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Month: March 2017

Climate Change and Water Quality

California water providers’ climate change awareness divided between groundwater and surface water providers.

West Coast Drought’s Causes Found in Pacific

Ocean pattern plus random atmosphere = big drought (sometimes), according to recent study.

Large Storms May Help Snowpack

Future warming in the Northwest may be less severe during large precipitation events.

Ice Age Ice Sheets & Western US Climate

Ice age ice sheet loss drove a sudden northward shift of the westerly storm track, study finds.

Making Actionable Science

A recent paper provides a step-by-step guide to for coproducing actionable science.

The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report

We’ve broken down our recent climate assessment into short, sharable factoids.

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About the CIRCulator

The Climate CIRCulator is a monthly newsletter covering climate science and the Northwest written by members of the Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Research Consortium (CIRC) and the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute (OCCRI). CIRC is a member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s climate adaptation effort the Regional Integrated Sciences & Assessments program. A state-funded organization, OCCRI is tasked with informing Oregon residents and lawmakers about the impacts of climate change. CIRC and OCCRI are headquartered at Oregon State University’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences in Corvallis, Oregon.

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