Scientists launch climate research collection after Trump terminates US National Assessment
Academic societies create decentralized archive to preserve climate science work the administration eliminated.
What to know
- The Trump administration eliminated the US National Climate Assessment, cut funding for the federal climate research program, and removed past reports from public access—despite legal requirements for the assessments.
- Two major scientific societies launched the US Climate Collection, a decentralized archive where researchers publish peer-reviewed papers to fill the void left by the terminated federal program.
- The collection's first paper, authored by 175 scientists (many from the terminated assessment), maps out research priorities including machine-learning climate modeling and regional impact assessments.
“Rather than facilitating the writing of a giant, coordinated report, the groups are inviting teams of researchers to publish peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals, which will then be added to a centralized resource for future report-writers.”
Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica reporter · Ars Technica ↗
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First paper added to US Climate Collection provides research roadmap
A peer-reviewed paper authored by 175 researchers (many from the terminated assessment) was published simultaneously in journals operated by both the AGU and AMS, outlining priority areas for future climate research to fill the void left by the terminated assessment.
“Last year, the Trump administration did what it could to shut down work on the next US National Climate Assessment, eliminating funding for the US Global Change Research Program and booting hundreds of contributing authors.”
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American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society announce US Climate Collection — The two scientific societies announced a new effort to create a centralized archive for climate research papers that would have fed into the next National Climate Assessment, working as a decentralized alternative to government-coordinated reports.
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Trump administration terminates US National Climate Assessment — The administration eliminated funding for the US Global Change Research Program, removed hundreds of contributing authors, and took past National Climate Assessment reports offline despite their legal requirement.