Fig. 1: The probability of reaching an ice-free Arctic at least once under 1.5°C (blue), 2.0°C (orange) and 3.0°C (red) global mean warming. Circles correspond to years when the warming threshold is first exceeded and squares correspond to years when the global mean temperature has stabilized. ...
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The 3rd Open Science Symposium (OSS) on Western Pacific Ocean Circulation and Climate (WPOC) will be held on May 8-10, 2018 in Qingdao, China. This will provide a forum for oceanographers, meteorologists and climate scientists to exchange recent progresses in their study of the WPO circulation and climate and its generality/difference with other oceans, marine biogeochemistry and ecosystem,...
WCRP is calling for (self-)nominations for membership in the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee (JSC), for a four-year term from January 2019 to December 2022. Nominations should be submitted via the JSC membership online nomination form by 6 April 2018.
The Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) of the World Climate Research...
On February 10, the CLIVAR Atlantic Region Panel (ARP) held its 16th Session in Portland, Oregon, US, right before the 2018 Ocean Science Meeting. Sixteen participants including ARP members and invited speakers from US CLIVAR AMOC Team, EUREC4A project, CLIVAR Eastern Boundary Upwelling System Research Focus (CLIVAR EBUS) and the European Commission have...
Tropical Atlantic Observing System (TAOS) Review was kicked off by a workshop organised by CLIVAR Atlantic Region Panel (ARP) in Portland, Oregon, USA, from February 8 to 9, 2018, back to back with the 2018 Ocean Science Meeting. Thirty participants, including the TAOS Review Committee members, invited speakers, representatives from Tropical Atlantic Observing programme/projects, and...
The Atlantic Regional Panel (ARP) organized a workshop, co-sponsored by CLIVAR and US-CLIVAR, Ocean Mesoscale Eddy Interactions with the Atmosphere, held February 17th & 18th, 2018, in Portland, Oregon, USA, immediately following the 12th...
The latest issue of CLIVAR Exchanges, a joint issue with US CLIVAR Variations, titled "Sea Level Rise", is now available to read and download.
This joint publication between International and US CLIVAR begins with highlights of recent scientific progress on sea...
IndOOS is the sustainable ocean observing system for the Indian Ocean. The goal of IndOOS is to provide sustained high-quality oceanographic and marine meteorological measurements to support knowledge-based decision-making through improved scientific understanding, weather and climate forecasts, and environmental assessments. The...
The registration for CLIVAR 2018 Summer Course is now open! You are encouraged to register both of the training courses indicated below:
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Last summer, more than 350 scientists from 42 countries gathered to focus on sea level science. They also focused on the information that coastal practitioners need for assessing the potential effects of sea level rise and for considering responses.
Over the 5 days of the conference, scientists showcased major...
The CLIVAR-FIO Summer School on “Past, present and Future Sea Level changes” will be organised in Qingdao, China, from June 25 to 30, 2018, back to back with the Training course “Ocean Forecast Systems” of the UNESCO/IOC Regional from July 2 to 7, 2018.
The Summer School will cover a wide range of physical processes contributing to global and regional sea...
"Illustration by Jack Cook, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution"
The CLIVAR/CliC Northern Oceans Region Panel (NORP) was proposed by CLIVAR at the Open Science Conference in September 2016 and by CliC during its SSG meeting in February 2017; and was endorsed by WCRP during the 38th Session of the Joint Scientific Committee on April 3, 2017. At the just...
ICPO was invited to participate in a meeting with Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) during his visit to the First Institute of Oceanography (FIO), State Oceanic Administration on December 18th, 2018.
During the meeting, Jose gave an overall introduction on WCRP and CLIVAR, with special emphasis on: 1) WCRP...
From December 16th to 17th, Jose Santos and Jing Li were invited to participate in the First Healthy Ocean Innovation and Development Conference, in Huangdao. Various topics were covered by the conference, including: ocean science for sustainable development; blue economy opportunity in South Africa; marine pollution and solution; marine biotechnology; marine...
Abstracts are invited for a session on '...
