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#GCOS invites everyone interested to be part of the public review of the 2021 draft Status Report on the Global Climate Observing System. Your input will help shape the Global Climate Observing system in the next 6 years. Registration is now open at: bit.ly/gcos_review
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With deep regret GCOS has learned of the passing away of Konrad Steffen. Konrad was a former chairman of TOPC. Our thoughts are with his family.
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This week the WGMS General Assembly of National Correspondents (Part 1/3) is held in Zurich, Switzerland. WGMS National Correspondents from Europe, North America, and Africa meet to discuss achievements and future challenges in glacier monitoring.
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WMO Congress welcomes from 3 - 14 June in Geneva 193 Member delegations. First two days are spent discussing 5 focus areas: new initiatives and needs; WMO reform; services; infrastructures; private public partnership and capacity building:
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Global Climate Indicators need to be: relevant, representative, traceable, timely and limited. So far we have been discussing 7 indicators: surface temperature, ocean heat, CO2, ocean acidification, sea level, glacier mass balance and arctic and antarctic sea ice extent.
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This is pretty cool ! Thx Copernicus for providing free access to climate indicators! We know our science, now let us talk about it. Global Indicators for The Big Picture will be a "cool tool" to do so!
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#DYK Copernicus Marine Service launched a new product - Ocean Monitoring Indicators (OMIs)? 🌊 This free and open ocean information allows users to track the vital health signs of the ocean over the past quarter of a century! ➡️See more e.copernicus.eu/Marine-OMIs
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Happy Birthday, big sister ! Your First Assessment Report in 1990 concluded „that improved predictability of (human induced) climate change would require improved systematic observation of climate related variables on a global basis“... and here we are ! Yours truly, GCOS
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Happy 30th birthday IPCC! Glad to celebrate with you in Paris tomorrow! @ipcc_ch #IPCC30 twitter.com/icsunews/statu
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Seeing is believing .... great stuff!
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The NASA Carbon dioxide pump handle is always nice to see. So illustrative on what is happening and has happened in the past. A real incentive for Europe to deploy a Carbon Monitoring and Verification System. #Copernicus #EUMETSAT #ESA youtube.com/watch?v=pVYt9Z
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The global ocean observations community only meets every 10 years! This is your chance to share ideas and stay informed! Please, engage!
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It was great meeting colleagues from Germany and Geneva key organizations to create a new sort of lunch-time-think-tank. I am big fan of linking work with having nice food in good company!
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Thx Ulrich Seidenberger @GermanyUNGeneva 4 hosting exlt discussion on #Risk from #ClimateChange & benefits of #renewables 4 #GlobalGoals, #migration, #refugees...and well...#Worldpeace 🕊 Busting silos! Working together with...see below ☺
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Calling all GCOS friends with an interest in ocean, coastal observations and applications! Help to shape #OceanObs19
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OceanObs'19: Call for Program Committee Membership, shaping the agenda and outcomes - due 15 October mailchi.mp/unesco/goos-no
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