November 2000

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Jan-May 2000

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November 2000

Presidential Webcast: Meeting the Challenge of Global Warming, 11 November 2000, 8 am.  "Today, in an address broadcast over the Internet, President Clinton will announce the completion of the first comprehensive assessment of the potential impacts of climate change across the United States, and will call for a comprehensive new clean air strategy that can significantly reduce emissions from U.S. power plants that contribute to global warming" (posted 11 November 2000)

• RealMedia video [removed from server due to change of Administration]
• Transcript of Presidential Internet Address 
• Fact Sheet: President Clinton's Internet Address To The Nation: Meeting the Challenge of Global Warming 
• National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, Final approved version.

Global warming in the twenty-first century: An alternative scenario. By NASA scientist James Hansen and several of his colleagues (M. Sato, R. Ruedy, A. Lacis and V. Oinas).  Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( 97: 9875 -- 9880, 29 August 2000). Also available as PDF file.

The paper generated a lot of discussion to which Hansen responds in An Open Letter on Global Warming (dtd 25 October 2000) posted on naturalSCIENCE.com   Also available as PDF file.    National Public Radio, Science Friday.  Climate Change Update (Hour One).  Guests:  James Hansen. James McCarthy, Co-chair, Working Group 2, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Professor, Oceanography and Director, Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Stephen Schneider, Author, "Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can't Afford to Lose" (Basic Books, 1997); Professor, Biological Sciences and Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies Stanford University (Stanford, California) Updated 14 Feb 2001

Periodicals

Trifluoromethyl Sulfur Pentafluoride (SF5CF3) and Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) from Dome Concordia.  Dated October 2000, from Trends Online: A Compendium of Data on Global Change, produced by the  Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy (Oak Ridge, Tennessee). (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Massive Smoke Plume in Northern Australia.    Press release (dtd 17 Oct 2000) from CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia).  (posted 6 November 2000)

UC Irvine Study Determines Levels of Ozone-Depleting Gases Emitted by Rice Paddies into Atmosphere.  Press release (dtd 2 November 2000) from EurekAlert. (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Ozone Hole Earlier, but Not Deeper in 2000.  Press release (dtd 5 Oct 2000) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (posted 6 November 2000)

"River of Smoke" Plagues African Air Quality.  Article (dtd 28 Nov 2000) from NASA's Earth Observatory News.  See also:  Unprecedented Fire Season in Southern Africa Aids Air Quality, Climate Change Research.  Press release (dtd 28 Nov 2000) from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Safari 2000.  (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Global Warming: Lessons Taught by Snails and Crabs.  Press release (dtd 15 Nov 2000) from Stanford University. "[A]cting director of Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station, [George] Somero has to walk only a few dozen steps from his lab to the waters of Monterey Bay, where he and other marine biologists have found disturbing signs that higher ocean temperatures have transformed wildlife populations in the Pacific." (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

IIASA releases scientific study linking population growth to climate change. Press release (dtd 28 Nov 2000) from  EurekAlert.  (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Population and Climate Change.  Press release (dtd 7 Nov 2000) from EurekAlert. (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Currents of Change: Impacts of El Nino and La Nina on Climate and Society (2nd edition).  Brief description, with table of contents, of this book (published November 2000) by Michael Glantz.  (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Developing Countries: Prepare Now for Next El Niño, Says UN Study Led by NC.  Feature article (dtd Nov 2000) from UCAR. (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

The Oceans Are Coming Ashore [PDF].  Article (dtd November/December 2000) from World Watch magazine. (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Currents of Change: Impacts of El Niño and La Niña on Climate and Society. (PDF)  Second edition of book  (Cambridge University Press) by National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) senior scientist Michael Glantz.  See also description and chapter contents.(posted 11 November 2000)

Rising Carbon Dioxide - - Not to be Sneezed At.   Press release (dtd 24 Oct 2000) from CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia).  (posted 6 November 2000)

Population and Wealth, More than Climate, Drive Soaring Costs of U.S. Flood.  Press Release (dtd 19 Oct 2000) from National Center for Atmospheric Research.  (posted 6 November 2000)

Patterns of Global Climate Change over Recent Centuries Reported by NOAA and University Scientists.  Article (dtd 21 Nov 2000) from NOAA. (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Impurities in Biominerals Reveal Key to Understanding Climate Change, Will lead to Novel Materials.  Press release (dtd 9 Nov 2000) from EurekAlert. (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Scripps Scientist Awarded Packard Fellowship to Study Climate Change.  Press release (dtd 7 Nov 2000) from EurekAlert. (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Scientists Use the Past as a Guide to Future Climate Change.  Press release (dtd 4 Oct 2000) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  (posted 6 November 2000)

The Arctic...

Photos Available: Enormous Antarctic Icebergs.  Press release from NSF/OLPA. (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Scientists back El Niño network in Indian Ocean.  Press release (dtd 14 Nov 2000) from CSIRO. (link posted 30 Nov 2000).  See also Scientists Propose "El Nino" Network in Indian Ocean.  Press release (dtd 16 Nov 2000) from the University of Colorado at Boulder. (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

Confidence in Projections of Future Climate Change Improves.  Press release (dtd 30 Oct 2000) from Australian Bureau of Meteorology. (link posted 30 Nov 2000)

A Climatology of Recent Extreme Weather and Climate Events (PDF File).  "This 17-page report [released 25 Oct 2000] provides an overview, details, and graphics for 46 weather events during 1980-1999, each of which caused at least $1 billion in damages. The report also relates the events to population changes, increasing risk in disaster-prone areas, and effects of climate change."

Forecasting the Future: El Niño. [video file].  Produced in 1998 by NOAA's Office of Global Programs.  A Spanish version, "Pronosticando El Futuro: El Niño, also is available.

Earth's Fidgeting Climate.  Article (dtd 20 October 2000) from Science@NASA  (posted 6 November 2000)

June-August 2000

Arctic Temperatures Warmest In Past Four Centuries.  Press release (dtd 9 Aug 2000) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

Duke study shows carbon dioxide boosts pine tree reproduction.  Press release (8 Aug 2000) from EurekAlert. (link posted 15 Aug 2000).

USGS Diagnoses Causes of Many U.S. Amphibian Die-Offs.  News Release (dtd 8 Aug 2000) from USGS . (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

Bibliography on CO2 Effects on Vegetation and Ecosystems:1990-1999 Literature.  Document (dtd July 2000) posted by CDIAC. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

New books from Cambridge University Press:

• The Carbon Cycle  Edited By T.M.L.Wigley and D.S. Schimel. (May 2000)

• The Changing Ocean Carbon Cycle: A Midterm Synthesis of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study. Edited by Roger B. Hanson, Hugh W. Ducklow and John G. Field. (January 2000)

Lessons for a New Millennium.  Article (dtd 14 July 2000) in Science Magazine. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

• Background, West Nile Virus,  Document (updated 11 Aug 2000) from the Centers for Disease Control. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

• Migratory Birds and Spread of West Nile Virus in the Western Hemisphere.  Article in CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases, 6 (4), July-Aug 2000. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

• Letters - Malaria and global warming in perspective?  Article in CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases, 6 (4), July-Aug 2000. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

• Beware the birds: A deadly new disease is loose in the western hemisphere.  Press release (dtd 5 July 2000) from EurekAlert. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

Causes of Climate Change Over the Past 1000 Years.  Article (dtd 14 July 2000) in Science Magazine. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

Tropical Waters in Northern Hemisphere Heating at an Accelerated Rate, NOAA Reports.  Press release (dtd 28 July 2000) from NOAA. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

Tracking Eddies that Feed the Sea.  NASA Earth Observatory Feature (dtd 18 July 2000).  (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

• 2000 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook Still "Above Average".  Press release (dtd 10 Aug 2000) from NOAA. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

• Early August Updated Forecast of Atlantic Basin Seasonal Hurricane Activity and Landfall Probabilities for 2000. Report (dtd 4 Aug 2000) from William M. Gray (Colorado State) and his colleagues.  "A year of above average hurricane activity and landfall probability as anticipated in our 8 December and 7 April forecasts- though somewhat less active than anticipated in our 6 June forecast." (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

Rain Raises Great Lakes Levels, Still Below Average, Say NOAA Scientists.  Press release (dtd 2 Aug 2000) from NOAA. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

Snow Job for Eye in the Sky.  Article (dtd 2 Aug 2000) from Space.com. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

NASA satellite sees a lot less snow in North America.  Press release (dtd 27 July 2000) from NASA. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

Terra Verifies Less Snow in Winter of 1999/2000.  Press release (dtd 26 July 2000) from NASA. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

Rapid Thinning of Greenland Ice Detected.  Press Release (dtd 20 July 2000) from NASA. (link posted 15 Aug 2000)

Jan-May 2000

• The Earth's Surface Temperature in the 20th Century: Coming to Grips with Satellite and Surface-Based Records of Temperature.  Seminar held 17 May 2000.

• The Record of Surface Warming in the 20th Century: Recent Observations and Model Result.  Seminar held 7 April 2000.

• Natural Climate Oscillations of Short Duration and the Long Term Climate Warming - Sorting Out the Climate System.  Seminar held 23 March 2000.

• Climate Change in the Arctic and Antarctic: The Latest Observational Evidence on Changes in Sea Ice and Ice Shelves.  Seminar held 22 February 2000.

NASA's Draft Earth Science Enterprise Research Strategy Plan 2000 - 2010 The Research Strategy is one of a family of strategy documents being published to guide the Earth Science Enterprise for the new decade. Underpinning this Research Strategy is a set of thematic chapters describing the planned activities under the principal research themes, which altogether constitute the Enterprise's Science Implementation Plan. Download this document:.pdf (159K) | .txt (148K) | .doc (278K)

Older material is available in
USGCRP Archives, 1990-1999