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Decadal Prediction:
The ‘New Kid’ on the Block

Research on decadal prediction - what the climate is going to be like a decade or two from now - is still relatively new and experimental. It's also in high demand by planners and decision makers interested in building dams and other large-scale development projects. In a new paper, IRI's Lisa Goddard and colleagues discuss how decadal prediction research can best fit with existing efforts on seasonal forecasting and long-term climate change modeling. Full story.


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Climate Scientist to World: “Ask me Anything”

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Tony Barnston, took a few hours out of his day to answer questions ranging from the difference between El Niño and La Niña to his thoughts on the movie “The Day After Tomorrow” during an "Ask Me Anything" session on the popular social news site Reddit.com. “I think it’s important to share knowledge with others in the area of climate prediction science,” Barnston writes of the experience. “While some questions were easy to answer, others definitely hit the limits of our current understanding, and could as easily have been asked by a colleague.” Read more here.



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Climate Information for Public Health
Read about the latest ways in which the fields of climate science and public health intersect in the fifteen edition of the Climate Information for Public Health Action newsletter. It's available in English, French and Spanish here.





IRI IN THE NEWS

Unprecedented May heat in Greenland; update on 2011 Greenland ice melt. (Wunderground). view

Awareness of Climate Change Must Go Mainstream. (InterPress Service). view


CURRENT SEASONAL RAINFALL FORECAST

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