Landmark 'Global Climate Change Impacts in the U.S.' Report Makes Headlines
June 22, 2009 — NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco joined John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and lead authors of the “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States” report at a June 16 reception on Capitol Hill, following a White House press event that unveiled critical findings from the landmark study.
The nonpartisan report, commissioned in 2007, is an authoritative assessment of the most up-to-date climate change science available. Having undergone extensive public and peer review, the highly anticipated study outlines climate-related trends and projections for the nation, as well as for specific regions and sectors of the United States.
Pictured from left: John Holdren (OSTP); Thomas Karl (NOAA National Climatic Data Center); Michael Savonis (U.S. Dept. of Transportation); Anthony Janetos (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, DOE); Susan Hassol (Climate Communication, LLC); Donald Wuebbles (Univ. of Illinois); NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco; and Jerry Melillo (Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass.). Photo credit: NOAA.