The future of the US government's climate crisis assessments is jeopardized following the Trump administration's deletion of the website that housed critical reports. National climate assessments, produced every four years since 2000, provided comprehensive information on climate change impacts across various sectors like health and agriculture. The latest 2023 assessment warns of worsening effects and emphasizes the need for significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to avoid escalating climate risks. Researchers responsible for upcoming reports have been dismissed, raising concerns over the continuity of future assessments.
"Five national climate assessments have been compiled since 2000 by researchers across a dozen US government agencies and outside scientists, providing a gold standard report to city and state officials, as well as the general public, of global heating and its impacts upon human health, agriculture, water supplies, air pollution and other aspects of American life."
"The 2023 assessment, which is more than 1,800 pages long, warns that the effects of human-caused climate change are already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States."
"Without rapid and deep reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, the risks of accelerating sea level rise, intensifying extreme weather and other harmful climate impacts will continue to grow."
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