The Ocean and Climate Scholars Programme is an intensive, fully funded workshop examining our past, present and future climate, oceans interaction and our influence at global, regional and local scales. The programme will be held at NUI Galway, Ireland from 18th to 22nd September 2017 and is open to postgraduate students of ocean, climate and environment related sciences. For more information click the header above.

Contribute to this special issue of the Polar Record, aimed at celebrating the tenth anniversary of the International Polar Year. For more information see the attached flyer.

This new paper in Nature Geoscience by Benjamin Santer and others analyses global-mean tropospheric temperatures from satellites and climate model simulations to examine whether warming rate differences over the satellite era can be explained by internal climate variability alone.

This training course aims to provide PhD students and early career researchers with the fundamentals of ocean-colour satellite data and their applications. Please see the course website for eligibility to register. The deadline for applications is 24 June 2017. Image from training school website, courtesy of ESA

Registration for the MathDACC School on Mathematics for Climate Change Detection and Attribution is now open. The school will take place from 24-29 September 2017 in Aussois, France. The deadline for registration is 21st of July 2017. See the website for more details.  

Future Earth has named Dr. Amy Luers, a respected scientist and data innovator, as the new Executive Director of Future Earth, beginning in September 2017. For more information see Future Earth news.

On 12 June 2017, the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) released the Statement "The Earth’s climate and responsibilities of scientists and their governments to promote sustainable development" in response to the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement.

See the new EOS article on the WCRP/CLIVAR Open Science Conference: Charting the Course for Climate and Ocean Research, which was held in Qingdao, China, between 18–25 September 2016.  Figure from EOS Article: Paddleboaters enjoy a sunny day in Qingdao, China. Last September, more than 600 scientists gathered in Qingdao to mark the 20th anniversary of the World Climate Research Programme’s Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability, and Change project at the second WCRP/CLIVAR Open...

CliC's June 2017 newsletter includes three science features: one on recent changes to New Zealand glaciers, another on phytoplankton blooms observed under thick snow and ice in the Arctic; and the third on biogeochemistry in the Antarctic pack ice. This issue also contains a number of summaries from various CliC events held during the first half of 2017, some news from the CliC Leadership, the report from the last Scientific Steering Group meeting, a list of upcoming workshops and meetings,...

The fifth IMBeR IMBIZO (the Zulu word for a gathering) will be hosted by the Ocean, Carbon & Biogeochemistry Group at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA from 2-5 October 2017. Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2017.

The Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS), a global research project of Future Earth, will hold its 5th Science Conference in Oxford, United Kingdom in September 2017. Take part in this international conference focusing on "Understanding the impact of land-atmosphere exchanges" by registering and submitting an abstract on the conference website.

This paper by Sean Davis and others presents water vapour and ozone intercomparisons that were performed as part of the SPARC (Stratosphere-troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate) Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP). The comparisons cover a range of timescales and evaluate both inter-reanalysis and observation-reanalysis differences. Find out more in this open access paper published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.  This paper presents results that are part of the SPARC...

The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes is a major seven-year initiative that brings together five of Australia’s leading universities and a suite of national and international partners. It is currently offering 14 postdoctoral positions. 

13 - 17 November 2017 Rome, Italy   Deadline for abstracts:  31 May 2017  

In response to fantastic feedback the Polar Challenge Committee has issued an update to the Challenge's guidelines - including relaxed mission and AUV requirements, opportunities for partial prize awards, late registration options and clarification on verification strategies. All prospective competitors are invited to review their participation options under the updated Polar Challenge Guidelines. Photo credit: Cathy Colless

In this issue: Submit Your Research Highlights 2017 Gordon Research Conference & Seminar on Radiation and Climate 8th Annual Catchment Science Summer School Seasonal to Subseasonal (S3S) Project Review Survey Plus meetings and position announcements. For more see the latest GEWEX E-News.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) officially launched the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) during the WMO Executive Committee meeting #69 in Geneva, Switzerland. From mid-2017 to mid-2019, scientists and operational forecasting centers from various countries will work together to observe, model, and improve forecasts of the Arctic and Antarctic weather and climate systems. WCRP is working with our sister organisation, the World Weather Research Programme, to ensure the success of the...

In Brief: WCRP Director David Carlson gave a keynote presentation "Urgent Climate Challenges - Research and Modeling" at the Research Dialogue of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Bonn last week. The WCRP Community also presented five posters, informing SBSTA of relevant research activities by the science community. 

In brief: WCRP and the Global Carbon Project have signed a partnership to advance our knowledge of the carbon cycle and our ability to predict carbon sinks and sources in the future. To read more click the headline above…

Inspirational scientific careers at the ‘Women in Science – Breaking the Cliché’ event on the 4th of May 2017 at the World Meteorological Organisation’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Hamburg, Germany 28 August - 1 September 2017   This week is the last chance to submit an abstract to the 4th International Conference on Earth System Modelling, to be held in Hamburg at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. The conference will begin with a keynote presentation from Thomas Stocker and offers advance discourse around four themes related to the World Climate Research Programme's Grand Science Challenges.  

The latest SPARC eNews Bulletin for May 2017 includes news and announcements, SPARC publications, journal special issues, early career opportunities, upcoming meetings and science updates. Subscribe to the SPARC Newsletter and eNews on the SPARC Newsletter webpage. Highlight: SPARC Annual Report 2016 now available!

In Brief: The City of Edmonton, Canada has been announced as host city for the 2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, endorsed and co-sponsored by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The role of WCRP will be to represent and promote fundamental science in the planning and delivery of the conference. Click the headline above for more information... Image: C40 Cities

CLIVAR's May Bulletin is now available. Lots of news, information and upcoming events. You can subscribe to future CLIVAR bulletins at the email list signup form.