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Norfolk - A hothouse for cutting edge research on climate change
UEA are climate
gurus. The Climatic Research Unit set up 30 years ago is a hothouse
for cutting edge research on climate change. It is unique. There
is not another substantial group of independent climate scientists
anywhere else in the UK.
The climate debate
is changing. It is no longer a question of if we are warming, or
even by how much. Instead attention is moving to what we can do
in the short term to adapt and in the longer term to foster a sustainable
relationship between climate and society.
The new Tyndall
Centre is UEA's response to the changing debate. A 10 million government
funded unit, the centre aims to provide, 'research of climate, economics,
social science and engineering to advise on sustainable responses
to climate change'. As Mike Hulme of the new centre explains, 'Climate
change is no longer just a problem for climate scientists, we have
to engage across the disciplines, in business, in government and
in communities - we need to make scientific insights workable in
reality'.
Links:
Climatic Research Unit
Tyndall
Centre
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