• Call for Public Comment: USGCRP’s Strategic Plan Prospectus

    Submit your comments on the prospectus for USGCRP’s 2022-2031 National Global Change Research Plan by 11:59 PM ET on January 11, 2022.

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  • NCA5 Public Engagement Workshops

    We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts with National Climate Assessment authors.

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  • NCA5 Updates

    Learn more about the Fifth National Climate Assessment process and progress, opportunities to engage, and answers to frequently asked questions.

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  • Our Changing Planet for Fiscal Year 2021

    Learn about USGCRP's recent accomplishments in our annual report to Congress.

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  • Fourth National Climate Assessment Volume II

    Read NCA4 Vol. II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States, USGCRP’s quadrennial assessment of the impacts of climate change in the U.S.

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  • 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report

    SOCCR2 is a technical assessment of the state of carbon cycle science in North America

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  • Climate Science Special Report

    The Climate Science Special Report, Volume I of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), assesses the physical science of climate change and provides the foundation for Volume II of NCA4.

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  • Melting sea ice is one indicator of climate change

    Indicators of Change

    Indicators communicate key aspects and related effects of the changing climate. 

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