By Dr. Tamara Dickinson and Dr. Michael Kuperberg Re-posted from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy blog. This and previous Administrations have periodically conducted congressionally mandated National Climate Assessments to assess and inform the Nation about the impact of climate change. The U.S. Global Change Research...
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The U.S. Global Change Research Program ( USGCRP ) is pleased to announce the selection of Regional Chapter Leads for the Fourth National Climate Assessment ( NCA4 ). The following group of experts was selected from nearly 200 professionals nominated through an open call to serve as authors on NCA4 : Northeast : Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux ,...
By Dr. Amy Luers and Dr. Mike Kuperberg Communities across the Nation and around the world are increasingly seeking to develop and implement strategies that enhance their resilience to the impacts of a changing climate. Effective climate-resilience strategies require place-based and sector-specific scientific information on potential risks and...
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is pleased to announce that Dr. David Reidmiller will serve as Director of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4). David is on detail to the USGCRP National Coordination Office from the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey. As Director, he will lead the production of NCA4,...
Even as the United States and the international community act to curb the carbon pollution that is driving climate change, citizens and communities need to prepare for the current and future impacts of a changing climate and work with partners around the world to do the same. That is why, over the last seven and a half years, the Obama...
By informing users about past, present, and future climate change, the National Climate Assessment (NCA) links scientific advancement with the needs of decision makers responding to a changing climate. To do this, the NCA gathers scientific information from many sources, highlighting key findings and major gaps in knowledge about climate impacts...
On Friday, August 12, Dr. Tamara Dickinson, Principal Assistant Director for Environment and Energy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), named Dr. Ann Bartuska to serve as Chair of the Subcommittee on Global Change Research (SGCR). The SGCR, which includes representatives of each of the 13 U.S. Global Change Research...
After a 41-year career at the forefront of climate science, Tom Karl, Director of the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Global Change Research (SGCR), has retired from Federal service . Tom served his entire career with NOAA , taking the reins of NCEI (formerly the National Climatic Data Center...
NOAA has announced the appointment of 15 members to the new Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment . The Advisory Committee will provide advice to NOAA on sustained assessment activities and products , including engagement of stakeholders. NOAA will ensure the committee’s advice is provided to the White House Office of...
By Dr. John Holdren, Dr. Gina McCarthy, Dr. Vivek Murthy, and Dr. Kathryn Sullivan Re-posted from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy blog. Climate change poses risks to human health through many pathways, some more obvious than others. Rising greenhouse-gas concentrations, driven by human activities, result in increases in...