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The Pan-CLIVAR Meeting 2025 was held in Bali, Indonesia, from 22nd to 26th of September 2025, attended by over 150 in-pe

The call for nominations to the CLIVAR panels and Scientific Steering Group (SSG) is CLOSED with appointment starting in January 2026 and January 2027 respectively. Deadline for the submission was 3 October 2025.

We would like to draw your attention to upcoming sessions convened by CLIVAR members at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026

Learn more about the CLIVAR-Spain Committee (http://clivar.es/ ), established in 1999-2000.

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This second-generation CLIVAR Science Plan builds on the important legacy of CLIVAR emerging since its inception in 1992 and redirects the CLIVAR goals and priorities for the coming decade after consultation with scientists and stakeholders throughout the climate community.

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 A new study published in Climate Dynamics provides compelling evidence that this warming pattern has emerged in observations during 1979–2020, and is primarily driven by external forcing—particularly from greenhouse gases (GHGs) and anthropogenic aerosols.

 

Figure 1. More persistent cold conditions in boreal spring and early summer after a multiyear La Niña, compared to those before a strong El Niño (left, a, c), inhibit an eastward movement an

Our CLIVAR member Satyaban Bishoyi Ratna from Climate Dynamics Panel and Monsoons Panel recently published the article which explored two distinct types of evolution in La Niña and the associated asymmetry in the response of the ISMR. It was observed that India receives significantly more and less rainfall during ELLA and LALA events, respectively, and ISMR has a spatial diversity with a northeast-southwest dipole pattern.