Science Highlights
27 November 2024

A Global Overview of Marine Heatwaves in a Changing Climate

Clivar released

WCRP Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability and Change (CLIVAR)  is excited to announce the publication of a new paper "A Global Overview of Marine Heatwaves in a Changing Climate" by the Marine Heatwaves in the Global Ocean Research Foci Group. This comprehensive article provides a review of advances in understanding marine heatwaves (MHWs) and their increasing impacts on marine ecosystems worldwide. Marine heatwaves have become a major concern due to their profound effects on ocean ecosystems, fisheries, and coastal communities. The paper explores the three-dimensional structure and evolution of these extremes, their drivers, their connection with other extremes in the ocean and over land, future projections, and assessment of their predictability and current prediction skill.

The paper, published in Communications Earth & Environment, is available here.

 

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25 November 2024

Open Call for WGCM Infrastructure Panel (WIP) members

WGCM Infrastructure Panel (WIP) is seeking global experts to join the WIP
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22 November 2024

Workshop on high-risk cascading shocks brings the climate community together

Around 40 scientists working on a range of impacts due to climate change gathered at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to inform, brainstorm, and exchange ideas. To read more, click the heading above.
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22 November 2024

An S.O.S. from the Poles to World Leaders at COP29

More than a dozen organizations signed an open letter to leaders at COP29, emphasizing that exceeding the 1.5°C threshold risks will trigger irreversible and uncontrollable shifts in the Earth’s climate system, with catastrophic consequences for both...
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14 November 2024

No clear signs of peak in global fossil CO2 emissions yet

The Global Carbon Project (GCP) published the Global Carbon Budget 2024 yesterday at the 29th Conference of the Parties in Baku, Azerbaijan. To access the key messages and the preprint, click the heading above.
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13 November 2024

Join us for the next Digital Earths webinars!

We are delighted to invite you to two webinars as part of the Digital Earth Webinar Series.
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12 November 2024

Climate and Economic Modeling: Lessons from 60 Country Climate and Development Reports and Key Knowledge Gaps

Stéphane Hallegatte gave a talk at WMO on this topic.  See the recording here.
Science Highlights
05 November 2024

Importance of high-resolution regional atmospheric modelling for the polar regions: Insights from the Polar CORDEX project

Reliable weather forecasts and future climate predictions for the polar regions are required by many users. The users in these regions are asking for more granulated, higher-resolution weather forecasts and climate predictions
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04 November 2024

Moving Beyond Uncertainty: Rethinking Climate Models and Tipping Points

5 November 2024,15:00-16:30 CET Join us for the next webinar in the Tipping Points Discussion Series, which will explore the origins of model uncertainties.