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A special issue of GEWEX newsletter GEWEX Quarterly on monsoons was released in late December 2020.
This issue highlights monsoons around the world and evaluates the challenges and progress in monsoons research.
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In the past 15 years the media impact of the annual Global Carbon Budget has increased significantly. However, as the narrative on the global emissions trajectory starts to change, and the demand for scrutiny of emissions reduction efforts increases, the role of the Global Carbon Budget may need to shift.
To drive the evolution of the activity in an ongoing strategic review the Global Carbon Project would like you to provide them with feedback in filling out the survey at https://forms.gle/3uhdDa97LA3HMMHd8. This survey is intended to inform a strategic review process for the Global Carbon Budget and to explore new directions for greater impact.
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The Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction Project (S2S) Project is looking for a contractor to set up and implement a competition platform on the Renkulab facility hosted by the Swiss Data Science Center at ETH Zürich and EPFL. For more information, click the heading above.
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WCRP and Future Earth have agreed to strengthen their partnership to jointly address the most pressing societal challenges associated with climate and environmental change. For more information and the full Joint Statement, click the heading above.
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We are delighted to report that Professor Veronika Eyring, Chair of WCRP's Coupled Modelling Intercomparison Project (CMIP) Panel has been selected as a recipient of Germany's most important research funding award. The Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) awarded the 2021 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize to Veronika, along with nine other scientists. We warmly congratulate Veronika in what is a very well deserved recognition of her work.
Photo credit: https://www.spaceflightnow.de/dlr-leibniz-preis-fuer-veronika-eyring/
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The World Climate Research Program (WCRP) is moving towards a new programme structure in an era where we urgently require solutions to the challenges of climate change. To find out more click the heading above.
Above: The new WCRP structure.
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WCRP Joint Scientific Committee member, Pierre Friedlingstein, and colleagues have published the Global Carbon Budget 2020 (https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3269-202).
Produced by more than 80 researchers working from universities and research institutions in 15 countries, this annual product compiles and assesses reports, papers, measurements, and model outputs to quantify sources and sinks of carbon in units of gigatonnes of carbon per year (GtC yr-1).
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WCRP congratulates the 2020 winners of the WCRP/WWRP International Prize for Model Development, Dr Hella Garny (DLR, Germany), and the WCRP/GCOS International Data Prize, Drs Laia Comas-Bru (University of Reading, UK) and Lijing Cheng (IAP, China).
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An Extraordinary Session of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) is underway this week online. Beginning on Monday 30 November 2020, the Session will last 4 days, with three-hour sessions each day. The aim of the meeting is to make significant progress towards a “soft” implementation of a new WCRP structure and elements in support of the WCRP Strategic Plan 2019-2028. To find out more about the Session and the main themes that are being highlighted each day, click the heading above.
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Monsoons have always been a focus of great interest to WCRP, and this was further enhanced with the efforts of its core projects CLIVAR and GEWEX under a joint Monsoons Panel.
Recognizing the broader interest of the Monsoon Mission activities to the WCRP community, the CLIVAR/GEWEX Monsoons Panel has coordinated a special issue of CLIVAR Exchanges on India’s Monsoon Mission, with Dr M.N. Rajeevan as the Guest Editor. This issue showcases 12 articles highlighting the results achieved so far under the Monsoon Mission.
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Two new job openings are available in the WCRP Secretariat:
- Science Officer (P3) : To know more, click here
Deadline for application : 23 December 2020
- Science and Communications Officer (P3): To know more, click here
Deadline for application: 22 December 2020
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In the past year, the Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) have developed a new Strategic Action Plan and have been working to understand and support Early Career Researchers (ECRs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. They will also be involved in the upcoming American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, including in a session entitled “Moving Beyond the Standard: A Transdisciplinary Virtual Event for Early-Career Scientists." To find out more, click the heading above.
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In December 2019, WCRP launched its new Strategic Plan. Throughout this year, the community has been discussing how the plan can be implemented to deliver a new WCRP that is ready to tackle the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities of climate science in the next decade. This will involve simplifying the WCRP structure and launching a number of ambitious new activities. The details of a'soft implementation' of the new WCRP will be decided at the Extraordinary Session of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee (30 Nov — 3 Dec 2020). To find out what decisions can be expected, click the heading above.
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We are delighted to announce that Dr. Mike Sparrow has been appointed as Head of the WCRP Secretariat and Head of the World Climate Research Division, Science and Innovation Department, WMO. To read more, click the heading above.
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A recent study published in Nature shows that under greenhouse warming the trajectories of El Niño response are organized by an El Niño self-modulation mechanism. To read more, click the heading above.
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WCRP is happy to welcome two new WCRP Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) members. Both Maria Ivanova and Roberto Sánchez Rodríguez come from a social sciences background and will bring unique and important perspectives to WCRP.
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The workshop will be held on the 24-25 November and 8-9 December 2020.
Deadline for applications : October 26, 2020 .
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The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Geophysical Union (EGU) have announced the ESA–EGU Earth Observation Excellence Award. Deadline: 2 November 2020. Click the heading above for more information.
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The International Science Council (ISC) has issued a call for inputs to shape a priority action agenda for science - a global call for priorities for science. The aim of the call is to identify priorities for game-changing action in two related domains: Science for sustainability transformations and transformations of science systems. The deadline for contributions is 2 October 2020. You can find the survey on the ISC website.
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The United in Science Report, released today by the United Nations Secretary-General, includes important contributions from the WCRP community — especially from the WCRP Grand Challenge on Near-Term Climate Prediction and WCRP Joint Scientific Committee Member Pierre Friedlingstein. To discover more, click the heading above.
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The Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Indian Ocean Meeting will be held online on 30 September 2020, where current, ongoing, and planned SOLAS research and initiatives taking place in the Indian Ocean will be presented and discussed. Registration is free and should be completed by 27 September 2020. Please see the SOLAS website for more information and to register.
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The first comprehensive Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI) has just been published by von Schuckmann and others in Earth System Science Data (ESSD), showing that the ocean dominates the Earth's energy inventory. For more, click the heading above.
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There are still a few weeks to nominate a colleague for significant achievements in data and model development. Nominations will close on 30 September 2020. For more details, see the announcement pages:
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The WCRP CORDEX Science Advisory Team invites you to submit proposals for Flagship Pilot Studies (FPS). These are targeted experimental setups that address CORDEX Scientific Challenges (image below). For more information, click the headline above. The deadline is 15 September 2020.
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WCRP is shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Konrad 'Koni' Steffen. He was an inspiration and friend to so many in WCRP, especially through his longstanding contributions to the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Program. Click the heading above to read a moving obituary by Thomas Stocker.
Konrad Steffen on the Schatzalp, July 2020. Photo: Andreas Rigling (Original Image, WSL)