The White House took down nation's top climate report. Here it is
10 months ago
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- The National Climate Assessment website, a key resource for climate change information in the U.S., was taken down by the White House.
- The report is used by educators, planners, and citizens to understand climate impacts like sea-level rise and wildfires.
- The Trump administration halted work on the next edition and dismissed the staff responsible for it.
- Congress mandates the report every four years; the last edition (2023) highlighted climate change's costly and preventable effects.
- Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe emphasized the report's role in connecting climate impacts to everyday life.
- Work on the 2027 edition stopped after federal coordinators were fired in April.
- Archived versions of the report are available via NOAA, NASA, and the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
- The interactive atlas tool remains accessible through Esri's platform.