WCRP improves climate predictions and our understanding of human influence on climate through observations & modelling of the Earth system and the policy-relevant assessment of climate conditions
IGBP Global-Change Conference in 201216.3.2010
The UK has successfully bid to host the IGBP open science conference: Planet Under Pressure: new Knowledge, new solutions. The four-day conference will bring together natural, physical and social scientists with economists. More information.
WCRP-JSC letter in support of IPCC
8.3.2010
The members of the WMO/ICSU/IOC Joint Scientific Committee for WCRP issued a letter to its sponsors in support of IPCC Fouth Assessment Report. WCRP is confident that the IPCC process will continue to provide accurate and unbiased assessment of climate change. Read the letter.
WCRP and WMO Commission for Climatology: enhancing the use of climate information3.3.2010
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the WMO Commission for Climatology (CCl) have adopted a plan to use climate information for emerging social needs relating to adaptation and risk management. At their joint meeting in Antalya, Turkey (18 February 2010), they agreed on a statement that elaborates the implementation plan. The issues being addressed are in line with establishing the Global Framework for Climate Services, decided at World Climate Conference-3. Read the joint statement.
AMS Special Issues on Drought and Western Boundary Currents 18.3.2010 Two special collections of papers published in selected AMS peer-reviewed journals are drawn from research coordinated by WCRP/CLIVAR and US CLIVAR. The list of papers on Drought and the list on Western Boundary Currents can be access throught the AMS webpage
Science article: Decadal climate change caused by Stratospheric Water Vapor 10.3.2010
This study led by Susan Solomon, IPCC WG1 Co-chair for AR4, highlights the role of stratospheric water vapour concentrations in driving decadal variability in the global surface temperature. Read the article.
Article in Science: Hurricanes intensify Under Global Warming, Models Suggest 24.2.2010 A model study, led by US scientists (some of them members of the WCRP/CLIVAR panel) suggests that less, but more-distructive, hurricanes will cross the Atlantic Ocean in this century under greenhouse gas emissions as usual. Read the article.
