May 2014 ESIP Journal
Climate Outlook
The Gulf of Maine Council’s Climate Network recently launched a new quarterly e-bulletin highlighting a product collaboratively developed by US and Canadian meteorologists through the North American Climate Services Partnership—the Gulf of Maine Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook (GOM Outlook). Modeled after a similar publication in the Great Lakes region, the GOM Outlook provides an engaging snapshot of recent weather events and anomalies; illustrates regional weather impacts on ecosystems and the economy; and offers a forecast for the coming three months.
At last September’s meeting of the Climate Network, participants voiced the need for more “downscaled” climate data and forecasting—to better understand how global climate trends are playing out regionally in terms of air and sea temperature changes, precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events. The GOM Outlook now offers credible and current climate data every March, June, September and December to those who must apply that information in fields such as farming, forestry, fishing, transportation, emergency management and public health.
The Climate Network is publicizing the new GOM Outlook through Gulf of Maine Council partners and others. To receive the quarterly GOM Outlook and Climate Network e-bulletin (which provides additional updates on climate-related resources and events in the region), please sign up at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/2/climate-network-climate-outlook/
Other News in the Gulf of Maine & Bay of Fundy
Past Journals
Febuary 2015 — ESIP releases new smartphone app connecting people in the Gulf of Maine and watershed to the science happening all around them.
November 2015 — The launch of a marine debris program in the Bay of Fundy.
September 2015 — Climate Change Products for Atlantic Canada.
July 2015 — An update from the April 2015 State of the Bays Symposium in Massachusetts.
June 2015 — Learn about NH Department of Environmental Services' work with 65 volunteers to improve beach grass coverage at Hampton Beach State Park.
May 2015 — Nova Scotia recently released risk ratings for storm serge and sea level rise for all portions of the Province - this journal summarizes the findings
April 2015 — Learn about an exciting project between ESIP and EPA that seeks to unravel upstream pressures on downstream estuaries
February 2015 — Meet the new Project Leader for the Gulf of Maine Coastal Program in Falmouth, Maine - Jed Wright.
January 2015 — New Smart Tour of Great Marsh - largest continuous stretch of salt marsh in New England, extending from Cape Ann in Massachusetts to New Hampshire
December 2014 — The American Lobster Settlement Index is an important project that assesses current lobster fishery condition in both Canada and the US. The dataset is current and available through the ESIP Indicator Reporting Tool
Click here for all past ESIP journals