Report Finds That Climate Data From Pacific Islands Has Deteriorated
The quality and quantity of Pacific Island climate data has been getting worse in recent decades according to a new report on climate change.
Friday 10 February 2023 | 17:45
Fiji Meteorological Service’s Ana Degei on attachment to the Pacific Community to support peer-to-peer learning and digital communications. Photo: Pacific Community
The quality and quantity of Pacific Island climate data has been getting worse in recent decades according to a new report on climate change.
The study, Climate Change in the Pacific 2022, released last week by the Pacific Community, looked at historical climate data from 15 Pacific nations.
One of the main authors of the study and senior climatologist at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Simon McGree, said “it is a concern” the data had deteriorated.
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“It means we have less ability to reliably observe long-term change, specifically for the Pacific region,” McGree said.
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Source: RNZ Pacific
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