National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Climate Service

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The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Climate Service is a new organization proposed by President Obama that aims to create a central federal source of information about the effects of climate change and global warming.

The new Climate Service will be modeled after the National Weather Service and will involve the reorganization of NOAA, joining the agency’s climate research division with its more consumer oriented services¹ . Existing laboratories and research like the National Climactic Data Center, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, and the National Weather Service Climate Network will also be incorporated into the Climate Service² .

The agency aims to supply user friendly information to help government and businesses adapt to climate change by providing long term projections of how climate will change.  Officials hope that this new source of information will attract the private sector to utilize ³ the service to make informed business decisions. For example, the service would be able to provide information as to where ski resorts expand their business in light of changing snowfall patterns⁴ .

The creation of the NOAA Climate Service is in response to the critical need for credible information about climate change and global warning. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently come under attack for providing flawed projections; one projection suggested Himalayan glaciers would be completely melted by 2035⁵ . Proponents of the new service believe that it will provide essential information to the public and private sectors to cope with global warming⁶ .