The authors of the national climate evaluation are rejected by the Trump administration

The Trump administration has rejected hundreds of scientists and experts who were collecting the main report of the federal government on how global warming affects the country.

Experts said this step puts the future of the report, which is required by Congress and is known as the national climate evaluation, to a serious danger.

Since 2000, the federal government has published a comprehensive view of every few years on how the increasing temperatures affect human health, agriculture, fisheries, water supply, transportation, energy production and other aspects of the American economy. the The last climate evaluation appeared in 2023 It is used by government governments and local governments as well as private companies to help prepare for the effects of heat waves, floods, droughts and other climate -related disasters.

On Monday, researchers across the country who started working in the sixth national climate evaluation, planned in early 2028, received an email message informing them that the report “is currently re -evaluated” and that all shareholders are rejected.

The email said: “We are now launching all the participants in the current evaluation of their roles.” “With the evaluation plans develop, there may be future opportunities to contribute or participate. Thank you for your service.”

For some authors, this appears to be a fatal blow to the next report.

“This is the closest to the end of the evaluation,” said Jesse Kennan, a professor at Toulin University who specializes in climate adaptation and was a co -author in the last climate evaluation. “If you get rid of all the people concerned, nothing is progressing.”

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Climate evaluation is usually assembled by scientists and expert contributors throughout the country who volunteer to write the report. Then several rounds of review passes by 14 federal agencies, as well as a general suspension period. The entire process is supervised by Global Change Research ProgramA federal group created by Congress in 1990 supported by NASA.

Under the Trump administration, this process was already facing serious disturbances. This month, NASA He abolished a major contract with ICF InternationalA consulting company that provided most technical support and employees of the Global Change Research Program, which coordinates work among hundreds of shareholders.

President Trump often rejected the dangers of global warming. And the current director of the management and budget office Book before the elections The next president should “reshape” the global change research program, because his scientific reports on climate change were often used as a basis for environmental lawsuits that restrict federal government procedures.

Mr. Fior called the largest climate research unit in the government, a section within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a source of “climate anxiety”.

During the first period of Mr. Trump, she tried to manage, but failed, to deviate from the national climate evaluation. When the 2018 report was issued, he concluded that global warming was put forward An imminent threat and windThe administration published the next day for Eid thanks in a clear attempt to reduce interest.

In February, scientists have made a detailed plan for the next White House for Initial Review. But this review was suspended and the agency’s suspension period was postponed.

It remains to see what will happen after that with the evaluation, which is still imposed by Congress. Some scientists fear that the administration may try to write a completely new report from the zero point that reduces the risk of high temperatures or contradicts well -known climate science.

“There may be a sixth national climate.” “The question is whether it will reflect the reliable science and be useful for our societies because it is preparing to change the climate.”

Scientists participating in previous climate assessments said the report is invaluable to understand how climate change affects daily life in the United States.

“It takes this global issue and is close to us,” said Catherine Hayo, climate at the University of Texas University of Technology. “If I care about food, water, transport, insurance, or health, this means that the climate change for me if I live in the southwest or the great plains. This is the value.”

Many government and local policy makers, as well as private companies, depend on the evaluation to understand how climate change affects different regions of the United States and how they can try to adapt.

Although the scientific understanding of climate change and its effects has not changed significantly since the last evaluation in 2023, Dr. Keenan from Tolein said, there was fixed progress in research on what societies could do to prepare for the aggravation of forest fires, high sea levels and other problems that were exacerbated by high temperatures.

The scientists said that decision makers who were forced to refer to the last evaluation is to rely on outdated information about what is working on adaptation and mitigation measures.

“We will lose the cornerstone report, which is supposed to communicate with the public with the risks we face with climate change and how we can move forward.” “It is very destructive.”