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Tuesday, 02 August 2016
State of the Climate 2015 Report Released
Every year at this time the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society publishes the State of the Climate Report. While it will be in the AMS Bulletin that all AMS members receive, the entire report is freely available to the public here: https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/ From the report: The 2015 global surface temperature was 0.42oC-0.46oC (0.76°–0.83°F) above the 1980-2010 average, depending [...]
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Unforced variations: Aug 2016
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Fault Displacement Hazards Workshop, Dec 9-10, 2016 (and AGU Fall meeting session)
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