Two major American scientific societies have announced that they will conduct a peer-reviewed study on the impact of the climate crisis for several days after Donald Trump’s administration dismissed contributors to a key report on climate crisis preparation.
On Friday, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) said they will work together to produce more than 29 peer-reviewed journals that will cover all aspects of climate change, including observations, forecasts, impacts, impacts, risks, and solutions.
The collaboration comes days after the Trump administration rejected all contributors, the sixth national climate assessment, the U.S. government’s flagship study on climate change. Nearly 400 contributors were dismissed, leaving the future of the research; it is scheduled to be published in 2028.
The NCA is overseen by NASA-backed Global Change Research Program, a key U.S. climate agency rejected by the Trump administration last month. Reports published since 2000 have coordinated the opinions of 14 federal agencies and hundreds of external scientists.
"This effort aims to maintain momentum for the Sixth National Climate Assessment (NCA), whose authors and staff were dismissed by the Trump administration earlier this week for almost a year," two societies said in a Friday announcement.
According to AMS and AGU, the series will not replace the NCA, but creates a mechanism for important working for the impact of climate change.
"It is our responsibility to make sure our communities, our neighbors, our children are protected and ready for the increasing risks of climate change," said Brandon Jones, an Agu resident.
"This collaboration brings together many researchers to provide a critical avenue to support global businesses in seeking solutions to climate change," he added.
Similarly, AMS President David Stensrud said: “Our economy, health, our society is all dependent on climate. Although we cannot replace the NCA, we at AMS believe this is crucial to support and help expand this collaboration in the scientific efforts of the United States and the world.”
Speaking with the Associated Press, Katharine Hayhoe, a climate professor and chief scientist at Texas University of Technology, said the latest collaboration between AMS and AGU is “prove the importance of the summary and availability of the latest science.”
Hayhoe, the lead author of the 2009, 2018 report and one of the 2023 authors, added: “People don’t know how climate change affects the decisions they make today, regardless of the size of the stormwater pipes they are installing, whether it’s the expansion of flood areas being built, whether it’s the expansion of flood areas being built, whether it’s the expansion of flood areas being built, whether it’s the expansion of flood areas being built, it’s the expansion of high temperatures.”
Since Trump took office in January, federal websites have also cleared information about climate change and extreme weather events, in addition to widespread dismissals between federal agencies.