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A Look Back and Ahead at Greenland’s Changing Climate

Over the past two decades, ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet increased four-fold contributing to one-quarter of global sea level rise. However, the chain of events and physical processes that contributed to it has remained elusive. One likely trigger for the speed up and retreat of glaciers that contributed to this ice loss is ocean warming.

A review paper by physical oceanographers Fiamma Straneo at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Patrick Heimbach at MIT published in Nature explains what scientists have learned from their research on and around Greenland over the past 20 years and describes the measurements and technology needed to continue to move the science forward. (more…)

Can Scientists Look at Next Year’s Climate?

By Guest PostSeptember 11, 2011Environmentalgorithm, atmospheric scientists, climate dynamics, climate models, climate pattern, climate predictions, climate scientists, dmitri kondrashov, el niño, human induced climate change, hurricane, international congress on industrial and applied mathematics, los angeles, mathematical theory of climate sensitivity, michael chekroun, michael ghil, natural catastrophe, natural climate variability, vancouver, warming of equatorial surface waters, weather forecasts

Is it possible to make valid climate predictions that go beyond weeks, months, even a year? UCLA atmospheric scientists report they have now made long-term climate forecasts that are among the best ever — predicting climate up to 16 months in advance, nearly twice the length of time previously achieved by climate scientists.

Forecasts of climate are much more general than short-term weather forecasts; they do not predict precise temperatures in specific cities, but they still may have major implications for agriculture, industry and the economy, said Michael Ghil, a distinguished professor of climate dynamics in the UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and senior author of the research. (more…)

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A Look Back and Ahead at Greenland’s Changing Climate

Can Scientists Look at Next Year’s Climate?