NOAA, AMS to announce findings of State of the Climate in 2017 report

UPDATED: August 1, 2018. Audio from the August 1, 2018 State of the Climate media call is posted to the "resources" section below.
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On Wed., Aug. 1, scientists from NOAA and the American Meteorological Society will discuss key findings from the peer-reviewed State of the Climate report, which examines temperature, precipitation and weather events throughout the world in 2017. The study is published annually by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
CIRES scientist Patrick Cullis releases a weather balloon carrying an ozonesonde from NOAA's Marshall Mesa on the 50th anniversary of the first ozonesonde launch from the research site near Boulder, Colorado, in 1967.

CIRES scientist Patrick Cullis releases a weather balloon carrying an ozonesonde from NOAA's Marshall Mesa on the 50th anniversary of the first ozonesonde launch from the research site near Boulder, Colorado, in 1967. (Image credit: Theo Stein/NOAA)

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This 28th annual check-up for the planet is based on contributions from more than 450 scientists, representing more than 60 countries. It provides a detailed update on global climate indicators, notable weather events and other data collected from locations on land, water, ice and even space. Some of the climate indicators include greenhouse gases, temperature, precipitation, sea level, sea ice extent, glacier mass, snow cover and tropical cyclones.

WHEN

Wed., Aug. 1

  • Report released: 11:00 AM EDT

  • Media call: 11:30 a.m. EDT

WHAT

Media conference call on State of the Climate 2017 report

WHO

  • Jeff Rosenfeld, editor-In-chief, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

  • Deke Arndt, climatologist and lead report editor, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information

  • Gregory C. Johnson, Ph.D., oceanographer and ocean chapter editor, NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

  • Emily Osborne, Ph.D., program manager, NOAA’s Arctic Research Program and Arctic chapter editor, NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

HOW

Dial into the conference call:

  • 800-369-2113 (U.S./Canada toll-free), 1-517-308-9041 (International toll)

  • Passcode: CLIMATE

View slides at: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/state-of-the-climate-2017-slides/ (available at 11:00 AM EDT (U.S.) on Aug. 1.

NOTE

The report and other material will be available online at 11:00 am prior to the call at: https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/

The report authors will conduct the conference call from their respective work locations and will not be available for on-camera interviews in the Washington, D.C. area.

 

Related Resources

Media contact:
John Leslie, NOAA, 301-713-0214
Theo Stein, NOAA, 303-497-6288
AMS: stateoftheclimate@ametsoc.org

 

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