After the Trump administration defunded and terminated the US National Climate Assessment, the American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society launched the US Climate Collection to preserve and compile climate research through peer-reviewed papers. The first paper, authored by 175 researchers including many former contributors, was published across two journals as a roadmap for future climate research contributions.
Background
The US National Climate Assessment is a legally mandated report produced every four years that synthesizes climate science for policymakers and the public. The Trump administration's defunding of the US Global Change Research Program and elimination of hundreds of contributing authors effectively halted the next assessment.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Sep 23, 2026 at 12:26 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10