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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Reports

Internationally, many assessments have been produced to address important questions related to environmental issues such as ozone depletion, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity. Many of these assessments have provided the scientific basis for the elaboration of international agreements, including the Assessment Report Series from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

 

National Research Council Reports

Historically, the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) has partnered with the National Research Council of the National Academies. From this partnership resulted a series of reports that provide advice on Federal climate change research and related activities.

 

NOAA State of the Climate in 2009 Report

On July 20, 2010, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the 2009 State of the Climate report.  This report draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable. More than 300 scientists from 160 research groups in 48 countries contributed to the report, which confirms that the past decade was the warmest on record and that the Earth has been growing warmer over the last 50 years. For a 10 page summary of the report click here, or see the entire report and summary materials at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate/2009.php