The climate has impacts in each of the other societal benefit areas. Coping with climate change and variability demands good scientific understanding based on sufficient and reliable observations. Good scientific studies and data on this will enhance the capacity to model, mitigate, and adapt to climate change and variability. Better understanding of the climate and its impacts on the Earth system, including its human and economic aspects, will contribute to improved climate prediction and facilitate sustainable development while avoiding dangerous perturbation to the climate system.
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PLAY VIDEORichard Branson is offering $25M as a bounty for a fix to global warming. The...
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PLAY VIDEOFor scientists, global warming is a disaster movie, its opening scenes set at the poles...
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PLAY VIDEOThe West is the fastest-growing part of the country. It’s also the driest. And climate...
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PLAY VIDEOConnecticut Independent Joseph Lieberman and Virginia Republican John Warner, have launched major legislation on climate...
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PLAY VIDEOWhite House edits CDC testimony on the health risks of climate change.
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PLAY VIDEOScientists predict 1-m sea level rise within 50 years.
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PLAY VIDEOGeorgia’s governor declared a state of emergency for 85 counties
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PLAY VIDEOClimage change, the rate of extinction of species, and the challenge of feeding a growing...
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PLAY VIDEOExtreme weather, including a drought that has persisted in some places for six years, has...
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PLAY VIDEOA new study performed by researchers working at the Global Carbon Project, at the University...
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PLAY VIDEOUsing 20 years of data from satellite observations, NASA scientists have confirmed that snow has...
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PLAY VIDEOThe United Kingdom's Met Office is one of the world's leading providers of environmental and...
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PLAY VIDEOAnother study concludes that the rate at which the Greenland ice mass is sliding into...
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PLAY VIDEOFurther evidence for the decline of the oceans’ historical role as an important sink for...
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PLAY VIDEOIf you're a scientist or engineer cobbling together a geospatial project, say you're trying to...
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PLAY VIDEOThe catastrophic fires that are sweeping Southern California are consistent with what climate change models...
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PLAY VIDEOIncrease in frequency and size of fires affects carbon-absorption properties of boreal forests. “The recent...
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PLAY VIDEOResearch shows improving climate models and understanding will not necessarily reduce uncertainty in climate sensitivity...
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PLAY VIDEOImagine a ski resort whose chairlifts are in the lower reaches of mountains without decent...
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PLAY VIDEOThe tropical Pacific Ocean remains in the grips of a cool La Niña, as...
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PLAY VIDEOGreenland’s landmass is rising up to 4 centimeters per year. The accelerated rate of its...
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PLAY VIDEOIf you haven’t heard of the International Polar Year, read this article. IPY is an...
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PLAY VIDEOThe world will have to end its growth of carbon emissions within seven years...
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PLAY VIDEOSeveral recent analyses have concluded that the higher temperatures expected in coming years — along...
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PLAY VIDEOThe Climate Change Performance Index, released by Germanwatch during the Bali climate conference, rates 56...
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PLAY VIDEOA joint US, UK, German and Japanese study finds human-caused increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide...
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PLAY VIDEOWorldwide demand for palm oil used in cooking, cosmetics, and “earth-friendly” biodiesel is driving logging...
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PLAY VIDEOPhysicist Rick Marshall employs the three laws of thermodynamics to debunk a popular way of...
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PLAY VIDEOAs the observed rate of summer ice melt in the Arctic begins to run ahead...
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PLAY VIDEOAfter two weeks of discussion, delegates from 187 countries were able to reach agreement on...
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PLAY VIDEOGlobal sea levels could rise twice as high this century as UN climate scientists had...
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PLAY VIDEOThe dramatic springtime collapse of surface ozone in the Arctic has been documented by scientists.
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PLAY VIDEOESA and the European Commission have signed a €48 million grant that will allow the...
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PLAY VIDEOAs humanity passes the 50 year anniversary of accurate global carbon dioxide measurements and...
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PLAY VIDEOThe EPA has told 17 states they are not allowed to set their own standards...
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PLAY VIDEOThe burning of fossil fuels provides about 85% of the energy consumed in the United...
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PLAY VIDEONo single solution or technology will solve climate change. The problem looms so large that...
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PLAY VIDEOA small Italian village is experiencing an outbreak of the tropical disease chikungunya – a...
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PLAY VIDEOA report released by the Union of Concerned Scientists says that, although nuclear power could...