Epa global change research program

Previous Science Wednesdays. Climate change affects every individual in every community around the world. The team I am a part of at EPA is working closely with communities around the country to shed light on how climate change affects the things they care about, and to find ways to respond and adapt to its impacts.

I first had that chance in when I traveled to Alaska and met people from several Native Alaskan villages such as Shishmaref , Newtok , and Kivalina.

I listened to heart-wrenching stories about how they must soon evacuate their coastal villages because homes and infrastructure are being destroyed by rising sea levels, storm surges, and the melting of the permafrost upon which they sit. We quickly came to understand that the climate is already changing. When we burn fossil fuels to power our automobiles and run our factories and heat our homes, we emit greenhouse gas pollution which contributes to global warming.

About the author: Dr. Clear All Search. Back to Previous Page. By Kineman, John J. Series: Key to geophysical records documentation ; no. Select the Download button to view the document. This document is over 5mb in size and cannot be previewed. Copy Export. Details You May Also Like. Details: Personal Author:.

Kineman, John J. Corporate Authors:. National Geophysical Data Center ;. This agreement began a five year cooperative effort to develop a geographic database for modeling terrestrial climatebiosphere interactions in support of EPA's Global Climate Research Program.

Content Notes:. John J. Examples of air pollution could be seen at the end of every tailpipe, and in the thick, soot-laden plumes of black smoke flowing from industrial smokestacks and local incinerators. Litter and pollution-choked streams were the norm, and disposing of raw sewage and effluent directly into waterways was standard practice. A major mid-western river famously ignited, sparking both awareness and action. And just like our predecessors did decades ago, we are supporting those actions with the best available science.

And EPA researchers, working in partnership with their colleagues in other Federal agencies and in the broader scientific community, are at the forefront of advancing understanding of the impacts of—and responses to—climate and related global change. Our amazing scientists and engineers are providing the science that decision makers, communities, and individuals need for developing strategies to protect public human health and the environment in the face of a changing climate.