WCRP Director Discusses the Research, Modelling and Prediction Component of the GFCS 08.04.2013 

Dr. Ghassem Asrar, Director of WCRP, has been interviewed by the International Innovation magazine on the strategic approach to developing science-based information on climate variability and change for decision makers. The Global Framework for Climate Services developed by WMO will ensure an integrated and holistic approach to climate information and knowledge delivery... read the article

WCRP Accomplishment Report Just Published 27.03.2013 

The WCRP has recently published a new accomplishment report that captures the achievements made by WCRP and its Core Projects since the publication of the previous report in 2009 .... the document can be downloaded here in pdf format

Global Climate Observations Video by the Swiss GCOS Office 21.03.2013 

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Shifts in Climate Zones Accelerated by Global Warming  22.04.2013

A recent study published in Nature Climate magazine suggests that the pace of shifting regional climate zones increases approximately linearly with the increasing global temperature. This implies that species will have increasingly less time to adapt to zone changes in the future, thus increading the risk of extintion... read the article

Global Warming or Climate Variability? 19.04.2013

An interesting debate is currently taking place on whether the 2012 US Central Great Plains drought is linked to climate change or it is a result of natural climate variability. The debate sparked after the publication of the NOAA assessment report on the origin of such drought and involves several WCRP affiliated scientists... follow the debate

SOLAS Future Research Directions 20.03.2013

The IGBP/SCOR/WCRP/ICaCGP SOLAS (Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study) has published their mid-term strategy in the journal "Environmental Chemistry". New future foci include the eastern boundary upwelling systems, sea-ice biogeochemistry, marine aerosols and several other issues... read the article

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