For the first time, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formally brought together their grantees working on climate change and human health, to share their research findings and discuss practical strategies for implementing this knowledge.
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Mar 29, 2013Adaptation
On April 2, the National Climate Assessment will be hosting a discussion session for attendees of the National Adaptation Forum in Denver, CO. The session will focus on using the National Climate Assessment in planning and management for adaptation.
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Mar 26, 2013Oceans
In cooperation with state, tribal, and federal agency partners, the Obama Administration today released the first nationwide strategy to help public and private decision makers prepare for and reduce the current and future impacts of climate change on species, habitats, ecosystems, and the people and economies that depend on them.
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Mar 21, 2013Physical Climate
NOAA issued the three-month U.S. Spring Outlook today, stating that odds favor above-average temperatures across much of the continental United States, including drought-stricken areas of Texas, the Southwest and the Great Plains.
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Mar 7, 2013By Dr. Tom Armstrong Today, the Administration’s interagency U.S. Global Change Research Program ( USGCRP ) delivered its annual report to Congress for fiscal year 2013: “ Our Changing Planet .” The report highlights recent activities by 13 Federal agencies to strengthen our scientific understanding of global changes—including climate change—the...
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Mar 5, 2013Adaptation
Pesticides, air pollutants, and other contaminants could become increasingly harmful to human health due to climate change, according to a new series of papers published in Environmental Toxicology Chemistry (ET&C).









