NOAA Releases 2022 Annual Climate Report
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According to NOAA scientists, the global surface temperature for 2022 was the sixth highest since record keeping began in 1880. In a separate analysis of global temperature data also released today, NASA ranks 2022 as the fifth-warmest year on record, tying with 2015. Analysis from the Copernicus program ranked 2022 as the fifth-warmest year on record. December’s global surface temperature was the eighth highest in the 143-year record, according to NOAA.
2022 was the 5th warmest year on record for Florida.
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This first-of-its-kind program trains future generations of clinicians, professionals, researchers, meteorologists, planners, decision-makers and leaders to address the 21st century challenges of the health effects of climate, climate change, weather patterns and weather anomalies (C2W2)
Students enrolled in this two-year degree will choose one of four tracks and will have opportunities to pursue research with interdisciplinary faculty members from five colleges.
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Applications Open for NNOCCI's Governing Board
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Applications are now open to join the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation's (NNOCCI) Governing Council, a group of committees actively engaged in sustaining, deepening and expanding NNOCCI’s work.
There are volunteer positions to join committees, as well as a position within our Board of Directors. Positions are open to all. Applications due February 15th at 3:00 pm ET.
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What Uncertainties Remain in Climate Science?
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January 12, 2023
The favored refrain of climate deniers and those who oppose climate policies is that “the science is not settled.” To some degree, this is true. Climate scientists are still uncertain about a number of phenomena. But it is the nature of science to never be settled — science is always a work in progress, constantly refining its ideas as new information arrives.
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Innovation Partnership Grant Applications Now Open
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Grants up to $4,000 are available to Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Consortium member universities.
ORAU’s FY 2023 Innovation Partnerships Program (formerly Events Sponsorship Grant Program) is being restructured to build stronger relationships between university members and ORAU subject matter experts. These updates are designed to focus on research and education topics that align well with ORAU’s expertise and current priorities.
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Public Comments Accepted for First U.S. National Nature Assessment
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The National Nature Assessment will draw on expertise from the Federal Government, Indigenous communities, academia, non-profit organizations, and the private sector.
Public comments are open through March 31, 2023.
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Sustainable Regional Systems (SRS) Gulf Network Workshop | February 10th
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Join us at the NSF/SRS Workshop on Convergent Sea Level Rise Adaptation for Urban and Rural Systems in the Gulf of Mexico
February 10, 2023 - 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM EST
Wastco Center, University of Miami FL
1245 Dauer Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146
The SRS Gulf's mission is to support the sustainability and growth of the Gulf Coast Region by building a consolidated decision-making pathway for sea level rise (SLR) adaptation strategy, enabling urban and rural communities to collaboratively sustain the linkages that connect them.
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The Science of Communicating Climate Change | February 21st
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10:00 - 11:00 am PT/ 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET
Trying to communicate climate change, but people just don’t seem to respond to your facts and science? As important as knowing the climate science, social science provides evidence-based practices that allow us to communicate climate science more effectively. In this free webinar, learn how specific values and metaphors make your audience more receptive to climate change messaging and join a community of communicators changing the national discourse to be more positive, civic-minded, and solutions-focused.
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Blazing Temperatures, Broken Records: Responding to the Global Heat Crisis | February 27th
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On Monday, February 27, 2023, Columbia Climate School invites you to attend a virtual Earth Series. Please join Columbia Climate School Founding Dean Alex Halliday as he hosts three of the University's renowned climate and environmental experts for ‘Blazing Temperatures, Broken Records: Responding to the Global Heat Crisis.’
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PI Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf (FSU) with Co-PI Marym Salehi (University of Missouri-Columbia) have been awarded a grant from the USDA-NRCI to study the extent of microplastic transport by stormwater runoff to urban farms under different weather patterns.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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If you have any climate-related research, news items, or events that you would like to submit for consideration in the next newsletter, please email them to info@floridaclimateinstitute.org
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Other Upcoming Events & Webinars
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Job, Internship, and Fellowship Opportunities
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National, International, and Remote
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Elshall, A., Ye, M., Kranz, S. A., Harrington, J., Yang, X., Wan, Y., et al. (2022). Application-specific optimal model weighting of global climate models: A red tide example. Climate Services, 28.
Guarin, J. R., Martre, P., Ewert, F., Webber, H., Dueri, S., Calderini, D., et al. (2022). Evidence for increasing global wheat yield potential. Environ. Res. Lett., 17(12).
Li, J., Nassauer, J. I., Webster, N. J., Preston, S. D., & Mason, L. R. (2022). Experience of localized flooding predicts urban flood risk perception and perceived safety of nature-based solutions. Front. Water, 4.
Modys, A. B., Oleinik, A., Mortlock, R. A., Toth, L. T., & Precht, W. F. (2022). Climate-modulated range expansion of reef-building coral communities off southeast Florida during the late Holocene. Front. Mar. Sci., 9.
Murugan, M., Alagupalamuthirsolai,, Ashokkumar, K., Anandhi, A., Ravi, R., Rajangam,, et al. (2022). Climate change scenarios, their impacts and implications on Indian cardamom-coffee hot spots; one of the two in the world. Front. Sustain. Food Syst., 6.
Palutikof, J. P., Boulter, S. L., Field, C. B., Mach, K. J., Manning, M. R., Mastrandrea, M. D., et al. (2023). Enhancing the review process in global environmental assessments: The case of the IPCC. Environmental Science & Policy, 139.
Peña, F., Obeysekera, J., Jane, R., Nardi, F., Maran, C., Cadogan, A., et al. (2023). Investigating compound flooding in a low elevation coastal karst environment using multivariate statistical and 2D hydrodynamic modeling. Weather and Climate Extremes, 39.
Samojedny Jr, T. J., Garnica-Díaz, C., Grossenbacher, D. L., Adamidis, G. C., Dimitrakopoulos, P. G., Siebert, S. J., et al. (2023). Specific leaf area is lower on ultramafic than on neighbouring non-ultramafic soils. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 15(5-6).
Wintergalen, E., Oyanedel, R., Villaseñor-Derbez, J. C., Fulton, S., & Molina, R. (2022). Opportunities and challenges for livelihood resilience in urban and rural Mexican small-scale fisheries. Ecology and Society, 27(3).
Zhu, S., Yu, H., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., & Kinnon, M. M. (2022). Editorial: Air pollution and climate change: Interactions and co-mitigation. Front. Environ. Sci., 10.
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