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The National Climate Assessment summarizes the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future.
A team of more than 300 experts guided by a 60-member Federal Advisory Committee produced the report, which was extensively reviewed by the public and experts, including federal agencies and a panel of the National Academy of Sciences.
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| Highlights | 21.42 MB | 111.99 MB |
| Overview | 4.93 MB | 23.51 MB |
The PDF is the official version of the 2014 National Climate Assessment.
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| Report | 38.07 MB | 169.86 MB |
| Front Matter | 6.36 MB | 10.85 MB |
| Table of Contents | 161.51 KB | 647.17 KB |
| Climate Change and the American People | 231.91 KB | 662.96 KB |
| About This Report | 158.62 KB | 158.6 KB |
| Overview and Report Findings | 1.26 MB | 4.13 MB |
| Our Changing Climate | 3.24 MB | 10.61 MB |
| Sectors (Introduction) | 100.93 KB | 286.42 KB |
| Water | 2.03 MB | 9.51 MB |
| Energy | 845.75 KB | 2.01 MB |
| Transportation | 1.08 MB | 4.68 MB |
| Agriculture | 1.29 MB | 3.98 MB |
| Forests | 1.17 MB | 3.18 MB |
| Ecosystems | 1.29 MB | 3.76 MB |
| Human Health | 1.5 MB | 5.28 MB |
| Energy, Water, and Land | 1.83 MB | 2.01 MB |
| Urban | 919.37 KB | 2.49 MB |
| Indigenous Peoples | 1.19 MB | 3.63 MB |
| Land Use and Land Cover Change | 891.21 KB | 1.99 MB |
| Rural Communities | 934.9 KB | 4.5 MB |
| Biogeochemical Cycles | 1.06 MB | 2.27 MB |
| Regions (Introduction) | 353.83 KB | 420.85 KB |
| Northeast | 1.49 MB | 4.96 MB |
| Southeast | 1.53 MB | 2.51 MB |
| Midwest | 995.29 KB | 2.05 MB |
| Great Plains | 1.37 MB | 3.36 MB |
| Southwest | 1.01 MB | 1.85 MB |
| Northwest | 1.29 MB | 3.24 MB |
| Alaska | 1.19 MB | 2.32 MB |
| Hawai'i and Pacific Islands | 1.14 MB | 3.28 MB |
| Oceans | 1.09 MB | 1.64 MB |
| Coasts | 1.85 MB | 5.32 MB |
| Response Strategies (Introduction) | 195.56 KB | 314.6 KB |
| Decision Support | 1.23 MB | 2.56 MB |
| Mitigation | 1018.96 KB | 2.12 MB |
| Adaptation | 1.22 MB | 2.76 MB |
| Research Needs | 466.1 KB | 579.79 KB |
| Sustained Assessment | 306.53 KB | 332.78 KB |
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| Process | 493.1 KB | 734.53 KB |
| Information Quality | 150.37 KB | 150.37 KB |
| Climate Science Supplement | 4.13 MB | 14.25 MB |
| FAQs | 2.26 MB | 9.29 MB |
| Scenarios and Models | 555.47 KB | 671.8 KB |
| Future Assessment Topics | 110.66 KB | 110.68 KB |
| Errata | 74.02 KB |
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National Climate Assessment
The National Climate Assessment summarizes the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future.
A team of more than 300 experts guided by a 60-member Federal Advisory Committee produced the report, which was extensively reviewed by the public and experts, including federal agencies and a panel of the National Academy of Sciences.
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