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Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 3 December 2015
We must better understand the needs and use the full capacities of both women and men to meet development challenges and serve communities in a world increasingly subject to the...
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 3 December 2015
The cryosphere is a major indicator of global climate change and plays a fundamental role in the climate system. Despite advances in numerical modelling, the reliability of long-term climate change...
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 3 December 2015
Energy systems are the engine of economic and social development. Their investments represent a sizeable portion of a country’s GDP. Indeed, energy is essential to practically all aspects of human welfare, including access to water, agricultural productivity, health care, education, job creation and environmental sustainability.
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 3 December 2015
China is one of the countries most affected by meteorological hazards. From 1984 to 2014, on average per annum meteorological hazards caused 4 066 deaths and 192.2 billion Chinese Yuan...
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 3 December 2015
By WMO Secretariat 1 Peter Bauer, Alan Thorpe and Gilbert Brunet have published a fascinating tale that will give readers a special flavour of how science can be both intriguing...
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
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Publish Date: 3 December 2015
By Peter Adams 1 , Bruce Hewitson 2 , Catherine Vaughan 3 , Rob Wilby 4 , Stephen Zebiak 5 , Erika Eitland 6 and WMO Secretariat 7 Climate services...
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (1) - 2015
Theme: Climate
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Publish Date: 2 March 2015
The present Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) with a vision “to enable society to better manage the risks and opportunities arising from climate variability and change, through the development and incorporation of science-based climate information and prediction into planning, policy and practice” carries forward and builds on the solid foundation laid by the Climate Information and Prediction Services (CLIPS) project.
Meteoworld : June 2015
The Third Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET-3), hosted by Cabo Verde from 10 to 14 February, coordinated and accelerated regional efforts to strengthen resilience to severe weather hazards and adaptation to climate change.
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (1) - 2015
Theme: Environmental challenges
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Publish Date: 2 March 2015
As atmospheric CO 2 continues to increase, more and more CO 2 enters the ocean, which reduces pH (pH is a measure of acidity, the lower the pH, the more acidic the liquid) in a process referred to as ocean acidification. Declines in surface ocean pH due to ocean acidification are already detectable and accelerating.
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (1) - 2015
Theme: Environmental challenges
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Publish Date: 2 March 2015
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, signed in 1987, has been successful in that the amount of chlorofluorocarbons is now slowly diminishing. A common misunderstanding, however, is the belief that the ozone problem has been solved and the ozone layer is back to its original state.
