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Esri Partners with Federal Government and State of California to Tackle Climate Change, Improve Resilience

GISuser — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:13:09 +0000

Map-Based Dashboards Help Communities Assess Exposure to Climate Hazards and Conservation Opportunities REDLANDS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Esri, the global leader in GIS and location intelligence, has partnered with agencies in the federal government and the state of California to build comprehensive and interactive climate data portals and targeted applications to better respond to climate hazards and conservation […]

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Connecting ag lenders, investors and Farm Credits to climate risks impacting portfolios

GISuser — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:25:40 +0000

AQUAOSO launches groundbreaking data acclimation tool – A powerful suite of analytics and data management tools, GIS Connect is an opportunity for the agricultural finance sector to create long-term resilience for water and climate risk DENVER , CO (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AQUAOSO Technologies, a public benefit corporation focused on water risk technology that reduces financial risk […]

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Esri Named a Leader in Climate Risk Analytics Report by Independent Research Firm

GISuser — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 13:24:15 +0000

REDLANDS, Calif.—-Esri, the global leader in GIS, location intelligence, and mapping technology, today announced that the independent research firm Forrester recognized the company in The Forrester New Wave™: Climate Risk Analytics, Q3 2020 Evaluation. “While we continue to try and slow the resulting damage, we must also use our most advanced technologies to try and understand […]

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January 2020 was Earth’s hottest January on record

GISuser — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:24:20 +0000

Via NOAA – The long-term trend of above-average temperatures continues February 13, 2020In the span of 141 years of climate records, there has never been a warmer January than last month, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. What’s more, the temperature departure from average was the highest monthly departure ever recorded without an […]

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Geographical Information System Tackles Climate Change

GISuser — Thu, 02 May 2019 15:45:57 +0000

A GIS is designed to manipulate, analyze, capture, store, manage, and present all types of geographical information. It has become the common application to analyze spatial information regarding climate change. The nature of the geographical system implies that spatial data analysis will occur using this system. Roger Tomlinson is the acknowledged father of the Geographical […]

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Esri Becomes Ambassador of NOAA and NWS Weather-Ready Nation

Editor — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:32:06 +0000

GIS Role in NOAA Weather Data Portal Key to Designation Redlands, California—September 27, 2016—Esri, the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, today announced its participation in the Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador initiative. Recognized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to protect US citizens and fortify infrastructure against the threat of extreme weather, […]

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Map of the Day – Climate Anomalies 2015

GISuser — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 15:12:49 +0000

Things are heating up, there’s no doubt about that. In fact, according to statistics, 2015 was the warmest year ever on record! This from the New York Times, “It will take a few more years to know for certain, but the back-to-back records of 2014 and 2015 may have put the world back onto a […]

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The Climate Corporation Announces Multiple Data Connectivity Agreements

GISuser — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:10:14 +0000

The Climate Corporation Announces Multiple Data Connectivity Agreements, Making the Climate FieldView™ Platform the Most Broadly Connected in the Industry – New Agreements Connect The Climate FieldView Platform To Agronomic, Retailer And Equipment Software Systems, Helping Farmers Get The Most From Their Field Data SAN FRANCISCO–The Climate Corporation, a division of Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON), […]

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New Book from Esri Shows How GIS Supports Weather, Climate Research

GISuser — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:55:41 +0000

Redlands, California—February 12, 2015—Weather mapping goes beyond what’s broadcast on the evening news. The new book Mapping and Modeling Weather and Climate with GIS, from Esri Press, describes how geographic information system (GIS) technology can be coupled with atmospheric and climate sciences data to do research. “Weather and climate information is innately geospatial,” May Yuan, Ashbel […]

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NOAA Report – Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

GISuser — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:26:04 +0000

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is the Nation’s Scorekeeper in terms of addressing severe weather and climate events in their historical perspective. As part of its responsibility of monitoring and assessing the climate, NCDC tracks and evaluates climate events in the U.S. and globally that have great economic and societal impacts. NCDC is frequently […]

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