Atmospheric CO2 Records From Sites in the SIO [Scripps Institute of Oceanography] Air Sampling Network.  Document (dtd December 2001) posted by the US Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC). (link posted 18 December 2001)

LLNL [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory] Scientists to Present Global Warming Mitigation Tool for Ridding the Atmosphere of Excess Carbon. Press release (dtd 12 Dec 2001) from Lawrence Livermore National Lab. See also Researchers Develop New Way to Keep Carbon Dioxide from Atmosphere, article (dtd 17 Dec 2001) in Cool News. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Amazon as "Carbon Sink": What Effect on Global Warming?   Article (dtd 13 Dec 2001) from National Geographic. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Satellite Data Help Researchers Track Carbon in Northern Hemisphere Forests.   Press release (dtd 11 Dec 2001) from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (link posted 18 December 2001).  See also:

• A Sink for Missing Carbon Discovered in Northern Forests [PDF] "NASA developed satellite data indicate that forests in Europe, Russia and America have been storing nearly 700 million metric tons of carbon a year, or about 12% of annual global carbon emissions from industrial activities, during the 1980s and 1990s. European forests soaked up 120 million tons of carbon a year, which is about 11% of Europe's annual emissions."  Press release (dtd 10 December 2001) from International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.  (link posted 18 December 2001)

The Most Efficient Way To Store Carbon in Soils.  Article (dtd 20 Nov 2001) from RFF's Weathervane. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Banana Boat to Help with Climate Research.  Press release (dtd 5 Nov 2001) from University of East Anglia (UK). (link posted 18 December 2001)

Man-made Hurricane Hits South Carolina Coast Monday.  Press release (dtd 13 Dec 2001) from Clemson University. (link posted 18 December 2001) 

FEMA: Grants To Measure River Basin Vulnerability Awarded To University of North Carolina.  Press release (dtd 13 Dec 2001) from Federal Emergency Management Agency. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Cotton Doesn't Shrink From Climate Change.  Press release (dtd 10 December 2001) from NASA's Earth Observatory News. (link posted 18 December 2001)

2nd Annual National Severe Weather Workshop to Be Held March 1 & 2.  Press release (dtd 10 Dec 2001) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (link posted 18 December 2001)

Food and fuel in a warmer world.  "Agriculture, as victim and villain of climate change, is key to the debate about how to deal with it." News highlight (dtd 4 Dec 2001) from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Study Links Logging With Severity of Forest Fires.  Article (dtd 3 Dec 2001) from National Geographic. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Floods Ain't What They Used to Be; Study Shows Wing Dams Have Made Them Worse.  Press release (dtd 3 Dec 2001) from Washington University in St Louis. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Bureau / Cancer Council Deliver UV Forecasts via Web.  Press release (dtd 3 Dec 2001) from Government of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology.

Companies Not Forecasting the Hidden Costs of Weather.  Press release (dtd 26 Nov 2001) from the UK Met Office. (link posted 18 December 2001)

The Impacts of Climate Change: Implications for DETR.  Press release (dtd 14 December 2001) from the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Up-to-Date Weather, Climate & Wildfire Summaries

Climate of 2001; Annual Review.  Preliminary report (dtd 17 December 2001) from the National Climatic Data Center. (link posted 18 December 2001)

International Team Returns from Biggest-Ever Antarctic Research Voyage. "The largest-ever Australian Antarctic scientific expedition - a five-week study of the Southern Ocean's role in global processes - ends tomorrow with the return to Hobart of Australia's ice research ship Aurora Australis."   Press release (dtd 12 Dec 2001) from Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Heritage. (link posted 18 December 2001)

New Study Shows Early Signals of Climate Change in Earth's Cold Regions.   Press release (dtd 10 Dec 2001) from University of Colorado at Boulder. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Satellites Help Researchers Map Global Lightning Patterns:   Article (dtd 7 December  2001) from Scientific American. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Beware of Leap Year When Predicting Climate Change, Warns Researcher.  Press release (dtd 5 Dec 2001) from Stanford University. (link posted 18 December 2001

The FCC [Federal Climate Complex]  Integrated Surface Hourly Database, A New Resource of Global Climate Data.  This 42-page report from NOAA (dtd 2001) describes the background, development, processing, and quality control of the new Federal Climate Complex Integrated Surface Hourly (ISH) database. The database includes approximately 20,000 worldwide weather stations, with data from as far back as the early 1900's. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Stratospheric Polar Vortex Influences Winter Cold, Researchers Say.  Press release (dtd 3 Dec 2001) from Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Remote Sensing Satellites Fact Sheet.  Article (dtd December 2001) from NASA's Earth Observatory Library.   (link posted 18 December 2001)

Antarctic Climate Change - A Position Statement.  Statement (dtd November 2001) from the British Antarctic Survey. (link posted 18 December 2001)

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 18 December 2001)

• Eastern Cooling. Broadcast on 7 December 2001

Recent Atmospheric Conditions & Impacts:

• Up-to-Date Weather, Climate & Wildfire Summaries

• Climate-Watch, December 2001.  Report (last updated on 17 December 2001) from the US National Climatic Data Center. (link posted 18 December 2001)

• Climate of 2001 - November.  Report (last updated 14 December 2001) from the US National Climatic Data Center (link posted 18 December 2001)

• Hurricanes:

  • Extended Range Forecast of Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Activity and US Landfall Strike Probability for 2002.  "A continuation of the recent seven year upturn in Atlantic basin hurricane activity is expected. We anticipate significantly above average hurricane activity and U.S. hurricane landfall probability."  Report (dtd 7 Dec 2001) from William Gray et al. (link posted 18 December 2001)
  • Research Season a �Success' for NOAA Hurricane Scientists, Colleagues.  Press release (dtd 4 Dec 2001) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (link posted 18 December 2001)
  • 2001 Atlantic Hurricane Season Continues Trend For Heightened Storm Activity.  Press release (dtd 29 Nov 2001) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (link posted 18 December 2001)
  • Summary of 2001 Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity and Verification of Authors' Seasonal Activity Forecast. "A successful forecast of an active hurricane season, but the 2nd consecutive year without US hurricane landfall."   Report (dtd 20 Nov 2001) from William Gray et al. (link posted 18 December 2001)
  • See too our Hurricane page.
• Food Situation in Somalia is Deteriorating Fast.   "In the Great Lakes region 2.5 million people live in misery and hunger; overall food supply in sub-Saharan Africa better than a year ago."  Press release (dtd 13 Dec 2001) from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.  (link posted 18 December 2001)
• Mildest Autumn Since 1978.  Press release (dtd 4 Dec 2001) from UK Met Office. (link posted 18 December 2001)

• Algeria - Floods Situation Report #1.  Report (dtd 30 Nov 2001) from the US Agency for International Development, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. (link posted 18 December 2001)

• October 2001 Global Temperature Warmest on Record, U.S. Temperature Slightly above Average.  Press release (dtd 20 Nov 2001) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (link posted 18 December 2001)

Call for Papers: Mississippi River Climate and Hydrology Conference. 13-17 May 2002.  New Orleans, Louisiana.   Sponsors: GEWEX Americas Prediction Project (GAPP) and the American Meteorological Society (AMS).  (link posted 8 January 2002)

Many Alaskan Glaciers Are Thinning, USGS [US Geological Survey] Study Says.  Press release (dtd 11 Dec 2001) distributed by UniSci. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Research Indicates Alaska's Columbia Glacier Will Retreat 10 miles in Next Decade.  Press release (dtd 11 Dec 2001) from the University of Colorado. (link posted 18 December 2001)

Mountains of Change.  Radio script with link to audio file. Originally broadcast 7 December  2001 by Arctic Science Journeys Radio. "Mountain climbers spend a great deal of time traversing glaciers, climbing steep, rocky slopes and huddling in snow caves. So it makes sense that they would have noticed the effects of a warmer climate on the world's loftier regions. As Doug Schneider reports in this week's Arctic Science Journeys Radio, one of the world's top mountain climbers has noticed. He's now helping the rest of us to notice, too." (link posted 18 December 2001)

Tiny Particles of Pollution May Carry Large Consequences for Earth's Water Supply.   Press release (dtd 6 December 2001) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). (link posted 18 December 2001)

New Iceberg "Calves" in the Amundsen Sea in Antarctica, National Ice Center Reports.  Press release (dtd 16 Nov 2001) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (link posted 18 December 2001)

NOAA's 
Image of the Day 

For the documents from the IPCC, 
see our Assessments page.

Gas Hydrates May Be Converted From Hazard To Resource.  Press Release (dtd 21 Nov 2001) from UniSci.   (posted 28 November 2001)

Calling a halt to climate change - European research centre stage in Marrak.  Press release (dtd 12 Nov 2001) from the European Commission.  "Coinciding with the United Nations' Marrakech climate talks which started on 29 October 2001 and which are planned to finalize the Kyoto rulebook, EU sponsored projects have just published a report on an independent method to verify the amount of greenhouse gases taken up by forests and by the soil, the so-called carbon sinks." (posted 28 November 2001)

KTH research: Increased combustion reduces carbon dioxide emissions.  Press release (dtd 23 Nov 2001) from The Swedish Research Council. (posted 28 November 2001)

Forest management may mitigate global warming.  Press release (dtd 22 Nov 2001) from University of Wisconsin-Madison.  (posted 28 November 2001)

DOE Terrestrial Ecosystem and Carbon Cycle Science Team Meeting.  Session abstracts and other Information from meeting held 29-31 October 2001, Argonne National Laboratory.  (posted 28 November 2001)

Integrated Carbon Cycle Research Program. Program Announcement (posted 15 November 2001) from the US National Science Foundation. (posted 28 November 2001)

Early Release of the Annual Energy Outlook 2002.  EIA Report (dtd 14 Nov 2001).  According to the report, "Carbon dioxide emissions from energy use are projected to increase at an average rate of 1.5 percent per year, from 1,562 million metric tons carbon equivalent in 2000 to 2,088 million in 2020." (posted 28 November 2001)

Earth's Ecosystems Slowed Greenhouse Gas Buildup in 1990s, Climate Changes Could Speed It Up Again.  Press release (dtd 7 Nov 2001) from the US National Center for Atmospheric Research.  (posted 28 November 2001).  See also:

• Land won't soak up carbon indefinitely say top scientists.  Press release (dtd 7 Nov 2001) from International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme.  (posted 28 November 2001)
• Land-Based Ecosystems Won't Head Off Global Warming.  Press release (dtd 9 Nov 2001) distributed by UniSci. (posted 28 November 2001)

Maps of Lands Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise: Modeled Elevations Along the US Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.  Abstract for article by James G. Titus and Charlie Richman in Climate Research (vol. 18, no. 3, 205-228, 2 Nov 2001). (posted 29 November 2001)

Confronting Climate Change in the Gulf Coast Region: Prospects for Sustaining our Ecological Heritage. Report (issued October 2001) from the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Ecological Society of America. (posted 29 November 2001)

U. of Colorado-led science team studying environmental problems on Alaska's North Slope.  Press release (dtd 7 Nov 2001) from Univ of Colorado at Boulder. (posted 28 November 2001)

Forecasting better odds for farmers.  "The development of Australia's first long-term climate forecasting system will bring benefits for primary producers and land and water managers."  Press release (dtd 20 Nov 2001) from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). (posted 28 November 2001)

Bangladesh flood and drought forecasting could bring farmers, cholera victims relief.  Press release (dtd 13 Nov 2001) from University of Colorado at Boulder. See also New Flood Forecasting System Could Help Farmers in Bangladesh, article (dtd 20 Nov 2001) from DisasterRelief.org. (posted 28 November 2001)

StormReady.  "StormReady is a nationwide community preparedness program that uses a grassroots approach to help communities develop plans to handle all types of severe weather."  Sponsored by the US National Weather Service. (posted 28 November 2001)

Skin expert issues winter sports warning.  Press release (dtd 15 Nov 2001) from University of Newcastle (UK).  (posted 28 November 2001)

What Drives the Costs of Flood Disasters?  Press release (dtd 2 Nov 2001) from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.  (posted 28 November 2001)

Weather Impact on USA Economy.  Article (dtd 1 Nov 2001) from NOAA Magazine Online. (posted 28 November 2001)

Up-to-Date Weather, Climate & Wildfire Summaries

Possibility of Abrupt Climate Change Needs Research and Attention.  Press release (dtd 11 Dec 2001) from the National Academy of Sciences.  Announces release of report, Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises.

Researchers discover that volcanic eruptions masked global warming during the past 20 years.  Press release (dtd 27 Nov 2001) from Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. (posted 28 November 2001)

El Niño predictions up to nine months ahead.  Press release (dtd 26 Nov 2001) from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). (posted 28 November 2001)

Tracking Global Warming in the Tundra.  Press release (dtd 15 Nov 2001) from the University of Cincinnati. (posted 28 November 2001)

UAF Scientists Share Results of Arctic Research on Global Warming.  Press release (dtd 9 Nov 2001) from University of Alaska, Fairbanks.  (posted 28 November 2001)

NCAR Powers Up Climate and Weather Research with Enhanced IBM System.   Press release (dtd 9 Nov 2001) from the US National Center for Atmospheric Research. (posted 28 November 2001)

NASDA [National Space Development Agency of Japan] and NASA Collaboration: OCTS [Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner] global data set available.  Press release (dtd 14 Nov 2001) from the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.  (posted 28 November 2001)

Learning About Weather Forecasting in the Science Classroom.  Lesson Plan (dtd 13 Nov 2001) from the New York Times. (posted 28 November 2001)

NSF-Funded Terascale Computing System Ranks as World's Second Fastest.  Press release (dtd 9 November 2001) from the US National Science Foundation. (posted 28 November 2001)

Satellites Shed Light on a Warmer World.  Press release (dtd 5 Nov 2001) from Goddard Space Flight Center. (posted 28 November 2001)

Europe's environment satellite.  "Early in 2002 an Ariane-5 rocket will launch the largest and most advanced Earth observation satellite ever built in Europe from the European Spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana. From an altitude of 800 kilometres Envisat will deliver images and data that will help us better understand and more effectively protect the Earth."  Press release (dtd 9 Nov 2001) from European Space Agency. (posted 28 November 2001)

TRENDS: Global and Hemispheric Temperature Anomalies. Document (dtd Nov 2001) from the US Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC). (posted 28 November 2001)

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.  (posted 28 November 2001)

• Arctic Seesaw.  Aired 28 November 2001.  "A ring-shaped current of wind in the North Atlantic might let cold arctic air spill south -- then later shut off the flow. Learn more about an arctic seesaw -- and its far-reaching effect on northern temperatures"
• Changing Arctic Wind.  Aired 29 November 2001.  "An Arctic wind pattern helps regulate cold polar air that reaches heavily populated areas of the northern hemisphere. Find out more about the effect of greenhouse gases on this wind pattern and warmer winters."

An EPIC Adventure! The NOAA Office of Global Programs (OGP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric Sciences  are supporting the placement of two teachers on board the Research Vessel Ronald H. Brown as part of the upcoming Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate. During this "Teacher at Sea Adventure," teachers will participate in the science being conducted on the ship, maintain a daily log, take photographs, interview scientists, and engage in dialogue on the special EPIC Teacher At Sea web site (published by end of August). Details on the upcoming adventure are available. For a better idea of what to expect, see material generated during the last Teacher at Sea Adventure during the Asia-Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment.

Recent Atmospheric Conditions & Impacts:

• Up-to-Date Weather, Climate & Wildfire Summaries

• Climate of 2001 - October.  Report (updated 16 November 2001) from the US National Climatic Data Center. (posted 28 November 2001)

• Climate-Watch, November 2001.  Report (last updated 26 November 2001) from the US National Climatic Data Center. (posted 28 November 2001)
• Pacific Recycles Last Year's Winter.  Article (dtd 8 November 2001) from NASA's Earth Observatory News. (posted 28 November 2001)
• Warmest October on record confirmed.  Press release (dtd 1 Nov 2001) from United Kingdom Met Office. (posted 28 November 2001)

TRMM [Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission] Continues to Provide Diverse Insights into Climate Processes on its Fourth Anniversary.  Press release (dtd 26 Nov 2001) from NASA . (posted 28 November 2001)

Melting glaciers diminished Gulf Stream, cooled Western Europe, during last Ice Age.  Press release (dtd 19 Nov 2001) from National Science Foundation. (posted 28 November 2001)

New evidence for sea-level rise along the coasts of Maine and Nova Scotia.  Press release (dtd 5 Nov 2001) fro Geological Society of America.  (posted 28 November 2001)

DAAC Study: New Light on Ice Motion.  Article (dtd - November 5, 2001) from NASA's Earth Observatory News. (posted 28 November 2001)

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.  (posted 28 November 2001)

• Tidewater Glaciers.  Aired 8 November 2001. "One hundred years ago, Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay, Alaska, was a maze of glaciers. Since then, many of these glaciers have retreated -- not necessarily due to global warming."