Aspen Global Change Institute Session on Frontiers of Global Change Science;
Aspen, Colorado, 18–22 August 2014
How can scientists make a hydrology model that can predict water flow in an uncertain future climate?
To climate scientists, marine fog's physical opacity symbolizes how much remains to be discovered about the atmospheric phenomenon.
India-EU Workshop on Coastal Zone Management and Impact on Society;
Alleppey, India, 6–9 October 2014
Although the agreement is a political breakthrough, it falls short of keeping future temperatures from rising more than 2°C above those of pre-industrial times.
Experimental Design for CMIP6: Aerosols, Land Use, and Future Scenarios;
Aspen, Colorado, 4–8 August 2014
A new tool, the Climate Variability Diagnostics Package, evaluates climate models by examining how realistically they simulate the statistics of present-day climate, including its variability.
Researchers create a global model of carbon dioxide absorbed by the ocean to get a better idea of how the greenhouse gas influences climate.
Report focuses on the energy “trilemma” of energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability.
The strength of land-atmosphere coupling in a given model influences how it represents deforestation’s effects.
