NOAA works closely with the international
PAGES/ CLIVAR initiative to improve our understanding of societally relevant climate
variability and our ability to predict future climate change. NOAA contributes to the
PAGES/CLIVAR initiative by supporting the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, and by
providing extramural support (jointly with the National Science Foundation) for the Earth
System History Program area of special emphasis on paleoclimate variability. Research goals are to:
Research priority includes the following PAGES/CLIVAR phenomena foci:
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