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Index by Region

The National Assessment Overview and Foundation Reports were produced  by the National Assessment Synthesis Team, an advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and were not subjected to OSTP's Information Quality Act Guidelines. The National Assessment was forwarded to the President and Congress in November 2000 for their consideration.

December 2000 (unpublished)

• Press Release: Great Lakes Regional Assessment Report

Fall 2000

• At the Interface Between Science and Public Policy:  Lesson Learned from Assessments .  By Ari Patrinos, Associate Director for Biological and Environmental Research, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
• Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.  By Robert Corell, American Meteorological Society, and Pål Prestrud, Norwegian Polar Institute
• The Department of Energy's Global Change Research and Role in the National Assessment of Climate Change.   Jerry W. Elwood, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
• IPCC Issues Technical Reports
• National Assessment News
• Calendar

May-June 2000

• DOI Preparing for Climate Change: The Ocean-Land Connection - David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior
• U.S. Geological Survey Supports National Assessment as Part of Global Change Research - Dave Kirtland, U.S. Geological Survey
• USGS Conducts National Water-Quality Assessment Program - Pixie A. Hamilton and Timothy L. Miller
• USGS Web Resources
• Stakeholder Profile: Susan Selby Lends Water Resources Expertise to Rocky Mountain Assessment - Fred Wagner
• Regional Impact Assessment for Alaska Released - Gunter Weller
• Mid-Atlantic Region: Preparing for a Changing Climate - Ann Fisher
• Changes in Staff at NACO Office
• In Memory of Ron Ritschard
• National Assessment Status Report
• US Government Review of the draft Third Assessment Report of the IPCC
• Calendar

• Agriculture Assessment Combines Many Approaches - John Reilly
• A New Perspective on Current Global Climate Change Research Efforts - D. James Baker, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Administrator of NOAA and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Global Change Research
• Climate Change Impacts on Forest Ecosystems - Steven G. McNulty and John D. Aber
• Health Sector Assessment Nears Completion - Michael McGeehin and  Jonathan Patz
• Water Sector Assessment Draws to a Close - D. Briane Adams
• Calendar

• Climate Variability and Water Management Strategies in Southwest Pueblo Cultures -Rick Watson, San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico and Stan Morain, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
• NMClimate Change in the Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains - Leigh Welling and George Seielstad, Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium
• The Future of Lake-Effect Snow:  - Peter J. Sousounis, The University of Michigan
• Aspen Session Considers Urban Impacts of Climate Variability and Change - Thomas J. Wilbanks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Pacific Northwest Region Releases Assessment Report - Philip Mote
• A Cajun Perspective: The Gulf Coast Regional Climate Change Assessment
• Corell Leaves NSF for Academic Position
• NRC Releases Sustainability Report
• Calendar
• Synthesis Team News

November-December 1999 (also available as PDF file)

• Indirect and Manifold Effects - Mike Slimak
• Global Change Research at the Environmental Protection Agency - Joel Scheraga and John Furlow
• Central and Southern Appalachia: Balancing Many Demands - Trina Karolchik Wafle and William T. Peterjohn
• Canadian and Hadley Model Projections of Precipitation Changes for the 21st Century - Benjamin Felze
• Southeast Regional Assessment Status - Ronald L. Ritschard
• Second IAI/UM Summer Institute to be Held on Interdisciplinary Science in the Americas
• Reviewers Sought for Assessment Reports
• Calendar

 July-August 1999  (also available as PDF file)

• An Investment in Science for the Nation's Future - Robert Corell
• Climate Change in Wetland Areas Part II: Carbon Cycle Implications - Jon Kusler
• Key Issues in the Rocky Mountain/Great Basin Regional Assessment - Fred Wagner
• The National Science Foundation and the National Assessment - Thomas Spence
• Developing Socioeconomic Scenarios: Mid-Atlantic Case - Jim Shortle, David Abler, and Ann Fisher
• Summary of the Atlanta Meeting
• Calendar
• Synthesis Team News
• AAEA Tutorial on Climate Change

• Science in the Service of Society: The Value of the Assessment Process - Rosina Bierbaum
• NASA Applies Space Technology to Answer Earth Science Questions - Lou Whitsett
• Climate Change in Wetland Areas Part I: Potential Wetland Impacts and Interactions- Jon Kusler and Virginia Burkett
• The USGCRP Presents its FY 2000 Budget Request and Program Plan - Rick Piltz
• The Southern Plains and Rio Grande Basin - Bob Harriss
• Defining Key Issues for Assessing Potential Climate Change in the Metropolitan East Coast Region - Cynthia Rosenzweig and Bill Solecki
• NCAR Conducts Climate Model Evaluation - Ruth Doherty and Linda O. Mearns
• Recent and Upcoming Meetings

  March-April 1999  (also available as PDF file)

• Connecting with the Grassroots - Tom Wilbanks
• Paper Cup Icebergs and an Aquarium Make for Climate Change Fun in the Classroom - Nancy Colleton
• Stakeholder Participation Improves Mid-Atlantic Regional Assessment - Patti Anderson, Ann Fisher, and Robert O'Connor
• Outreach in the Pacific Islands Regional Assessment: Establishing an Effective Information Partnership - Eileen Shea
• Geospatial Technologies for Grades 5-12 - George Seielstad
• Native Peoples Participation in the National Assessment - Verna Teller
• Responding to Climate Change: The Groundwater Foundation Accepts the Public Education Challenge - Rick Leonard, Susan S. Seacrest, and Bob Kuzelka
• Workshops on Climate and Water Resources in the Pacific Northwest - Philip Mote
• NCEDR Publication Available
• Q&A
• Calendar
• Assessment News Bits

January-February 1999 (also available as PDF file)

• Assessment Deals with Scientific Uncertainty - Jerry Melillo
• Putting Together Winter Forecasts for U.S. Temperatures and Precipitation -- La Nina and Long-Term Trends - Bob Livezey
• Assessment Methods I: Climate Scenarios - Eric Barron
• Assessment Methods II: Socio-Economic Scenarios - Ted Parson
• Changing Conditions for the Great Plains in the Next Century - Dennis Ojima
• Is Climate Changing Where the Wild Things Are? - Lynne Carter
• Global Climate Change Q&A - Rob Quayle, Tom Peterson, and Tom Karl
• NOAA's Office of Global Programs Coordinates Climate and Global Change Research
• First  IAI/UM Summer Institute on Interdisciplinary Global Change Science in the Americas
• Calendar
• Assessment News Bits: National Assessment Data and Scenario Products

November-December 1998 (also available as PDF file)

• Sectors in the National Assessment Process - Anthony C. Janetos
• Agriculture - John Reilly
• Coastal Areas and Marine Resources - Donald Boesch and Donald Scavia
• Forests - Steven McNulty
• Human Health
• Water Resources - D. Briane Adams
• Regional Water Issues - D. Briane Adams
• Essay: The End of Tomatoes - Robert Gerard
• Wetlands and Climate Change Workshop
• The World's Water
• Calendar
• Assessment News
• Synthesis Team News

 September-October 1998 (also available as PDF file)

• Partnership and Progress - Paul Dressler
• The New England Regional Assessment Process - Barry Rock
• New England: Skiing Impacts
• Stakeholder Interactions in the Northern Great Plains Region - George A. Seielstad
• Northern Great Plains: Rebuilding After the Flood - George A. Seielstad
• Climate Impacts Group Shares Pacific Northwest Research Results - Philip Mote
• Native Peoples/Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop
• Has the World Warmed?  Ask GCRIO! - Bob Worrest
• Calendar
• Q&A
• Synthesis Team News
• Regional Notes
• Sector Notes

July-August 1998 (also available as PDF file)

• National Assessment Newsletter Premier Issue
• Atlantic Coastal/Caribbean Workshop Addresses Key Issues - Ricardo A. Alvarez
• Next Steps for California - Robert Wilkinson
• Alaska Regional Assessment Continues - Gunter Weller
• Southwest Climate Symposium Spins Off New Projects - Barbara Morehouse and William Sprigg
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Assessment Builds on Septermber '97 Workshop - Anne Fisher and Andrea Soltysik
• "Elements of Change" Available from Aspen Institute
• National Assessment Summer Workshop
• Q&A
• Calendar
• Synthesis Team News
• Regional and Sector Notes