U.S. Climate Change Science Program

U.S. Climate Change Science Program

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program is a joint program of over twenty U.S. federal agencies, all working together to investigate climate change. In June 2008, a report issued by the program stated that weather would become more extreme, due to climate change. cite web
url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_go_ot/sci_weather_extremes;_ylt=ApgxLfjbrNsYCTb0l7Xyx6ZI2ocA
title=Extreme weather to increase with climate change
first=Randolph E.
last=Schmid
publisher=Associated Press
date=June 19, 2008
] [cite web
url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25268181/
title=U.S. experts: Forecast is more extreme weather
publisher=MSNBC
date=June 19, 2008
]

Participants include: ]
* Agency for International Development
* U.S. Department of Agriculture
* National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
* National Institute of Standards and Technology
* U.S. Department of Defense
* U.S. Department of Energy
* National Institutes of Health
* U.S. Department of State
* U.S. Department of Transportation
* U.S. Geological Survey
* Environmental Protection Agency
* National Aeronautics and Space Administration
* National Science Foundation
* Smithsonian Institution

See also

* Global warming
* National Weather Center

References

External links

* [http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/default.php U.S. Global Change Research Program]


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