Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report
Following the Trump administration's termination of the US National Climate Assessment and elimination of related funding, the American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society launched a community-driven alternative. The first paper in this new collection, authored by 149 researchers, serves as a roadmap for prioritizing future climate research and filling the informational void. This initiative aims to provide policymakers and the public with peer-reviewed scientific summaries that were previously available through the defunct federal program.
- ▪The Trump administration eliminated funding for the US Global Change Research Program and removed past climate reports from official websites.
- ▪The American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society created the US Climate Collection to allow researchers to publish peer-reviewed papers as a centralized resource.
- ▪The inaugural paper in the collection was written by 149 authors and published simultaneously in journals operated by both scientific societies.
- ▪The roadmap identifies key research priorities, including machine-learning climate modeling, regional adaptation strategies, and the impact of AI data centers on electricity demand.
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| Publication time | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:26:30 +0000 |
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Ignored reality still there Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report First paper added to community collection is a roadmap for research. Scott K. Johnson – Sep 22, 2026 12:26 pm | 5 Even when the government would prefer to ignore them, climate impacts keep arriving. Credit: Joe Raedle Even when the government would prefer to ignore them, climate impacts keep arriving. Credit: Joe Raedle Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav 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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