Tag: Societal Impacts
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Lifesaving storm warnings for Africa's Lake Victoria
The HIGHWAY project aims to help the nations in the Lake Victoria Basin disseminate timely forecasts and warnings to those at risk.
- Weather
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NCAR’s new traveling climate exhibit hits the road
NCAR has launched a traveling climate exhibit, designed to connect with communities across the country to share the science of climate change and the impact it’s having on people’s everyday lives.
- Education + Outreach
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Researchers partner with Native Alaskan, Yukon communities to study climate impacts on rivers, fish
Researchers at CU Boulder and NCAR have been awarded $3 million in funding from NSF to study the changing climate and rivers of Alaska and western Canada.
- Climate
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UCAR Congressional Briefing: Weather and climate risks to national security
A panel of experts at a congressional briefing warned that increasingly powerful hurricanes, sea level rise, and other changing aspects of Earth's climate system are posing new challenges to the U.S. military.
- Climate,
- Government Relations,
- Weather
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Communicating coastal storm risks through a sense of place
NCAR is leading a new project studying how maps and other visualizations can help communicate forecasts and help residents better understand the risks to their communities.
- Water,
- Weather