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Posted
May 20, 2014
Physical Climate

Tropical Cyclone “Maximum Intensity” Moving Poleward

Satellite view of a tropical cyclone
A NOAA-led study finds that over the past 30 years, the location where tropical cyclones reach maximum intensity has been shifting toward the poles in both the northern and southern hemispheres at a rate of about 35 miles, or one-half degree of latitude, per decade.
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Posted
May 16, 2014
International

New Report: Increasing Carbon Dioxide Could Impact Global Nutrition

A study published recently in the journal Nature contends that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will decrease the amount of zinc and iron in certain staple crops like wheat, rice, and soybeans.
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Posted
May 6, 2014
National Climate Assessment

FACT SHEET: What Climate Change Means for Regions across America and Major Sectors of the Economy

“ …Science, accumulated and reviewed over decades, tells us that our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind…those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don’t have time to deny it—they’re busy dealing with it.” -- President Barack Obama, Remarks at Georgetown University, June 25, 2013. Today,...
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Posted
May 6, 2014
National Climate Assessment

What Climate Change Means for Regions Across America

By Dr. John P. Holdren and Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan Today, the Obama Administration unveiled the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA)—the most comprehensive, authoritative scientific report ever generated about climate changes that are happening now in the United States and further changes that we can expect to see throughout this century...
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Posted
May 6, 2014
National Climate Assessment

Video: The National Climate Assessment

Dr. John Holdren , President Obama's Science Advisor, introduces the National Climate Assessment and discusses President Obama's climate action plan which takes an all of the above energy approach towards combatting climate change now. Learn more at http://www.whitehouse.gov/climate-change . Reposted from the White House Office of Science and...
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Posted
May 6, 2014

USGCRP Releases National Climate Assessment, Launches New Website

Cover of the Third National Climate Assessment
Today, delivering on our legal mandate and the President’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released the Third National Climate Assessment, the most comprehensive, authoritative, transparent scientific report on U.S. climate change impacts ever generated. The report confirms that climate change is affecting every region of the country and key sectors of the U.S. economy and society.
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Posted
Apr 21, 2014

National Climate Assessment & Development Advisory Committee—Notice Of Open Meeting

On May 6 at 8 a.m. ET, the NCADAC will consider the final version of the Third National Climate Assessment.
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Posted
Apr 14, 2014
Scenarios

IPCC: Many Pathways to Reduce Climate Change

IPCC report on climate change mitigation has implications for energy use
The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that global emissions of greenhouse gases have risen to unprecedented levels, despite a growing number of policies to reduce climate change. Nevertheless, a wide array of technological measures and behavioral changes could limit the increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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Posted
Apr 4, 2014
International

IPCC Releases Report on Climate Risks & Adaptation

A storm surge barrier in the Netherlands
The new report from Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released as a near-final draft on Monday, finds that the effects of climate change are already occurring worldwide; that the world, in many cases, is ill-prepared for the associated risks; and that there are opportunities to respond with effective action, though the risks will be difficult to manage with high levels of warming.
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Posted
Mar 28, 2014
Mitigation

White House Issues Methane Reductions Strategy

Flares like this one burn off excess methane at oil and gas refineries, landfills, and other industrial plants
Today, delivering on an important part of the President’s Climate Action Plan, the White House released a strategy to cut methane emissions. The strategy summarizes the sources of methane emissions, commits to new steps to cut emissions of this potent greenhouse gas, and outlines the Administration’s efforts to improve the measurement of methane emissions.
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