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New Directions for Climate Research and Technology Initiatives. Hearing (dtd 17 April 2002) before the US Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Science. The hearing focused on the President's new climate research initiative. (link Posted 21 April 2002)
Program Announcement for Office of Global Programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Published in the Federal Register on 8 April 2002 (Vol 67, Number 67). Letters of Intent are due May 8, 2002. Proposals are due July 8, 2002. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Second Meeting of the U.S.-Japan High-Level Consultations on Climate Change. Press release (dtd 5 April 2002) from the US Department of State. (link Posted 21 April 2002) U.S. Announces Nomination and Support for UN Climate Change Panel Working Group. Press release from US Dept of State, dtd 2 April 2002. See also: IPCC, audio segment (3:33) from National Public Radio's Morning Edition (4 April 2002). "NPR's Chris Joyce reports that the U.S. government has decided not to back Robert Watson for another term in office. Watson is chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change." (link Posted 21 April 2002) Why Did Global Warming Take Hold As World Concern? "New research by scientists from the University of Gloucestershire in the UK indicates that a remarkable combination of circumstances sparked widespread scientific interest in Global Warming in the later decades of the 20th Century." Press release (dtd 28 March 2002) distributed by UniSci. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Public Expects The Impossible From Science. Press release (dtd 28 March 2002) from Science Media Center (UK). (link Posted 21 April 2002) The first Envisat check-up on the Earth. Press release (dtd 28 March 2002) from European Space Agency. (link Posted 21 April 2002) U.S. EPA: 2002 Ozone Awards. Press release (dtd 26 March 2002) from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (link Posted 21 April 2002) AAAS Report XXVII: Research and Development FY 2003. Report (posted 25 March 2002) from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). (link Posted 21 April 2002) Survey shows that scientists want training in communicating with the general public. Press release (dtd 21 March 2002) from UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). (link Posted 21 April 2002)
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Research Announcement: Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling and Analysis Program (ACMAP). Issued by NASA on 1 April 2002. Proposal Due Dates: (link Posted 21 April 2002)
Highways of a Global Traveler. Tracking Tropospheric Ozone. Article (dtd 20 March 2002) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link Posted 21 April 2002) |
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(See also Carbon Cycle Science
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Fish Follow Weather. "Salmon and climate have been linked for millennia." Nature "Science Update" (dtd 19 April 2002). (link Posted 21 April 2002) Extensive research survey confirms life on Earth now being affected by global warming. "A comprehensive summary has revealed, for the first time, the dramatic extent of disruptions now being experienced by Earth's species as a result of global warming. The extensive report compiles the results of over 100 research studies on the effects that recent climate changes have had on animals and plants throughout the world. An international team of researchers ... at institutions in Australia, France, Germany, Texas, and the United Kingdom -- published the study in the 28 March 2002 edition of the journal Nature." Press release (dtd 16 Apr 2002) from Penn State. (link Posted 21 April 2002)
Sea level rise threatens marshes in Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Press release (dtd 11 April 2002) from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). (link Posted 21 April 2002) Trees aren't going to solve global warming. Press release (dtd 10 April 2002) from New Scientist. "Forests will be less effective at slowing climate change than scientists thought, because they'll mop up less carbon dioxide than expected. That verdict follows a four-year experiment to see how much CO2 trees will absorb from the atmosphere when pollution has raised levels of the gas." (link Posted 21 April 2002) Reports Document Degradation of World's Remaining Intact Forests. Press release (dtd 5 April 2002) from US Department of State. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Hurricanes Impact Carbon Sequestration by US Forests. Press release (dtd 22 March 2002) from US Forest Service, Southern Research Station. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Chilled to the Bone: Ancient Penguin and Brown Bear DNA Reveal the Pace of Evolution and Ice Age Extinctions. Article (dtd 22 March 2002) from National Geographic.com. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Pollen production and allergies may rise significantly over next 50 years. Press release (dtd 20 Mar 2002) from Harvard Medical School. (link Posted 21 April 2002) 'Mercury sunrise' phenomenon found in Antarctica. Press release (dtd 19 Mar 2002) from American Chemical Society. (link Posted 21 April 2002) |
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Trees aren't going to solve global warming. Press release (dtd 10 April 2002) from New Scientist. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Tropical streams, rivers �exhaling' millions of tons more CO2 than thought. Press release (dtd 10 April 2002) from the University of Washington. (link Posted 21 April 2002) New Projects to Explore Breakthrough Ideas for Capturing, Storing Greenhouse Gases. Article (dtd 6 March 2002) from US Department of Energy (DOE) Fossil Energy Techline. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Hurricanes Impact Carbon Sequestration by US Forests. Press release (dtd 22 March 2002) from US Forest Service, Southern Research Station. (link Posted 21 April 2002) World Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Fossil Fuel, 1970-2020. Figure from International Energy Outlook 2002, report (dtd March 2002) from the US Energy Information Administration. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Funding to Assist Use Of Canada's Forests and Farmlands to Fight Climate Change. "The funds will be invested over a three year period to further scientific understanding of how Canada's vast forests and farmlands can contribute to the fight against climate change while improving the Canadian economy and natural ecosystems." Press release (19 March 2002) from Environment Canada. (link Posted 21 April 2002) |
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Investor Coalition Finds US Corporations Face Multi-Billion Dollar Risk from Climate Change. "Risks not adequately assessed by boards and investors." Press release (dtd 18 April 2002) from Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES). Announces publication of the report, Value at Risk: Climate Change and the Future of Governance (PDF, 600 kilobytes), written for CERES by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. (link Posted 22 April 2002) Megadrought and Megadeath in 16th Century Mexico. From the Center for Disease Control (CDC)'s Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2002. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Pollen production and allergies may rise significantly over next 50 years. Press release (dtd 20 Mar 2002) from Harvard Medical School. (link Posted 21 April 2002)
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New report explains ice-age mystery. Press release (dtd 18 Apr 2002) from University of California, Davis. (link Posted 21 April 2002) April Geology and GSA Today Media Highlights. Press release (dtd 5 Apr 2002) from Geological Society of America (GSA). (link Posted 21 April 2002) Megadrought and Megadeath in 16th Century Mexico. From the Center for Disease Control (CDC)'s Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2002. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Antarctic Ice Sheet Key to Sudden Sea Level Rise in the Past. Press release (dtd 28 March 2002) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Was El Niño unaffected by the Little Ice Age? Press release (dtd 27 March 2002) from l'Institut de Recherche pour le Developpment. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Chilled to the Bone: Ancient Penguin and Brown Bear DNA Reveal the Pace of Evolution and Ice Age Extinctions. Article (dtd 22 March 2002) from National Geographic.com. (link Posted 21 April 2002) |
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Global warming is here to stay. Article (dtd 19 April 2002) from Swissinfo. Overview (for a general audience) of article by Reto Knutti, Thomas F. Stocker, Fortunat Joos and Gian-Kasper Plattner, "Constraints on Radiative Forcing and Future Climate Change from Observations and Climate Model Ensembles," published in the 18 April 2002 issue of Nature. (link posted 20 April 2002) Massive Weather Study Heads for the Skies. Press release (dtd 16 April 2002) from University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). (link Posted 21 April 2002) URI Graduate School of Oceanography Professor Receives NOAA Environmental Hero Award. Press release (dtd 16 Apr 2002) from University of Rhode Island. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has given Isaac Ginis, an associate professor at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography, the NOAA Environmental Hero Award for 2002. This prestigious national award, presented to individuals and organizations throughout the United States for their efforts to preserve and protect the environment, recognizes Ginis's contributions in the field of hurricane forecast research. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Earth's warming trend is truly global. Press release (dtd 11 Apr 2002) from University of Michigan. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Climate Monitoring Goes Mobile. Press release (dtd 2 April 2002) from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (link Posted 21 April 2002) NOAA Office of Global Programs (OGP) Teacher at Sea Program. Site dedicated to the latest Teacher at Sea sponsored by the National Science Foundation and NOAA's OGP. Mrs Dana Tomlinson, a 6th grade teacher from Emory Elementary School in San Diego, CA. Dana embarked on the NOAA Ship Ka'imimoana which serviced the TAO/TRITON array (part of a complex climate observation system) in the Pacific Ocean and continued work associated with the Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate (EPIC) project. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Launching of the AMMA (1) project, an international research programme on the West African monsoon. Press release (dtd 2 April 2002) from Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Corals In New Caledonia Enhance El Niño Forecasting. Press release (dtd 28 March 2002) distributed by UniSci. (link Posted 21 April 2002) UV radiation information on CD. Press release (dtd 25 March 2002) from New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). (link Posted 21 April 2002) Global observations: Seeing is understanding climate. Press release (dtd 20 March 2002) from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). (link Posted 21 April 2002) Russia: New Satellite Experiment May Unlock Riddle Of Global Warming. Article (dtd 18 March 2002) from Radio Free Europe. (link Posted 21 April 2002) A Curious Pacific Wave. Article (dtd 5 March 2002) from Science@NASA. (link Posted 21 April 2002)
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Program Solicitation. Water Cycle Research. Issued by the National Science Foundation. Full Proposal Deadline: June 18, 2002. (link Posted 21 April 2002) NASA Pinpoints Where Rain Comes from and Where It Goes -. Press release (dtd 1 April 2002) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Antarctic Ice Sheet Key to Sudden Sea Level Rise in the Past. Press release (dtd 28 March 2002) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Crossing Alaska by snowmobile in search of climate-change clues. "A group of scientists left Nome, Alaska late last week on a 35-day snowmobile traverse to scour the Alaskan tundra for clues to the role snow cover plays in climate change." Press release (dtd 25 March 2002) from the National Science Foundation. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Ice Continent on the Move. Article (dtd 22 March 2002) from Science@NASA. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Icebergs off Wellington again?. "The recent breakup of the Larsen B iceshelf in Antarctica, which has produced many icebergs, some of which are 10 times or more the size of Wellington Harbour, means that icebergs could once again invade New Zealand's waters." Press release (dtd 22 March 2002) from New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). (link Posted 21 April 2002) For the First Time in 30 Years of Record Keeping, Some New York Lakes Failed to Freeze This Past Winter. Press release (dtd 21 March 2002) from the State Univ of NY. (link Posted 21 April 2002) Icing on the World. News Snapshot (dtd 21 March 2002) from the New York Times. "Every Monday through Friday, News Snapshot features a newsworthy and provocative photo from The New York Times, along with the basic set of questions answered by journalists when relaying the news-- who, what, where, when, why and how." This snapshot features the disintegration of an ice shelf in the Antarctic. (link Posted 21 April 2002)
Scripps Researchers Provide New Insight into How Clouds Impact Earth's Climate System. "Cloud particles play large role in modifying greenhouse effect, reflecting sunlight." Press release (dtd 17 Feb 2002) from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. (link posted 25 March 2002)
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Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Research. Notice from the US Department of Energy inviting grant applications. "The deadline for receipt of formal applications is 4:30 p.m., E.D.T., May 14, 2002, to be accepted for merit review and to permit timely consideration for award in Fiscal Year 2002 and early Fiscal Year 2003." (link posted 20 March 2002) NSF Invites Media to Report on Arctic Research Cruise to Study Early Indicators of Climate Change. The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Office of Polar Programs, is accepting written requests from professional journalists to join a research cruise in Alaskan waters as part of the Western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions project (SBI), which looks at possible indicators of climate change in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. Application deadline is 15 April 2002. Press release (dtd 11 Mar 2002) from National Science Foundation (NSF). (link posted 20 March 2002) Europe's environmental eye soars into orbit. Press release (dtd 1 March 2002) from European Space Agency. (link posted 20 March 2002) Climate Coordination Announced Between the United States and Canada. Press release (dtd 7 March 2002) from the US Department of State. (link posted 20 March 2002) Graduate Student Theses Supported by DOE's Environmental Sciences Division: Fiscal Year 2001 Update. Document (dtd Feb 2002) from Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center. (link posted 20 March 2002) Joint Statement of the U.S.-Japan High-Level Consultations on Climate Change Document (dtd 28 Feb 2002) from US Dept of State. (link posted 20 March 2002) Climate Action Partnership Announced Between Australia and the United States. Statement (dtd 27 Feb 2002) published by the US Dept of State. (link posted 20 March 2002)
New NASA Global Change Master Directory. Press release (dtd 25 Feb 2002) from NASA Goddard. (link posted 20 March 2002) Arctic Research of the United States - Fall/Winter 2001. Document (dtd 22 Feb 2002) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). (link posted 20 March 2002) Climate Change R & D. Budget document (dtd Feb 2002) posted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. (link posted 4 March 2002)
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Future Volcanic Eruptions May Cause Ozone Hole Over Arctic. Press release (dtd 4 March 2002) from NASA's Earth Observing System. (link posted 20 March 2002) Aerosols Found to Brighten Clouds. Press release (dtd 28 Feb 2002) from Brookhaven National Lab. (link posted 20 March 2002) National Geographic Antarctic Map Displays Chlorofluorocarbon Trend. Press release (dtd 18 Feb 2002) from NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL). (link posted 20 March 2002) |
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(See also Carbon Cycle
Science section)
Too
much sun can harm ocean life. Press release (dtd 18 Mar 2002)
from Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. (link
posted 20 March 2002)
U.S.
Forests May be Products of Pollution. Press release (dtd 12
March 2002) from Oregon State University. (link posted 20 March
2002)
Revolutionary
new findings about the history of trees and climate in Scandinavia.
Press release (dtd 6 March 2002) from Swedish Research Council.
(link posted 20 March 2002)
Hurricane
floods pose risk to environment, health, new research on 1999 storm
reveals. Press release (drd 7 Mar 2002) from University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (link posted 20 March 2002)
Algae Affects Accuracy
of Coral Thermometers. Article (dtd 8 March 2002) from Scientific
American. (link posted 20 March 2002)
Hotspots
Study Sounds Alarm for Extinctions in the Ocean. Press release (dtd
14 Feb 2002) from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
(link posted 20 March 2002)
Alaskan Shark Boom
Blamed in Part on Global Warming. Article (dtd February 19, 2002)
from Scientific American. (link posted 20 March 2002)
NOAA
Satellites Track Extensive Climate-related Coral Bleaching Event on
Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Press release (dtd 21 Feb
2002) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
(link posted 20 March 2002)
From the US National Assessment: The
Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change: a set of 4
forest-sector articles from Ecosystems (dtd 2001) (link
posted 1 March 2002)
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Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2000. Report (dtd 9 Nov 2001) from the US Energy Information Administration. (link posted 20 March 2002) |
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Earth Institute Discusses Effects of Climate Extremes and Change in the New York Metropolitan Region. Article (dtd 5 March 2002) from Columbia University. (link posted 20 March 2002) New global forecast: population decline in sight. Article (dtd 12 Monitor 2002) from Christian Science Monitor. (link posted 20 March 2002) The Economic Implications of an El Nino. Press release (dtd 6 March 2002) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (link posted 20 March 2002) Increase in sunburns and photosensitivity disorders at the edge of the Antarctica Ozone Hole, Southern Chile, 1986-2000. Article from the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Online, Feb 2002, Part 1, Vol 46, Number 2. (link posted 20 March 2002) Climate Change Research Will Help the Agriculture Industry. Press Release (1 March 2002) from Natural Resources Canada. (link posted 20 March 2002) Arctic meltdown. "There will be anarchy as northern seas open up to shipping. " Press release (dtd 27 Feb 2002) from New Scientist. (link posted 20 March 2002) Tree Ring Records Link Historic Epidemics to Drought. Press release (dtd 25 Feb 2002) from University of Arkansas. (link posted 20 March 2002) Can We Influence Global Weather -- Some Scientists Say Theoretically Yes, Practically, Not Yet [PDF]. Press release (dtd 21 Feb 2002) from the American Meteorological Society (also available as Word Version). (link posted 20 March 2002) |
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Australia's role in climatic history. "If Australia hadn't broken away from Antarctica, worldwide climate probably would have stayed warm." Press release (dtd 12 march 2002) from Geoscience Australia. (link posted 20 March 2002) Shells on Ocean Floor Act as Buffer Against Chemical Change over Thousands of Years, NOAA Reports. Press release (dtd 6 March 2002) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (link posted 20 March 2002) Revolutionary new findings about the history of trees and climate in Scandinavia. Press release (dtd 6 March 2002) from Swedish Research Council. (link posted 20 March 2002) Climate Timeline Tool (CTL). The "CTL is currently under development by science educators at the University of Colorado and NOAA as a tool for exploring the complex world of climate science and history. The CTL's basic design is an interactive matrix (see CTL Overview) that uses the "powers of ten" approach to frame climate information at varying time scales. Drag your mouse over the Climate Summary Timeline below for a snapshot of each period." (link posted 20 March 2002) Tree Ring Records Link Historic Epidemics to Drought. Press release (dtd 25 Feb 2002) from University of Arkansas. (link posted 20 March 2002) |
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Behind the big dry. "CSIRO scientists are investigating the possibility that a climate shift has brought a long-term decline in rainfall over southwest Western Australia." Press release (dtd 13 March 2002) from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). (link posted 20 March 2002) Depths Of The Southern Ocean Being Starved Of Oxygen. Press release (dtd 19 March 2002) from UniSci. (link posted 20 March 2002) Abrupt Climate Change. Entire text of report issued in 2001 by the National Academy of Sciences. NASA Study Offers Hope for Improved Storm Prediction, Understanding. Press release (dtd 1 March 2002) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 20 March 2002) Climate Timeline Tool (CTL). The "CTL is currently under development by science educators at the University of Colorado and NOAA as a tool for exploring the complex world of climate science and history. The CTL's basic design is an interactive matrix (see CTL Overview) that uses the "powers of ten" approach to frame climate information at varying time scales. Drag your mouse over the Climate Summary Timeline below for a snapshot of each period." (link posted 20 March 2002) Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR). Funding Opportunity from National Science Foundation (NSF), dtd 12 Feb 2002. Full proposal target date: 15 May 2002. (link posted 20 March 2002) A Current Controversy: Is Europe About to Freeze? Press release (dtd 20 Feb 2002) from Oregon State University. (link posted 20 March 2002)
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Scripps Researchers Provide New Insight into How Clouds Impact Earth's Climate System. "Cloud particles play large role in modifying greenhouse effect, reflecting sunlight." Press release (dtd 17 Feb 2002) from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. (link posted 25 March 2002) Depths Of The Southern Ocean Being Starved Of Oxygen. Press release (dtd 19 March 2002) from UniSci. (link posted 20 March 2002) Satellite spies on doomed Antarctic ice shelf. Press release (dtd 18 March 2002) from British Antarctic Survey. (link posted 20 March 2002)
Antarctic ice shelf collapses in largest event of last 30 years. Press release (dtd 18 March 2002) from University of Colorado, Boulder. (link posted 20 March 2002) Iceberg Breaks off Thwaites Ice Tongue. "The National Ice Center confirms an iceberg broke off from the Thwaites Ice Tongue, a large sheet of glacial ice and snow extending from the Antarctic mainland into the southern Amundsen Sea." Press release (dtd 18 Mar 2002) from NOAA. (link posted 20 March 2002) Unveiling Planet Ocean. Press release (dtd 14 March 2002) from Science@NASA. (link posted 20 March 2002) As ice melts, climate-study funds dry up. Article (dtd 14 March 2002) from Christian Science Monitor. (link posted 20 March 2002) Unprecedented Antarctic ice calls for twice the normal icebreaking muscle. Press release (dtd 12 March 2002) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). (link posted 20 March 2002) Grace Space Twins Set to Team Up to Track Earth's Water and Gravity. Press release (dtd 7 March 2002) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 20 March 2002)
NASA'S aqua satellite ships to launch site on Sunday. "Aqua, the latest in the Earth Observing System (EOS) series, will collect measurements of rainfall, snow, sea ice, temperature, humidity, vegetation, soil moisture and clouds as part of NASA's long-term, coordinated research study of changes in the global environment." Press release (dtd 22 Feb 2002) from NASA Goddard. (link posted 20 March 2002) Terra Measures Sea Surface Temperature with Unprecedented Detail. Press release (dtd 14 Feb 2002) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 20 March 2002)
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Earth &
Sky. Daily science radio series, currently funded by a grant
from the National Science Foundation and National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. Both transcripts & audio files are provided. (link
Posted 21 April 2002)
Workshop
Report: 
Recent
Atmospheric Conditions & Impacts:
