U.S.-Italy Joint Meeting on Climate Change Research and Technology
The U.S.-Italy climate partnership is a model for tackling complex challenges in an interconnected world, according to Paula Dobriansky, the under secretary of state for global affairs.
Addressing the U.S.-Italy Joint Meeting on Climate Change Research and Technology in Venice, Italy, October 20, Dobriansky cited new knowledge of atmospheric processes and new understandings of the carbon cycle and climate models, including models of ocean systems, as important advances that have grown out of the partnership.
Increasing El Nino events may alter forest species composition
A study by researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) associates a severe moth outbreak with drought conditions following the 1997-1998 El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event, according to an October 15 STRI press release.
If ENSO events become more common, repeated outbreaks of plant-eating insects might alter forest species composition, the release said. The work is published in the October issue of the Journal of Tropical Ecology.
Centers will study climate-related decisions under uncertainty
Five interdisciplinary research teams will share $25 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) over the next five years to study problems associated with understanding climate-related decisions under uncertainty, according to a September 28 press release.
"NSF expects these teams to produce new insights of interest to the academic community, generate significant educational benefits and develop new tools that will benefit policy makers, decision makers and many different stakeholders," said Cheryl Eavey, NSF's program officer for the Decision Making Under Uncertainty projects.
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