The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is pleased to announce the selection of Regional Chapter Leads for the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4). The following group of experts was selected from nearly 200 professionals nominated through an open call to serve as authors on NCA4: Northeast : Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux , Professor
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Oct 17, 2016The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is pleased to announce that Dr. David Reidmiller will serve as Director of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4). David is on detail to the USGCRP National Coordination Office from the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey. As Director, he will lead the production of NCA4,
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Aug 31, 2016By informing users about past, present, and future climate change , the National Climate Assessment (NCA) links scientific advancement with the needs of decision makers responding to a changing climate. To do this, the NCA gathers scientific information from many sources, highlighting key findings and major gaps in knowledge about climate impacts
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Aug 17, 2016On Friday, August 12, Dr. Tamara Dickinson, Principal Assistant Director for Environment and Energy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), named Dr. Ann Bartuska to serve as Chair of the Subcommittee on Global Change Research (SGCR). The SGCR, which includes representatives of each of the 13 U.S. Global Change Research
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Aug 12, 2016After a 41-year career at the forefront of climate science, Tom Karl, Director of the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Global Change Research (SGCR), has retired from Federal service . Tom served his entire career with NOAA , taking the reins of NCEI (formerly the National Climatic Data Center
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Jun 29, 2016NOAA has announced the appointment of 15 members to the new Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment . The Advisory Committee will provide advice to NOAA on sustained assessment activities and products , including engagement of stakeholders. NOAA will ensure the committee’s advice is provided to the White House Office of
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Apr 4, 2016Today, the United States Global Change Research Program released a new assessment of a growing public health threat, The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment . Drawing from decades of advances in the physical science of climate change , the report strengthens our understanding of the growing risks
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Jan 22, 2016USGCRP is seeking applicants to join our Global Change Information System (GCIS) team. GCIS is an open-source web-based resource for linking traceable global change data, information, and products. Positions are currently available for Data Manager and Software Engineer, with experience in data / metadata management and software development,
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Dec 3, 2015Agriculture & Food
Climate change is likely to impede progress on reducing undernourishment around the world in the decades ahead, according to a scientific assessment released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) during 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21) in Paris. Climate Change, Global
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Oct 9, 2015Modeling
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently released two reports that provide detailed comparisons of phases 3 and 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP3 and CMIP5) for the United States. Understanding the strengths of these simulations and the differences among models is important for sustained assessment