NOAA is predicting an El Nino winter in California. Mark Jackson, Meteorologist in Charge, NOAA National Weather Service in Oxnard, California, discusses the cause and effect of an El Nino on California’s winter rains. (Photo courtesy of Jayme Laber/NOAA)

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• NOAA El Nino Theme Page
• Flood Safety Information from NOAA
• California El Nino Information



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Christine Blackburn, PhD, Program Manager with the Ocean Protection Council, comments on the 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy Discussion Draft which summarizes the best known science on climate change impacts in seven specific sectors and provides recommendations on how to manage against those threats.

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• Draft California Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
• Ocean Protection Council
• Take our pledge and combat climate change