Government Report on U.S. Climate Change Impacts
The United States and Canada at night. Image courtesy of NASA.
Thinking that this would be an excellent conversation starter, I was asked to post a link to the recently released "first draft" of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States".
Since this is a first draft, we are asked not to cite or quote from the document. In addition to listing the expected impacts of climate change in the U.S., the document also goes over some of the things that society can do to respond to climate change and how we can adapt.
This document was prepared by an expert team of scientists and supporting professionals. Much of the information is based on existing, published peer-reviewed data found in scientific journals. The IPCC conclusions are also used.
The PDF is fairly long (give it a minute or so to download), but it is easy to read with lots of graphics. I do not know when the "final draft" will be made available.
Here is the link to the U.S. Climate Change Science Program site.
The public can review this draft and submit comments before the August 14th deadline. Here is that link.
