In October, 2010, NOAA will form a new federal office devoted solely to climate, called the NOAA Climate Service. We spoke with interim director Thomas Karl.
"When we think of climate change impacts, we talk about are drought, floods, storms, sea level rise, and melting glaciers... all those things have to do with water."
Ice decreasing in Greenland: "These changes on the Greenland ice sheet are happening fast, and we are definitely losing more ice mass than we had anticipated. "