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23rd July - 4th August 2018, Cargèse, Corsica, France
The International Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) project, of which WCRP is a co-sponsor, invites applications for its 7th International SOLAS Summer School, 23rd July - 4th August 2018, Cargèse, Corsica, France.
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5-7 March 2018 | Edmonton, Canada
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and Future Earth offer support for early career researchers and professionals to get involved in the “2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference: Fostering new scientific knowledge for cities based on science, practice and policy”. The deadline for this is now 15 October 2017. For full details on how to apply click the header above.
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Organizers of OceanObs’19 are seeking experts to join its Program Committee, which will shape the agenda and outcomes of the conference set for September 16-20, 2019 at the Honolulu Convention Center, in Honolulu, HI, USA.
Nominations or self-nominations are welcome for OceanObs’19 program committee members until October 15, 2017. Please fill out the form and submit a one-page CV of the nominee to
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The IPCC is preparing the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5oC, which will include a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). Which questions should these be? To have your say click the heading above.
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The Sea Level 2017 Conference Statement, which originated from the Regional Sea Level Changes and Coastal Impacts Conference in New York last July, has attracted 273 signatories from 37 countries. To find out more and to read the Statement, click the heading above.
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The call for nominations to SPARC's Scientific Steering Group (SSG) is open just a few more days, with a deadline of 30 September 2017. Click the heading above for more information and to nominate yourself or a colleague.
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The Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability and Change (CLIVAR) Project, a Core Project of WCRP, is offering an internship at the International CLIVAR Project Office in Qingdao, China, beginning April 2018. For more details click the headline above.
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26 February to 2 March 2018 | Lorne, Victoria, Australia
Abstract submission is now open for the 2nd Pan-GASS meeting, 'Understanding and Modelling Atmospheric Processes'. For more information click the heading above.
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The SOLAS International Project Office, located at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, is searching for an Executive Director for the period of February 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020. SOLAS is a project focussed on the physical and biogeochemical interactions between the surface ocean and the lower atmosphere and how the ocean-atmosphere system is linked to climate and people. For more information on this exciting role see the full description on the GEOMAR website. The deadline for applications is 15 November 2017.
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Start preparing your abstracts to submit to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Open Science Conference #POLAR2018, in Davos, Switzerland. Abstract submission will close on 1 November 2017. For more information, click the above heading.
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Join one of the webinars being jointly hosted by C40 and Future Earth as an opportunity to learn more and ask questions about the call for proposal for sessions and abstracts for the Cities and Climate Change Sciences Conference (#CitiesIPCC). For details on how to join click the heading above.
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16-18 October 2018 | Guayaquil, Ecuador
Abstracts can now be submitted to the IV International Conference on ENSO. The goal of this conference is to review the progress on the science of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). See the conference website for more details.
The call for abstracts closes on 30 April 2018.
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5-7 March 2018 | Edmonton, Canada
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and Future Earth offer support for early career researchers and professionals to get involved in the “2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference: Fostering new scientific knowledge for cities based on science, practice and policy”. For full details on how to apply click the header above.
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Edmonton, Canada | March 5-7, 2018
The call for session proposals and individual abstracts (oral and/or poster) for the “Cities and Climate Change Science Conference: Fostering New Scientific Knowledge for Cities Based on Science, Practice and Policy” is now open. See the conference website for full details or you can email the organizers on:
NEW: Join the webinar: Cities and climate change conference call for proposals.
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John Turner and Josefino Comiso call for a coordinated push to crack the baffling rise and fall of sea ice around Antarctica. Find out more in their comment in Nature: Nature 547, 275–277 () doi:10.1038/547275a
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Allianz Reinsurance has launched the Allianz Climate Risk Research Award as part of its activities to mitigate risks related to climate change, to increase resilience, and to promote scientific research. The 2017 Award topic is 'Climate risk: real-time information & new technologies'. Deadline 2 September 2017. For more infomation click the heading above.
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Fostering new scientific knowledge for cities based on science, practice and policy
5-7 March 2018
Edmonton, Canada
Start preparing your submissions for the Cities and Climate Change Science Conference. WCRP is pleased to work with the partner organizations, aiming to inspire the next frontier of research focused on the science of cities and climate change. To find out how to get involved in this landmark conference, click the heading above.
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Want to make a difference to climate and ocean research?
The call for nominations to the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group and to the CLIVAR Panels is now open. Click the heading above for more details.
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The WCRP Core Project Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC) leadership is composed of experts from around the world who dedicate their time to SPARC's international activities. These include the SPARC Scientific Steering Group (SSG), who serve to guide SPARC's scientific focus. SPARC is now accepting nominations (or self-nominations) for SSG membership to serve from January 2019 - December 2021 (initial three-year term can be extended by two additional years). If you are interested please complete the online form here. The deadline for nominations is 30 September 2017.
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To find out about GEWEX scientific research and activities see the latest GEWEX Newsletter. For opportunities and meeting announcements take a look at the July edition of GEWEX eNews.
You can subscribe to GEWEX eNews on the GEWEX website.
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The July 2017 edition of the SPARC Newsletter is available on the SPARC Website. Science highlights include: the SPARC Data Initiative, Fine-Scale Atmospheric Processes and Structure and the Polar Climate Predictability Initiative. There are also meeting and workshop reports for: SPARC WAVAS-II Annual Meeting, SSiRC Meeting at ISSI, SPARC LOTUS Workshop, the Third Workshop on Atmospheric Composition and the Asian Monsoon (ACAM) and the Second ACAM Training School, the IGAC/SPARC Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) 2017 Science Workshop and the First TUNER Meeting. For regular updates subscribe to the SPARC Newsletter and eNews.
Also see SPARC eNews Bulletin for the latest news and announcements.
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How will different choices of the pre-industrial baseline affect the likelihood of nations exceeding the 1.5 °C or 2 °C temperature thresholds? Find out in this new article by Andrew Schurer and others:
This paper acknowledges the World Climate Research Programme’s Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) and the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP)
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This article by Qinjian Jin and Chien Wang, published in Nature Climate Change, shows that monsoon rainfall in India has increased since 2002 after previously showing significant decline, a signal that has not yet been replicated by global climate models. To find out more see the article:
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Get the latest issue of the Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Project Newsletter, which includes:
- Propagation of Intra-Seasonal Tropical Oscillations (PISTON)
- Update on the S2S Database
- A new ftp site containing MJO indices from the S2S database
- 7th International Verification Methods Workshop
- S2S Special Session at the 5th WGNE Workshop on systematic errors in weather and climate models
- Subseasonal prediction of the heat wave of December 2013 in Southern South America by the POAMA and BCC‑CPS models
All S2S Newsletters are available on thr S2S Website.