Integrating federal research on global change and climate change

National Climate Assessment

The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is being conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990, which requires a report to the President and the Congress that evaluates, integ...

Strategic Planning

The following is a brief overview of the Strategic Plan. To view more in-depth information, visit our Strategic Planning page in the menu above under "What We Do". The following is a brief overvi...

Warm Temperatures Continue

This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released temperature data showing that 2011 was one of the warmest ye...

Alaskan Permafrost Mapped

Becky Fried, Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President Last week, the Interior Department’s US Geological Survey (USGS) released details about ...