Weather agencies to monitor temperature data more often

							Weather agencies to monitor temperature data more often
Feb. 25, 2010
GENEVA - World weather agencies have agreed to collect more precise temperature data to improve climate change
science, officials said Wednesday, as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged environment ministers to reject efforts
by skeptics to derail a global climate deal.Britain's Met Office proposed that climate scientists around the world undertake
the "grand challenge" of measuring land surface temperatures as often as several times a day, and allow independent
scrutiny of the data a move that would go some way toward answering demands by skeptics for access to the raw figures
used to predict climate change.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35583532/ns/us_news-environment/
http://express.lineone.net/posts/view/160556/Weather-Hottest-January-ever-say-climate-experts
http://www.americanscientist.org/science/pub/un-weather-meeting-agrees-to-refine-climate-data
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=50&a=440643
http://newsx.com/story/73245
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-219562311.html

Met Office calls for improved global temperature record
February 25, 2010
The UK Met Office has asked the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to create a new state-of-the art data set of
global land surface air temperatures for improved climate diagnostics.Three independent temperature datasets are
currently being maintained by the Met Office, NASAs Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and by the US National Climatic
Data Center. Each record is constructed on the basis of monthly average raw data from selected meteorological stations
around the world, and all show similar magnitudes and rates of warming over the last century.
http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2010/02/met_office_calls_for_improved.html
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=17714&title=Met+Office+plan+new+climate+change+monitoring+schem
e++
http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/environment/WEATHER-FORECAST-BETTER/article-1865100-
detail/article.html

WMO to verify the global warming records again
02/25/2010
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has decided to come across the original temperature records from
thousands of weather stations around the world for a second time. The readings will be checked once more so that WMO
can avail auxiliary functional information to understand the atmospheric change determinedly. These supplementary data
will be analyzed autonomously further. This research will take three more years. According to the World Meteorological
Organization, this new analysis will provide an additional comprehensive depiction of global warming. Such initiatives are
hugely needed to regain the public confidence in the science of climate change.
http://www.topnews.in/wmo-verify-global-warming-records-again-2254736

El Gobierno Federal pone en marcha Programa de Modernización del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
25 de febrero de 2010
México, D.F., -.- El Gobierno Federal, a través de la Comisión Nacional del Agua (Conagua), puso en marcha el Programa
de Modernización del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN), que tiene como objetivo fundamental el fortalecimiento
institucional y estructural del organismo, a fin de elevar su capacidad de respuesta y que continué a la vanguardia del
desarrollo del país.
http://www.elpinerodelacuenca.com.mx/epc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18310:el-gobierno-
federal-pone-en-marcha-programa-de-modernizacion-del-servicio-meteorologico-nacional&catid=69:estado-del-
tiempo&Itemid=88

Only Plastic Between Haiti Homeless And Storms
26-Feb-10
LONDON - Seasonal rains and hurricanes spell trouble for Haiti in the best of times, but with hundreds of thousands of
people living in flimsy makeshift shelters after last month's earthquake, this year the dangers are much greater. The rainy
season begins in earnest in early April and the hurricane season in early June, according to the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO). Both can be deadly.
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/56893

Modernizar el SMN costará US100 millones
25 Febrero, 2010
La Conagua anunció el inicio del Programa de Modernización del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, con una inversión de
US100 millones a 10 años.
El principal reto será la contratación de expertos y subsanar el déficit que hay en México de personal especializado,
expuso en conferencia el titular de la Conagua, José Luis Luege Tamargo. El funcionario destacó que el calentamiento
global obliga a desarrollar acciones de meteorología especiales que se pondrán en funcionamiento con la modernización,
proceso que será vigilado por un Consejo Técnico Asesor. El proyecto se elaboró con base en el diagnóstico de la
Organización Meteorológica Mundial, el cual se pondrá en marcha con una inversión inicial para este año de 177 millones
de pesos del presupuesto del SMN y $160 millones que el organismo dispondrá.
http://eleconomista.com.mx/sociedad/2010/02/25/modernizar-servicio-meteorologico-costara-us100-millones

ANALYSIS-Scientists examine causes for lull in warming
25 Feb 2010
LONDON/OSLO -- Climate scientists must do more to work out how exceptionally cold winters or a dip in world
temperatures fit their theories of global warming, if they are to persuade an increasingly sceptical public.At stake is public
belief that greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet, and political momentum to act as governments struggle to
agree a climate treaty which could direct trillions of dollars into renewable energy, away from fossil fuels.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE61N0TR.htm

Scientists break ice over lull in warming
25 February, 2010
A hazy day in Beijing. President Hu Jintao has said China was committed to fighting climate change, both at home and in
co-operation with the rest of the world, but stopped short of offering any new policies. Climate scientists must do more to
work out how exceptionally cold winters or a dip in world temperatures fit their theories of global warming, if they are to
persuade an increasingly sceptical public. At stake is public belief that greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet,
and political momentum to act as governments struggle to agree a climate treaty which could direct trillions of dollars into
renewable energy, away from fossil fuels. Public conviction of global warmings risks may have been undermined by an
error in a UN panel report exaggerating the pace of melt of Himalayan glaciers and by the disclosure of hacked e-mails
revealing scientists sniping at sceptics, who leapt on these as evidence of data fixing.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=345241&version=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26

Calentamiento global no está libre de olas de frío
25 de febrero de 2010
Expertos afirman que el calentamiento no es uniforme en todas las zonas y que los modelos de clima pronostican que
habrá probablemente mayores extremos de frío y calor, inundaciones y sequías.
http://www.estrategiaynegocios.net/mundo/Default.aspx?option=8241
http://www.lasegunda.com/ediciononline/ciencia_tecnologia/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=540685
http://www.iblnews.com/story.php?id=53764
http://www.europapress.es/epsocial/noticia-cientificos-afirman-cambio-climatico-sigue-curso-pesar-imagenes-frio-viento-
hielo-invierno-20100225144518.html

Belarus, Russia urged to work harder to prevent climate changes
25 February 2010
SILICHI, - Belarus and Russia should considerably step up the collaboration for preparing a new global agreement on
cooperation for preventing climate changes. The statement was made by Alexander Bedritsky, President of the World
Meteorological Organization, at a session of the permanent seminar on Union State development under the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union in Silichi on 25 February. I think it will benefit the economies of the two countries
and will increase the weight of the proposals they submit. We could consider some scenarios for bilateral or multilateral
actions for the sake of implementing projects in the area of the adaptation to climatic changes and technology exchange,
noted the President of the World Meteorological Organization.
http://www.belta.by/en/print?id=495154


SA govt looking to nominate scientists for IPCC review
25 February 2010
Johannesburg: South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs has called for expressions of interest from South
African scientists who would like to be involved in the compilation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) fifth assessment report. The IPCC's fifth assessment report was being developed for publication in 2014.
Scientists wishing to participate in the IPCC assessment process would need to be formally nominated by the Department
of Environmental Affairs (DoEA), and interested parties were urged to email their details to the department before March
5.
http://www.fanrpan.org/news/6761/news

CLIMATE-PERU: El Niño Throws a Tantrum
26 Feb 24
LIMA (IPS) - Peru's lack of disaster prevention policies and measures, combined with climate imbalances in South
America, have led to the loss of dozens of lives and thousands of homes in this Andean country in the last few months.
Excessive rains have caused damages in northern Peru, but the worst precipitation occurred in Cuzco, in the south, where
a month's worth of rain fell in just three days. Of Peru's 25 regions, 17 are dealing with destruction from the rains that
began in December. By mid-February, the National Civil Defence Institute reported that more than 22,700 people were
left homeless and more than 108,000 suffered damage to their homes, crops or other property.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ips/31f99aa608c5fa4d95f2233620a33911.htm

Study: Warming to bring stronger hurricanes
02/24/2010
WASHINGTON Top researchers now agree that the world is likely to get stronger but fewer hurricanes in the future
because of global warming, seeming to settle a scientific debate on the subject. But they say there's not enough evidence
yet to tell whether that effect has already begun. Since just before Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005,
dueling scientific papers have clashed about whether global warming is worsening hurricanes and will do so in the future.
The new study seems to split the difference. A special World Meteorological Organization panel of 10 experts in both
hurricanes and climate change including leading scientists from both sides came up with a consensus, which is published
online Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/environment/Study_Warming_to_bring_stronger_hurricanes.html

University rejects claim of exaggerating global warming
26 February 2010
THE university at the centre of the "Climategate" row over global warming data yesterday rejected accusations that it had
lost or manipulated scientific research.
The University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) has been under fire since hacked e-mails, which sceptics
claimed showed scientists manipulating climate data, were leaked online last year.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/topstories/University-rejects-claim-of-exaggerating.6106809.jp

Other stories of interest

Snow storm closes New York schools, snarls transport
26 Feb 2010
NEW YORK (AFP) A major snowstorm blanketed much of the densely populated northeastern United States on Friday,
forcing the closure of New York schools and transport delays. Up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) of snow were forecast to
fall on New York by Saturday and snowplows worked through the night to keep major avenues clear.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered a rare closure of all public schools, handing about a million students an unexpected
long weekend.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100226/ts_alt_afp/usweathernewyork

Wal-Mart To Cut Emissions From Supply Chain
26-Feb-10
SAN FRANCISCO - Wal-Mart Stores Inc plans to massively cut greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain
within five years -- an effort the retailer said is equivalent to taking more than 3.8 million cars off the road for a year.Wal-
Mart will reach that goal by having its suppliers reduce emissions involved in the sourcing, manufacturing, transportation,
and disposal of the thousands of products it sells in its stores
http://www.planetark.org/enviro-news/item/56897

Scientists Studying Giant Underwater Waves
25 February 2010
Scientists at the University of Rhode Island are gaining new insight into the mechanisms that generate huge, steep
underwater waves that occur between layers of warm and cold water in coastal regions of the world's oceans.David
Farmer, a physical oceanographer and dean of the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, together with student Qiang
Li, said that large amplitude, nonlinear internal waves can reach heights of 150 meters or more in the South China Sea,
and the effects they have on surface wave fields ensure that they are readily observable from space.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1828085/scientists_studying_giant_underwater_waves/index.html

Lord Smith urges farmers to mobilise GM in fight against climate change
25 Feb 2010
The Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith has signaled he would endorse the expanded use of genetically modified
(GM) crops and nanotechnology-based farming techniques, arguing they are likely to prove necessary to help the
agricultural sector cope with climate change.Speaking at the National Farmers' Union's (NFU) annual conference in
Birmingham yesterday, Smith urged farmers to embrace new technologies in order to bolster yields and prepare for
changing weather patterns.
http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2258481/lord-smith-urges-farmers

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