Woods Hole Oceanographic Scientist Contributes to National Climate Assessment Report 3

Woods Hole Oceanographic Scientist Contributes to National Climate Assessment Report 3 More than 300 scientists contributed to the latest report on the current and future impacts of climate change on the United States. After an extensive review by experts from federal agencies and the National Academy of Sciences, the National Climate Assessment (NCA) Report 3 was approved and released for the public on May 6, 2014. The report examines the impact our changing climate is having and will have on various regions throughout the U.S., as well as its coasts and the ocean.  It also examines climate change impacts on various sectors such as natural resources, ecosystems, and human health. “It is important to view climate change at a local and regional scale because that is where it will have the largest and most direct impacts on people and communities,” said WHOI Senior Scientist Scott Doney (right), a  convening lead author on Chapter 24: Oceans and Marine Resources.