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Policy & Planning
- Department:May 2, 2012
From poor soil to scorching summer heat, farmers in the U.S. Southeast face some significant challenges. Two Southeast growers are looking to seasonal climate forecasts to give them an edge.
- Department:February 15, 2012
Climate scientist Anthony Janetos makes it clear that climate change isn't some future abstraction: real and substantial impacts on people's lives, the economy, the environment, and our valuable natural resources are already happening here in the United States.
- Department:February 15, 2012
Social scientist and communication expert Mathew Nisbet makes the case that endless debates about whether or not global warming is really happening have grown stale and miss the point entirely. Shouldn't we be talking about how society can leverage climate science in ways that save lives and natural resources and create new markets for jobs and services?
- Department:February 15, 2012
Claudia Mengelt and Robert Fri talk about strategies for adapting to and reducing global climate change.
- Department:February 15, 2012
Climate scientist Michael MacCracken explores some of the scientific, legal, and ethical implications of "geo-engineering" options that have been proposed by some people to address global climate change.
- Department:February 14, 2012
Jim Wilczak describes the information NOAA provides to guide optimal wind energy development.
- Department:September 2, 2011
In summer 2011, the South was in the grip of one of the worst droughts on record, and the fall drought outlook issued by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center provided little hope of relief, especially for the Southwest and Texas.
- Department:September 1, 2011
As early as November of last year, NOAA scientists were able to forecast extreme drought conditions that would likely lead to high fire risk in the South, allowing fire managers time to prepare for an active season.
- Department:September 1, 2011
At the peak of this year’s drought, a record 12 percent of the U.S. was experiencing exceptional drought conditions.