This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted the second year of greenhouse gas emissions data gathered through the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP).
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Feb 6, 2013Coasts
According to a new technical report, the effects of climate change will continue to threaten the health and vitality of U.S. coastal communities’ social, economic and natural systems.
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Feb 6, 2013International
On Saturday, February 16, 2013 from 1:30-4:30 pm, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will be holding a symposium to present Future Earth, a new 10-year international initiative on integrated global environmental change research.
NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) publishes this notice on behalf of the National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC) to announce the availability of a Draft Climate Assessment Report for public comment.
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Feb 6, 2013Ecosystems & Biodiversity
While the iconic Haleakal silversword plant made a strong recovery from early 20th century threats, it has now entered a period of substantial climate-related decline. New research published this week warns that global warming may have severe consequences for the silversword in its native habitat.
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Feb 6, 2013Physical Climate
NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, which monitors global surface temperatures on an ongoing basis, released an updated analysis today that compares temperatures around the globe in 2012 to the average global temperature from the mid-20th century.
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Feb 6, 2013Physical Climate
The latest State of the Climate National Overview report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NOAA's National Climatic Data Center reveals that 2012 was the United States’ warmest year on record by a wide margin.
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Jan 22, 2013In association with the release of the Draft Third National Climate Assessment Report, John Holdren (Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) and Jane Lubchenco (Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) published a post on the White House blog about the draft report and the history of the NCA.
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Jan 22, 2013Today, the National Climate Assessment Development and Advisory Committee (NCADAC), the Federal advisory committee for the National Climate Assessment, approved their draft of the Third National Climate Assessment Report for release for public comment.
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Jan 11, 2013By Dr. John P. Holdren and Dr. Jane Lubchenco Today, a committee of independent advisors to the U.S. Government released its first draft of a new National Climate Assessment (NCA)—a 400-page synthesis of scientists’ current understanding of climate change and its impacts in the United States. The Global Change Research Act of 1990 calls for an NCA...










