Highlighted Article: An Assessment of the 4th National Climate Assessment
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- Dec 6, 2018 at 8:33 AM
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- Climate Change
From: Watts Up With That?
By Andy May
An Assessment of the 4th National Climate Assessment
The U.S. Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) Volume II is out and generating a lot of discussion. Volume II, Impacts Risks and Adaptation in the United States to climate change can be downloaded here (Reidmiller, et al. 2018). Volume I, published last year, on the physical science behind the assessment is here (Wuebbles, et al. 2017).
The mainstream media (MSM) is breathlessly reporting about it using the following template or something similar:
“[Volume II] of the Fourth National Climate Assessment shows how [America/city/state/poor/people of color/old people/young people, etc.] are already feeling the effects of climate change from [wildfires/droughts/floods/disease/hurricanes/etc.].
An Assessment of the 4th National Climate Assessment