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US proposes new climate service

Agencies | By, Washington
Feb 10, 2010 12:04 AM IST

The Obama administration proposed a new climate service on Monday that would provide Americans with predictions on how global warming will affect everything from drought to sea levels.

The Obama administration proposed a new climate service on Monday that would provide Americans with predictions on how global warming will affect everything from drought to sea levels.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Service, modelled loosely on the 140-year-old National Weather Service, would provide forecasts to farmers, regional water managers and businesses affected by changing climate conditions.

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The move is essentially a reorganisation of NOAA, and would bring the agency’s climate research arm together with its more consumer-oriented services.

It would not come with a boost in funding.

A Web portal launched Monday at www.climate.gov provides a single entry point to NOAA’s climate information, data, products and services.

The effort was announced at a time when skeptics have become increasingly effective in attacking the credibility of global warming forecasts.

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