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10/07/2025

That's right! And you can too - go support https://www.climate.us/

09/24/2025

Climate.us has relaunched the Fifth National Climate Assessment! The administration took it down and then lied about a plan to bring it back. Long live https://nca5.climate.us!

This is a living site - not a flat PDF. It's searchable and it links to a working version of the NCA5 Interactive Atlas.

09/16/2025

Fighting back feels good! Go support Climate.us. Every $1 makes a difference. If you can't donate, you can always share!

09/14/2025

Check it out! Secret climate web ninjas!

Curious what we are all about?
Click the link: https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/climate/climate-government-website-noaa-data-preservation

07/11/2025

Today is the top of the month release of the NOAA CPC ENSO diagnostic discussion (EDD), and it will be the first time in 11 years that Climate.gov isn't releasing an associated ENSO blog update. It would have contained an updated version of this graph.

ENSO is a climate pattern whose influence reaches across the globe, affecting weather, ecosystems, and economies. It is one of the most important drivers of year-to-year climate variability. The EDD, aimed at technical experts, assumes familiarity with meteorological terms and climate dynamics.

The Climate.gov ENSO blog was a plain language version intended for the public. The blogs were written by NOAA scientists in a conversational and often humorous voice. They made frequent reference to previous blogs that explained basic ENSO concepts, like the one linked in the comments.

The ENSO blogs (along with the Polar Vortex and Beyond the Data blogs) were a popular part of Climate.gov, accounting for over 15% of the site's traffic. They also, largely, had little to do with climate change, which contradicts assessments that Climate.gov was about stoking climate anxiety.

07/08/2025

The public needs access to accurate information about climate change, because it enables them to take appropriate action. Without accurate information, none of us will be able to make smart decisions for ourselves, the coming generations, or the wider natural world.

This country needs things like the National Climate Assessment and Climate.gov, both of which provided accurate, authoritative, and nonpartisan climate information.

Powerful corporations, governments and political parties intentionally spread false information about climate change to avoid ending greenhouse gas emissions.

07/08/2025

Press briefing today at Rayburn HOB at 2pm on the retaliation against the EPA 139. Speakers include Stand Up for Science, the EPA signatories, Congress members, and leaders from science orgs like the Union of Concerned Scientists.

For east coast early birds, start spreading the word - presser today @ HOB Rayburn 2pm. Standup for the and all federal workers being silenced & erased by Trump. Resist here https://www.standupforscience.net/epa-declaration?_gl=1*1owhgc9*_ga*MTYxNjUyOT...

07/07/2025

Climate.gov had a section called the Event Tracker with the tagline "the climate behind the weather." It put extreme weather events in context, and helped people understand how much climate change did or didn't contribute to a particular event.

These two articles (linked in the comments) are examples of the important service the site provided the nation.

They drew on the Fifth National Climate Assessment, which has also been taken offline, and offered a sober and transparent assessment of the intersection of climate and weather. The Helene article ends with a whole section on the uncertainties in attribution science.

07/07/2025

If you're going to cut all of research at NOAA, there's no need for a program that supports early career scientists. This could also have a chilling effect on what students choose to study in grad school. [Link in comments].

07/04/2025

Open inquiry and dissent are central to science, but antithetical to authoritarian control. To help scientists resist, this handbook highlights the tactics being used to attack us. We can also use it to analyze our personal risk level and choose actions in line with it.

Scientists, experts say, need to help protect democracy, “the system of government in which science, health and humanity are most likely to thrive.”

07/04/2025

Climate.gov already *was* the gold standard for science communication - peer-reviewed and transparent about sources and uncertainty.

Link in comments.

07/01/2025

The Fifth National Climate Assessment is a "Highly Influential Scientific Assessment" and as such, is legally required to be made digitally accessible. Who would have standing to sue the government to have it put back up? We're not lawyers, BUT...

Environmental group that focus on protection, public health could argue that the absence of the NCA5 impedes their mission to inform the public, support policy changes, or advocate for climate action. Hint, hint - EDF, NRDC, UCS.

State and local governments, especially ones that are currently engaged in disaster response or resiliency planning, could argue that the removal of the NCA5 makes it harder for them to plan for the future, comply with regulations, or protect their constituents from climate impacts.

Scientists and research institutions conducting climate studies could argue that the loss of the NCA5 limits their access to critical information they need to continue their work. Professors could argue the loss impacts their ability to teach classes on climate science.

Certain members of Congress, especially those on relevant committees, could argue a legislative interest in the NCA5 in that its removal harms their ability to make or pass climate-related legislation.

Public health and public interest groups could argue that the NCA5 provides vital information on climate-related health risks and its removal hinders their ability to advocate for public health policies or communicate climate-health risks to the public. Hint, hint - APHA, PIRG.

TAXPAYERS have standing under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) because removal of publicly funded information, such as the NCA5, without a legitimate reason or proper process violates our rights.

The Trump administration shut down a website with national reports on climate change. Scientists decry the move, saying it robs the public of vital information.