"Climate services" go global

Nature: An international framework for providing information about how Earth's climate will affect everything from health to disaster planning is set to bring order to an area that has given some scientists cause for concern. The field of 'climate services' has boomed in recent years, with various organizations and individuals using climate models to advise policy-makers and local people on crop production, infrastructure planning and disease management. At the first ever 'extraordinary session' of the...

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