Researchers Begin Compiling Data to Replace Terminated US Climate Report
Following the termination of work on the US National Climate Assessment, the scientific community has launched an initiative to compile and maintain a centralized resource for future reports.
An effort is underway to create a centralized repository for climate science data, following the disruption of the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Previous governmental actions had cut funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program and removed hundreds of contributing authors from the assessment process.
The American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society announced the formation of the "US Climate Collection." This initiative diverges from past coordinated reporting efforts by inviting research teams to publish peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals. These published papers will then be aggregated into a central resource for those developing future climate assessments.
The first paper has now been added to this collection. Authored by 149 researchers, many of whom were previously involved with the U.S. report, the paper is being published concurrently in journals operated by both the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society. Its purpose is to provide a roadmap for prioritizing future contributions.
This collection aims to ensure that critical climate information remains accessible and organized, even in the absence of a formal government-led assessment. The initiative is expected to support ongoing climate research and inform policy decisions.