WHOI announces new climate centre

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), USA, has announced the establishment of the Francis E. Fowler Ⅳ Center for Ocean and Climate to seek new knowledge and new solutions at the intersection of oceanography and climate science. A generous gift from Francis E. Fowler Ⅳ established the centre and will enable it to immediately commence operations, WHOI said."This extraordinary gift," said WHOI president and director Peter de Menocal, "will propel critical work that is needed to understand and elucidate the interplay between the global ocean, Earth's climate, and human societies."The announcement comes in the wake of news that WHOI and technology firm Analog Devices, Inc., USA, are launching an Ocean and Climate Innovation Consortium focused on the critical role of the ocean in combating climate change. "The Francis E. Fowler Ⅳ Center for Ocean and Climate is building on considerable momentum we see not only at WHOI, but across the earth science community, to bring much needed focus to ocean-climate connections," said de Menocal. "It further cements WHOI's position as a leader in ocean and climate research at a time when the world urgently needs scientific leadership in this area."