Today, the WWF is working with the IUCN on producing a workshop, Managing Protected Areas in a Changing Climate , and have launched a climate change publicity and public education campaign. Next, Bruce Hayden spoke on changing weather patterns and the indications that there will be big climate changes in the near future. He pointed out that satellites are failing to detect atmospheric warming because they measure the temperature of the entire air column instead of just at the Earth's surface or at specific altitudes. Atmosphere does not respond uniformly at different altitudes. For instance, a previously stable ceiling of cooler air has recently dropped down to 30,000 feet.
Nights appear to be getting warmer.
There is an increase in cloud cover in Australia and eastern North America. Storms are not as vigorous. For example, there is a decrease in cyclones and prairie storms. Though changes are occurring, it is not clear how much we can blame anthropogenic sources for this. There is a need to look at more variables than temperature and rainfall.