Category: Science
December 14, 2023
Linking the climate modelling community with satellite climate datasets
Through its Climate Change Initiative (CCI), ESA develops a suite of satellite data records of 36 key components of the climate system, known as Essential Climate Variables (ECVs)....
June 30, 2023
Optimal High Resolution Earth System Models for Exploring Future Climate Change (OptimESM)
The OptimESM project will provide new and policy-relevant knowledge on the consequences of reaching or exceeding different levels of global warming, including the risk of rapid change in key Earth system phenomena and the regional impacts arising from the level of global warming and the occurrence of abrupt changes....
June 20, 2023
The Marine Biogeochemical Evaluation Toolkit, bgcval2
The marine biogeochemistry validation toolkit, bgcval, has been a key part of the validation of the United Kingdom Earth System model since the early days of UKESM1 development back in 2015....
June 10, 2023
Regional Aerosol Model Intercomparison Project
The cooling effect of aerosols means they have played an important role in climate change over the last 200 years, masking some of the warming caused by increases in greenhouse gases, and contributing to observed multidecadal variability. ...
June 01, 2023
Global-scale evaluation of a coastal ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) scheme in UKESM1
The Earth’s climate is rapidly changing with an increase in mean surface air temperature of 1.09°C between 1850-1900 and 2011-2020....
September 24, 2021
Methane Removal: Climate and Air Quality benefits
Methane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas and has contributed 0.5oC to current global warming....