planning and science of the WWRP/THORPEX-WCRP Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC) activity (WCRP news from 20.05.2008; YOTC Science Plan). Opportunities for.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Dr Qin Dahe from China, member of the WCRP/CliC Scientific Steering Group, won this year’s prestigious International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize for his achievements in cryosphere and climate research,.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The 60th session of the WMO Executive Council opened on 18 June at WMO headquarters, Geneva, and runs until 27 June (WMO press release). See WCRP activities portfolio on achievements. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The 'KlimaCampus' at the University of Hamburg has announced six positions as research associate (four scientists and two scientific programmer) within the Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction (CliSAP) platform... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The June issue of WCRP's electronic newsletter (No. 10) highlights latest news in climate research including recent publications and events such as the World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction;... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction, jointly organized by WCRP, IGBP and the World Weather Research Programme (6-9 May 2008, Reading, UK) was organised to develop a strategy to revolutionise... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The comprehensive assessment conducted by the WCRP/Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Radiation Panel compiles and reviews current global precipitation data records which have been assembled by... http://wcrp.wmo.int/wcrp-index.html On 15 May, the Ev-K2-CNR Committee installed the world's highest ground automatic weather station on Mt. Everest's South Col at 8,000 m. The station began collecting data at 15:20,... http://wcrp.wmo.int/wcrp-index.html Stochastic physics schemes within weather and climate models have the potential to represent the dynamical effects of unresolved scales in ways which... http://wcrp.wmo.int/wcrp-index.html Issue 7 of the SOLAS newsletter brings into focus the impressive range of activities from scientists all over the world and also features--- http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Year of Tropical Convection is a grand challenge jointly initiated by WCRP and the World Weather Research Programme's THORPEX project. YOTC's aim is to... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The April issue of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) newsletter contains a special section on data-model comparison. From the content: Northern hemisphere atmospheric blocking in ice core accumulation records from... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The joint MedCLIVAR-PAGES Symposium on Climate Extremes during recent Millenia and their Impact on Mediterranean Societies will take place in Athens, Greece, 14-16 September.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Originally developed for USAID project designers the beta release of the Climate Mapper tool for SERVIR provides access to historical weather data as well as projections of climate change. The tool serves Africa. In the near future, however,... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html A new study published on 1 May in Nature predicts a slight cooling of Europe and North America due to a temporary weakening of the ocean current which regulates global temperatures, masking the effect of human-induced climate change.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The April issue of WCRP/CLIVAR Exchanges is dedicated to the North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME). NAME is a ten year, international, multi-agency and multi-institution research programme aimed at... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The World Meteorological Organization is organizing World Climate Conference-3 nineteen years after the Second World Climate Conference was held and 30 years after WCC-1. Both Conferences were... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Russian expedition NP35 has spent seven months on a drifting ice floe in the central Arctic studying for the first time the atmosphere during polar night. Results from the NP35 expedition... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Which countries have ratified the Kyoto Protocol? Is there a correlation between greenhouse gas emissions and economic power? A new online map creator... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html An international team of scientists has detected the first direct evidence of human influence on changes in global patterns of rain and snowfall. "We find that anthropogenic forcing has had a detectable and attributable influence... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html A review of WCRP is being conducted by ICSU in collaboration with WMO, UNESCO-IOC and the International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research. The review centers on the overarching question of "what do scientists,.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The JSC meeting in Arcachon, France, 31 March – 4 April 2008, had the aim to discuss progress in implementing the WCRP Strategic Framework 2005-2015 through its projects and cross-cutting activities and to determine future directions beyond this period... http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html Much of Northern Canada is covered by snow and ice for 7 to 10 months of the year, and below that: seasonally frozen ground and permafrost. Aboriginal peoples... http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html The second Chinese National Committee of the WCRP/SCAR Climate and Cryosphere project (CNC-CliC) met in... http://wcrp.wmo.int/Meeting_WCRP_upcoming.html http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Japanese 25-year Reanalysis (JRA-25) covers the period from 1979 to 2004 and provides consistent and high-quality data of a large set of meteorological variables (see... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The current La Niña event, characterized by a cooling of the sea surface in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, is a climate anomaly, part of the natural.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Dr Michel Jarraud, presented the 52nd International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize to Dr Jagadish Shukla at an event.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html WCRP, created in 1980, has powerfully improved our knowledge and understanding of climate and its modifications - and continues to do so. Read... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Some 66 key IPCC authors and other experts discussed the lessons learnt from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report at the 'Sydney Workshop' organized jointly by the WCRP,... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Global Water System Project (GWSP), a joint project of the Earth System Science Partnership, has issued the GWSP Digital Water Atlas which describes the basic elements of the global water system and the interlinkages of.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Issue 4 of the Variability of the American Monsoon Systems (VAMOS) project newsletter is highlighting progress made in the understanding of the intraseasonal variability of the summer monsoons of the Americas - on time scales.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Each year, on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization, its 188 Members and the worldwide meteorological community celebrate World Meteorological Day. This year's theme, Observing our planet for a better future, will.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html A year ago, on 1 March 2007, the International Polar Year 2007/2008, one of the most ambitious coordinated international science programmes was launched.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Over three billion people in Asia rely on monsoon precipitation for water. It is therefore important that early career scientists in the Asia-Pacific region have up-to-date knowledge of recent advances in monsoon science and.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The SPARC General Assembly (GA) has become a major international science conference on stratospheric processes and their role in climate. The Fourth SPARC GA will be held.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Atmospheric reanalyses have greatly improved our ability to analyse the past climate variability. Further improvements to reanalyses hold promise for extending their use in climate change studies, research and applications. The Third WCRP.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Download the March issue of WCRP's quarterly newsletter with latest science highlights and climate research products. http://wcrp.wmo.int/ScienceArchives_index.html The Asian Monsoon Years (AMY 2007-2012) initiative is a cross-cutting initiative as part of.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Dr Ghassem R. Asrar was NASA's Science Associate Administrator and subsequently served as Deputy Administrator for... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Latest research shows that the 2006/2007 global averaged sea level is about 200 mm higher than in 1870 and that... http://wcrp.wmo.int/ResearchProducts_index.html Volume 8, issue 4 of the Journal of Hydrometeorology is dedicated to WCRP/GEWEX contributions to large-scale hydrometeorology. ... http://wcrp.wmo.int/ResearchProducts_index.html A Position Paper of the First WCRP Seasonal Prediction Workshop (4-7 June 2007, Barcelona, Spain) has been issued outlining a set of specific recommendations for... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html WCRP/CliC led the development of the conceptual framework for the Cryosphere Observing System. Resulting from CliC activities the WMO is now advancing... http://wcrp.wmo.int/ScienceArchives_index.html The study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has identified areas of the world most vulnerable to the effects of climate change... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The World Meteorological Organization has kick-started a major global effort to better predict changes to the Earth's climate and deal with extreme weather... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html A first ever study conducted by researchers at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO) illustrates the contribution that the transport sector has had on the climate. The study reports that road traffic and aviation have contributed to warming whereas shipping has had a net cooling effect on global climate. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Graduate students and postdocs in climate research, meteorology and oceanography and paleoceanography are invited to apply for the summer school on ENSO: Dynamics and Predictability. This WCRP-sponsored event will take place 14-23 June 2008 in Puna, Big Island, Hawaii, USA. Deadline for application: 15 March 2008. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/ScienceArchives_index.html The Objectively Analyzed Air-sea Flux (OAFlux) project at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces the release of mutlidecade, global analysis for latent and sensible heat fluxes, ocean evaporation, and flux-related surface meteorological variables. More. http://wcrp.wmo.int/ResearchProducts_index.html Learning from the authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report and its findings to help guide future strategies for climate change observations and research was the key objective of the GCOS-WCRP-IGBP Sydney Workshop held in Australia, October 2007. The 'lessons learnt' have now been published; full report (pdf, 1.5 MB). http://wcrp.wmo.int/ResearchProducts_index.html The "BALTEX Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin" (BACC) is now published as a book at Springer. GKSS, the home institution of the BALTEX Secretariat has issued a press release about the book. For more information, see the BACC website. http://wcrp.wmo.int/ResearchProducts_index.html The Workshop on Western Tropical Pacific: Hatchery for ENSO and Global Teleconnections that took place in Guangzhou, China, 26-28 November 2007, was organized to bring together the relevant scientific expertise to assess, amongst others, the role of the South China Sea in the climate system, the improvements in ENSO predictions, the links between the Madden Julian Oscillation, the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the mean state, and the global impacts of the latest ENSO event. See more information. http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html Global Prediction of the Cryosphere is one of the four themes of the CliC project. The Workshop on Global Prediction of the Cryosphere that took place in October 2007 identified gaps in our current understanding of how sea ice, ice shelves, glaciers, snow cover, lake ice, river ice, permafrost and the large ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica might change in the future. Learn more in the Cryosphere in the Ice and Climate newsletter of CliC. http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html The Arctic may be close to a tipping point that sees all-year-round ice disappear very rapidly in the next few decades, US scientists have warned. The new study, by a team of scientists from NCAR, the University of Washington, and McGill University, found that the ice system could be being weakened to such a degree by global warming that it soon accelerates its own decline. See more information. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html 2008 is set to be cooler globally than recent years say Met Office and University of East Anglia climate scientists, but is still forecast to be one of the top-ten warmest years. See more information. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The BBC are making a major new 3-part TV series on the history of global warming and we are looking for scientific field research expeditions related to climate change that are taking place any time from February to May this year that we could follow and film. If you are doing any field research yourself during this time period, or know of anyone who is, or who might be interested, please contact Davina Bristow. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html First Announcement for the 10th IGAC International Symposium: Bridging the Scales in Atmospheric Chemistry: Local to Global, that will take place in Annecy-le-Vieux, France, 7-12 September 2008. See all information available on the conference web site. It is interesting to note that this conference will be a carbon neutral event. The local organisation committee aims at reducing emissions from travel and accommodation activities where possible, and to offset any emissions that cannot be reduced through other means. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Dr Bedritsky, President of WMO and the head of the Russian Federal Hydrometeorology Service, said at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, that the Russian delegation's aim was "to reduce global emissions to 50% of their 1990 levels by 2050". See article. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The UN Climate Change Conference just finished in Bali last weekend and to get a better idea of what decision-makers discussed, pushed forward, what still needs to be done and what are the next steps, you can now see the WMO and the other main press releases on video. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The scientific departments of the 6th floor in WMO just had their Christmas lunch. Attended staff from the World Climate Research Programme, the Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme, the World Climate Programme, the GEO Secretariat, the Global Climate Observing System and the Hydrology and Water Resources. This is a good opportunity to introduce Dr Len Barrie who will co-manage the new Research Department with the next Director, WCRP. <br> http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years. Read article. <br> http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The International Council for Science (ICSU) calls for applicants for the ICSU Grants Programme 2008. Proposals must target... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html At the UN Climate Change Conference 2007, WMO Secretary-General Mr Michel Jarraud called for more investment in climate predictions, monitoring and scientific research for developing adaptation measures to respond to the natural and.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Download WCRP e-zine No. 8 and submit news for e-zine No. 9 by mid February to be issued in March 2008. To subscribe to the newsletter send an email to wcrp(at)wmo.int. Read also.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Recognizing that response to climate change requires the capability to assess and properly interpret research findings and to apply them to national planning initiatives, WCRP and ICTP began the process of capacity building in developing and least developed countries. Read feature article. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Ministers and officials from over 100 governments and international organizations are assembling at the GEO Ministerial Summit in Cape Town, South Africa, this week to advance an internationally agreed plan for building a Global Earth Observation System of Systems. Read WCRP contributions to GEO. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Sydney workshop on Future climate change research and observations: GCOS, WCRP and IBGP learning from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report is the second climate neutral event held by WCRP.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html In 2006, globally averaged concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached their highest levels ever recorded, contributing to increased global warming. In addition,.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General, says at the IPCC meeting in Valencia, "Today the world's scientists have spoken clearly and with one voice. In Bali (at the COP-13 meeting) I expect the world's policymakers to do.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Australian government has created the world's first national climate change adaptation research facility with funding of over $50 million to focus on health, water, and biodiversity.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html A comparative analysis commissioned by the World Bank assessed the consequences of continued sea-level rise of 1 to 3 metres during this century for 84 developing countries. The analysis used GIS software to overlay.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Climate change is not inexorable, if measures are adopted immediately, said scientists and government officials at the 27th session of the IPCC opening today. Many of the IPCC contributors and reviewers are WCRP scientists... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html We are pleased to announce that Dr Peter J. van Oevelen will become the Director of the International GEWEX Project Office (IGPO) in January 2008. Peter has been... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report on the importance of sharing climate data entitled 'Climate change research: Agencies have data-sharing policies but could do more to enhance the availability of data.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The WMO MeteoWorld newsletter with articles on the Nobel Peace Prize for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Weather prediction research in the Pacific-Asian region; Protecting health.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The ICSU November newsletter with a feature article on the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize can be downloaded from... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, has awarded this year’s Great-Man Made River International Water Prize to a research team composed of specialists from the Centre for the Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA)... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Global Environmental Change (GEC) is happening. Human activities, including those related to the production, supply and consumption of food, are partly responsible for changing the world’s climate and giving rise to other, globally- and.... Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:46:49 GMT http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The coastal zone has changed profoundly during the 20th century, primarily due to growing populations and increasing urbanization. In 1990, 23 percent of the world's population... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Australian farmers accuse scientists to have failed to warn the public of an intense drought this year. If there were doubts about the season,... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html At the WCRP co-sponsored Climate Change and Desertification workshop held in Wengen, Switzerland, 10-13 September 2007, priority was given to... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html 2006 was the 75th anniversary of the creation of ICSU and a number of activities took place throughout the year to mark this occasion (WCRP supported the 'young scientists conference held in Lindau; read article).... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html WMO devoted the October Bulletin to this global focus on frozen regions which simultaneously provides a test of our ability to understand the planet, a warning of.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html WCRP joins with the world community in congratulating IPCC and Al Gore Jr on the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. <br>WCRP, IGBP, and GCOS have just completed.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Some 66 key IPCC authors and other climate experts met in Sydney, Australia, 4-6 October, at the joint GCOS/WCRP/IGBP workshop 'Learning from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report' to look at the most critical gaps in basic climate science, and deficiencies in.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Dr Paulina Aldunce at the University of Chile learnt at the ESSP Open Science Conference held in Beijing, November 2006, about the importance of a social approach.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html WCRP-Joint Scientific Committee member Dr Reza Ardakanian, assistant Professor at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, and founding Director of the Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (RCUWM) for Tehran.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Professor Shukla, WCRP Joint Scientific Committee member, put into perspectives the mysteries in understanding the Asian monsoon system and.... http://wcrp.wmo.int We are beginning to understand the local effects and consequences of climate change on the functioning of marine ecosystems. However, there is no comprehensive vision at the global scale.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html Researchers are invited to participate in the Marine Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (MISMIP), which will assess the ability of numerical marine ice sheet models to track grounding line migration.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The main goal of the 2-day event starting on 4 October in Sydney, Australia, will be to consider the implications from the IPCC AR4 on future climate research challenges and climate observing strategies.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/ScienceArchives_index.html Scientists from the WCRP, IGBP and the World Weather Research Programme have put forward to policy makers, national academies.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html WMO Secretary General Michel Jarraud, called for a multibillion dollar boost for weather forecasting, warning that about 30 percent of economic wealth was directly exposed to the impact of global warming.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The International Council for Science (ICSU) invites applications for the position of Executive Director of .... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The WCRP/SCAR joint Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project seeks a new Director for its International Project Office in Tromso, Norway. .... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) of the University of Hawaii invites applications for a post-doctoral position as part of the WCRP/VOCALS project in modelling atmospheric boundary layer processes (including low clouds) and.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The International Polar Year (IPY) will launch Sea Ice Day, its first International Polar Day, on Friday, 21 September 2007. More than thirty IPY projects presently study..... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The WCRP/SCAR joint Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project seeks a new Director for its International Project Office in Tromso, Norway. http://wcrp.wmo.int/ResearchProducts_index.html A 200-page strong report has been published resulting from the IAI-project Trends in the hydrological cycle of the la Plata basin: Raising awareness and new tools for water management. WCRP through GEWEX and CLIVAR runs a long-standing project, the La Plata Basin (LPB) project.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The WCRP Annual Report, with a feature article on Communicating Climate Research to Decision Makers, chronicles the activities of WCRP from July 2006 to June 2007 including its four core projects (CLIVAR, GEWEX, SPARC and CliC), diverse cross-cutting initiatives and many collaborations. Print the PDF or order a hard copy plus WCRP research DVD from wcrp@wmo.int. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html More than 60% of the world's population is affected by monsoons. WCRP addresses monsoon prediction through regional as well as global studies. A first meeting of experts was held in Bali, Indonesia on 5 September 2007 to scope the scientific issues surrounding the concept of a 5-year WCRP International Monsoon Study 2007-2011. Read article. http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The IMarEST Climate Change Debate engages marine professionals in discussing society's greatest battle and focusses on how the marine community can meet the challenges presented by climate change. The debate is open to young professionals, students, leading experts, policy and decision makers in marine and offshore community who want to share their views and opinions about climate change. Read more. http://wcrp.wmo.int/About_FactsMeasures.html Links to useful FAQs on climate &amp; climate change <br>http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/Report/AR4WG1_Pub_FAQs.pdf <br>http://www.wmo.ch/web/wcp/ccl/faq/faq.shtml <br>http://www.un.org/climatechange/bg.shtml <br> http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Read WCRP e-zine No. 7 and submit news to the December e-zine by mid November. To subscribe to the newsletter send an email to wcrp@wmo.int. The WCRP/SPARC project issued their newsletter (No. 29) with updates on the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate (AC&amp;C) initiative amongst other topics. Download also the latest newsletters of CLIVAR (No. 42), GEWEX (Vol. 17/3) and CliC (No.9) on recent research products and highlights of WCRP core projects. http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html From 10 August through the end of the summer melt season the US National Snow and Ice Data Center will post updates on the state of the Arctic sea ice as events warrant. See website. Arctic sea ice extent continues to decline; it is currently.... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html he WMO Secretariat issued the first Antarctic Ozone Bulletin containing information on the state of the ozone layer in the Antarctic. Subsequent Bulletins will be released at roughly two week intervals from August to November. The WCRP/SPARC assessment reports on .... http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html To celebrate 75 years of ICSU, 142 young scientists from 71 countries met for a Conference in Lindau, Germany, 4-6 April 2007. "The Conference was a great opportunity for.... Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:58:40 GMT http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The UNFCCC secretariat estimated - in a 216 page report - how much it would cost to return greenhouse gas emissions to today's levels by 2030. The report found about 148 billion USD of projected global annual investment in.... Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:57:36 GMT http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Dr John Church was awarded the Australian Museum Eureka Prize for his outstanding scientific research on rising sea levels and climate change. Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:24:41 GMT http://wcrp.wmo.int/PG_Reports_JSC.html Annual review of the World Climate Research Programme <br>&amp; Report of the Twenty-eighth Session of the Joint Scientific Committee (Zanzibar, Tanzania, 26-30 March 2007) Report including Recommendations (WMO Publication 1395) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:23:30 GMT http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The WCRP Chair has called for the establishment of a Southern Hemisphere network of deep ocean moorings to detect any change in ocean circulation that may adversely influence global climate. 21.08.07 http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html Drawing from work in shorter timescale weather forecasting, the new science of probabilistic climate change prediction is emerging. 16.08.07 http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html As freak catastrophic weather events become more frequent, European scientists are working on making forecasts more accurate to provide ever earlier alerts. 14.08.07 http://wcrp.wmo.int/NewsArchives_index.html The Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) conferred this year's Research Award for Young Scientists upon the Argentinian WCRP Scientist Dr Paola Salio for her outstanding publication on the South American low-level jet.