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2010 seems to be one of the warmest years globally
Glaciers in the Polar areas are beginning to collapse due to a particularly warm summer. At the same time, melting water is flowing into the sea in volumes that are greater than in previous years, an internationally renowned scientist says. Climate researcher and Arctic explorer, Ph.D. Sebastian H. Mernild, is on his way as far out into nothingness as you can possibly imagine. He is going to a ...
By Grundfos
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Better infrastructure for continued development of climate models
More complex climate models make great demands on a well-functioning computer environment. In a newly established EU project, SMHI is developing and simplifying collaboration between researchers by building up the infrastructure and support services for climate research. The climate models used to make calculations of the future climate are becoming increasingly advanced. They have higher ...
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New Australian climate research released
New ANSTO research data from Mongolian glaciers could impact climate change forecasts. Major climate events during past global ice ages did not happen simultaneously or with the same intensity world-wide, new ANSTO research data has revealed. The research, which used sophisticated nuclear dating techniques on rocks from Mongolian glaciers, could impact future climate change forecasts. Reported in ...
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More than 100 climate simulations show the future climate
Researchers at SMHI have completed over 100 regional climate simulations for Europe, Africa, the Arctic, the Middle East and South Asia within the framework of the CORDEX project. The result is detailed regional material that is unique in its size. It can be used for further research, in studies into climate effects and for climate adaptation. Material from nine global climate models has been ...
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Redefinition of `seawater` to aid climate research
The science behind understanding the movement of heat through the world’s deep oceans is entering a more exact phase with the adoption of a new thermodynamic definition of what constitutes "seawater". A specialist in thermal fluid dynamics, CSIRO Wealth from Ocean Flagship's Dr Trevor McDougall, recently led an international science team which has – following its acceptance by the ...
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`Mega` climate research centre proposed at TWAS meeting
Climate scientists from developing and developed countries should collaborate to establish a research centre to make more accurate and reliable climate change predictions at regional levels, a leading climate scientist has suggested. The centre should be modelled on similar international projects such as the European Organisation of Nuclear Research's CERN, in Geneva, said Jagadish Shukla, a ...
By SciDev.Net
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Climate change: research suggests it is not a swindle
New research has dealt a blow to the skeptics who argue that climate change is all due to cosmic rays rather than to man-made greenhouse gases. The new evidence shows no reliable connection between the cosmic ray intensity and cloud cover. Lauded and criticised for offering a possible way out of the dangers of man made climate change, UK TV Channel 4's programme 'The Great Global Warming ...
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£100m funding for climate change research
Announcing that DFID will increase its research funding on climate change to £100 million over the next five years, Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, said today that climate change, and our response to it, 'will define international development for years to come'. Speaking to the Foreign Policy Centre, he described the challenge as an issue of global social ...
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From Potsdam to Pakistan: Confronting vulnerability by building national climate research capacities
“As a risk-prone country, Pakistan is recognizing the signs of the time,” said Jürgen Kropp of PIK’s research domain ‘Climate Impacts and Vulnerability’ on his return from Islamabad. “We feel honoured by the fact that our fellow researchers asked us to support them in this endeavour.” Besides attending the official signing of the cooperation agreement, he ...
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SMHI first with new detailed climate simulations of Europe
The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, SMHI, is the first institute in the world to share its latest generation of detailed regional climate simulations covering Europe. The high resolution climate simulations provide an even greater wealth of detail than previously published material. The demand from impact researchers, among others, is considerable. At SMHI’s climate ...
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Climate science research review answers climate change questions
With wildfires, floods, tornadoes, and other dramatic weather events making front page news around the world, many people are asking questions about the signs and impacts of a changing climate. Climate Science is the World Resources Institute’s periodic review of the state of play of the science of climate change. With summaries and explanations of recent peer-reviewed research from a host ...
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US scientists head to Antarctica for climate research
More than 30 scientists will embark on a research cruise this month to the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica. There they will combat cold and wind to study how gases that impact climate change move between the atmosphere and the ocean under high winds and seas. The Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment, a six week cruise aboard the research vessel Ronald H. Brown, is co-sponsored by ...
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São Paulo to invest US$63m on climate research
The State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) has announced a new US$63 million investment initiative for research on global climate change and its impact on Brazil. Over the next ten years, FAPESP will offer US$6—7 million every year to climate researchers. FAPESP will also look to bring in other institutions to add more funding to the programme. The two first proposal calls are for ...
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Climate research targets Western wildfire smoke
Researchers are flying over Western wildfires to sample the thick smoke they emit and study its role in cloud formation and climate. The data-gathering campaign is intended to help scientists flesh out one of the least understood areas of climate: the role of aerosols, or particles given off by wildfires, and how they evolve over time. Biomass burning, such as forest fires and agricultural ...
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Climate change conference goes `virtual`
World-leading science from the Met Office Hadley Centre is being shared on the international stage to spear-head projects to help mitigate the effects of climate change. Throughout this week a series of workshops will take place at Pune, India, where scientists from the UK and the sub-continent will bring their expertise together. Computer models from the Met Office Hadley Centre and other UK ...
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Dead ends and solutions for the climate crisis: Panel discussion with Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks
Dr. Barbara Hendricks, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Dr. Michael Otto, Chairman of the Otto Group Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Michael Otto Foundation for Environmental Protection, Prof. Dr. Christian Thomsen, President of the Technische Universität Berlin, Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer, chief economist ...
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Pakistan floods driven by climate change, say UN officials
The recent floods in Pakistan could turn out to be the worst impact of climate change to date, according to UN climate experts. Scientists at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said last week (11 August) that there is no doubt that higher global temperatures were behind the floods. 'There's no doubt that clearly the climate change is contributing, a major contributing factor,' Ghassem ...
By SciDev.Net
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Commission welcomes IPCC decision to grant EC full participation
The European Commission today welcomed the decision by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC) to let the European Community participate fully in IPCC meetings, a prerogative normally reserved for governments. The IPCC is a United Nations organisation which acts as an objective source of information on climate change. The decision, taken at the IPCC meeting this week, recognises the ...
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Climate scientists must engage openly with the media
Poor communications, not science, caused the IPCC's 'Climategate' debacle. Despite this, it must keep doors open between journalists and researchers. Two months ago, climate researchers working on the next global assessment for the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) received a letter from the panel's chairman, Rajendra Pachauri, outlining how to deal with the media. He acknowledged ...
By SciDev.Net
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US and Portugal sign agreement for climate research collaboration
The United States signed an agreement with Portugal today to launch the installation of a portable climate observatory on Graciosa Island in the Azores. The mobile observatory will obtain measurements of cloud and aerosol properties from the island’s marine environment for 20 months, beginning in May. The measurements are expected to greatly enhance scientific understanding of the microscopic ...
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