多家机构向美国广播公司新闻证实，特朗普政府关闭了一个主要的联邦气候网站。
美国国家航空航天局发言人表示，美国全球变化研究计划的网站已不再运营，该网站载有大量气候变化报告和资源，包括全面且经常被引用的国家气候评估。
美国全球变化研究计划网站和《国家气候》的五个版本一起被下线了评价以及大量详细说明人为放大的气候变化如何影响美国的信息。
尽管国会要求进行国家气候评估，但特朗普政府在4月份宣布取消对美国全球变化研究计划的资助，该计划负责协调联邦政府授权的每四年发布一次的报告。所有参与即将于2028年发布的第六次国家气候评估的作者也被解雇了。
美国全球变化研究计划(USGCRP)由15个联邦成员机构组成，由白宫通过白宫科技政策办公室进行管理。
白宫科技政策办公室的沟通主任Victoria LaCivita告诉ABC新闻，美国国家航空航天局现在将接管。
“所有先前存在的报道都将被托管在美国国家航空航天局网站上，以确保符合法定要求的报道，”LaCivita说，并让ABC新闻向美国国家航空航天局了解更多信息。
一名美国国家航空航天局发言人在回答美国广播公司新闻询问时写道，“USCGRP网站不再活跃。所有先前存在的报告都将放在美国国家航空航天局网站上，以确保报告的连续性。”
从四月中旬开始，一个黄色的小横幅已经出现在美国全球变化研究计划主页的顶部，告知访问者:“USGCRP的运作和结构目前正在接受审查。”自周一早上以来，互联网档案没有记录该网站处于活动状态。
第五次国家气候评估是2023年11月发布的来自14个不同联邦机构的最新气候科学的细分，是这些报告的最新版本，提供了气候变化在美国的现在和未来影响的详细、经同行评审的快照，以及适应和缓解战略的建议。
此外，美国全球变化研究计划网站提供了广泛的教育资源，包括交互式网页、视频和播客，以简单易懂的方式解释了气候变化的深远影响，甚至对公众也是如此。
例如，去年年底，美国跨机构海平面变化工作组推出了首个关于海平面上升的跨机构网站，托管在globalchange.gov域。公众第一次有机会获得一个集中、全面的在线资源，提供关于海平面变化的最新研究，以及一个交互式数据库，使用户能够探索海平面在最近几十年中是如何变化的。
截至周二，第五次全国气候评估和各种气候变化影响的参考资料仍然可以在其他政府网站上找到，如美国农业部和环保局的网站。所有的国家气候评估仍然可供公众下载，存档在NOAA的机构知识库(IR)中。
上周，NOAA宣布，另一个关注气候的联邦网站Climate.gov也将被关闭，并表示，“根据第14303号行政命令，‘恢复黄金标准科学’，NOAA正在将所有研究产品从Climate.gov转移到NOAA.gov，以集中和整合资源。”
该机构写道，以前放在以气候为重点的网站上的未来研究产品现在将归入NOAA.gov域名及其附属网站。该机构周五向Climate.gov及其相关社交媒体账户发布了最终更新。
虽然这些信息中的大部分可能会出现在其他各种联邦机构的网站上，但许多气候科学家表达了他们的担忧和失望，称这些行动使寻找气候变化信息变得更具挑战性。
美国国家海洋和大气管理局研究部前助理行政官克雷格·麦克林告诉美国广播公司新闻部，这些决定“在使用对公众和决策者日常生活至关重要的有价值信息的可用性和机会方面造成了差距。”
在该机构气候项目办公室工作的前NOAA雇员Haley Crim在Bluesky post中说，“国家气候评估，以及所有特别报告和过去的评估，现在都离线了。联邦气候科学正在被系统地抹去。”
Crim解释说，这“不像DEI行政命令那样是一次有组织的攻击。这是合同到期、关于个别产品的决策、人员和资源缺乏以及拒绝保护气候信息的结果。”
“对气候科学来说，每天都是一场灾难。保持对正在发生的事情的了解，并大声说出来!”前NOAA气候科学家、现就职于气候中心的Zach Labe在最近的Bluesky post中写道。他说，在USGCRP计划成为目标的谣言之前，他已经保存了文件。
在撰写本报告时，美国国家航空航天局尚未提供任何细节，说明何时何地将再次提供这些报告，或者是否将进行新的评估。
Trump administration shutters major federal climate website
A major federal climate website has been shut down by the Trump administration, multiple agencies have confirmed with ABC News.
The website of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which hosts numerous climate change reports and resources, including the comprehensive and often cited National Climate Assessments, is no longer operational, according to a NASA spokesperson.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program'swebsitewas taken offline, along with all five editions of the National ClimateAssessmentand a wide range of information detailing how human-amplified climate change is impacting the United States.
Although the National Climate Assessment is required by Congress, in April, the Trump administration announced it was canceling funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which coordinates the federally mandated report that's published every four years. All the authors working on the upcoming Sixth National Climate Assessment, set for release in 2028, were also dismissed.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), comprising 15 federal member agencies, was managed by the White House through the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
NASA will now take over, Victoria LaCivita, communications director at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, told ABC News.
"All preexisting reports will be hosted on the NASA website, ensuring compliance with statutorily required reporting," LaCivita said, referring ABC News to NASA for more information.
A NASA spokesperson wrote in response to an ABC News inquiry, "The USCGRP website is no longer active. All preexisting reports will be hosted on the NASA website, ensuring continuity of reporting."
Since mid-April, a small yellow bannerhas appearedat the top of the U.S. Global Change Research Program homepage, informing visitors that: "The operations and structure of the USGCRP are currently under review." The Internet Archive has not recorded the website as being active since Monday morning.
The Fifth National Climate Assessment, a breakdown of the latest in climate science coming from 14 different federal agencies released in November 2023, is the most recent version of these reports and provides a detailed, peer-reviewed snapshot of climate change's present and future impacts in the U.S., along with recommendations for adaptation and mitigation strategies.
In addition, the U.S. Global Change Research Program site provided a wide range of educational resources, including interactive webpages, videos and podcasts that explained the far-reaching impacts of climate change in an easy-to-understand manner, even for the public.
For example, late last year, a first-of-its-kind interagency website on sea level rise was launched by the U.S. Interagency Task Force on Sea Level Change and hosted on the globalchange.gov domain. For the first time, the public had access to a centralized, comprehensive online resource offering the latest research on sea level change, along with an interactive database that allowed users to explore how sea levels have changed over recent decades.
As of Tuesday, references to the Fifth National Climate Assessment and various climate change impacts could still be found on other government websites, such as those of the USDA and EPA. And all of the National Climate Assessments remained available for public download, archived in NOAA's Institutional Repository (IR).
Last week, NOAA announced that another federal climate-focused website, Climate.gov, was also being shut down, saying, "In compliance with Executive Order 14303, 'Restoring Gold Standard Science,' NOAA is relocating all research products from Climate.gov to NOAA.gov in an effort to centralize and consolidate resources."
The agency wrote that future research products previously housed on the climate-focused website will now be under the NOAA.gov domain and its affiliated websites. The agency posted its final updates to Climate.gov and its related social media account on Friday.
Although much of this information may end up on various other federal agency websites, many climate scientists are voicing their concern and disappointment, stating that these actions are making it more challenging to find climate change information.
Craig McLean, former assistant administrator of NOAA research, told ABC News that these decisions "create a gap in both the availability of and the opportunity to use valuable information that is essential to everyday life for the public and decision-makers alike."
Haley Crim, a former NOAA employee who worked at the agency's Climate Program Office, said in a Bluesky post, "The National Climate Assessment, and all special reports and past assessments, are now offline. Federal climate science is being systematically erased."
Crim elaborated that this is "not an organized attack like what happened with the DEI executive order. It's the culmination of expired contracts, decisions about individual products, lack of staffing and resources, and refusal to protect climate information.”
"Every day is a trainwreck for climate science. Stay aware of what is happening, and speak out!" wrote Zach Labe, a former NOAA climate scientist who now works at Climate Central, in a recent Bluesky post. He said he had saved documents in advance of the rumors that the USGCRP program was being targeted.
As of this writing, NASA has not provided any details on when and where the reports will be available again or if the new assessment will proceed.
