Websites for the U.S. National Climate Assessment and the U.S. Global Change Research Program went offline, leaving no links or referrals to the reports.
The White House said the reports will be moved to NASA, but provided no details and searches on NASA’s site were unsuccessful.
NOAA did not respond to inquiries, and its main climate.gov site now redirects elsewhere.
Scientists warn that losing easy access to these assessments hinders decision makers and increases risks from climate-related impacts.
The 2023 interactive atlas with county-level climate data is no longer accessible online.
During the spring, the administration ended contracts with volunteer authors and the firm coordinating the reports.
Experts describe the removals as censorship of science and a demolition of critical climate infrastructure.
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