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NASA Withdraws Hosting of Scrubbed National Climate Assessments

The reports’ disappearance deprives stakeholders of vital peer-reviewed climate guidance for adaptation planning.

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Overview

  • The administration took down globalchange.gov on June 30, removing access to four previous National Climate Assessments.
  • On July 14, NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens said the agency has no legal obligation to host the reports, reversing an earlier promise to preserve public access.
  • All 400 scientists working on the draft for the next assessment were dismissed this spring, halting progress on the 2028 report.
  • Archived versions of the 2023 assessment remain available through NOAA’s internal library and third-party archives, though they lack a centralized public portal.
  • Climate researchers argue that removing the assessments undermines the scientific basis required for emissions regulation and disaster preparedness.