Editing National Climate Assessment (section)

{{Short description|Research initiative by the US government}}
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The '''National Climate Assessment''' ('''NCA''') is an initiative<ref name=USGCRP2012_factsheet>{{citation|title=Preparing the Nation for Change: Introduction to the National Climate Assesement|format=PDF|publisher=U.S. Global Change Research Program |year=2013|url=http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report|access-date=May 9, 2014|location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref> within the U.S. federal government focused on [[climate change]] science, formed under the auspices of the [[Global Change Research Act of 1990]].<ref>{{citation |title=Global Change Research Act of 1990 |url=http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/15C56A.txt |year=1990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218110850/http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/15C56A.txt |url-status=dead |series=Public Law 101-606(11/16/90) 104 Stat. 3096-3104 |archive-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{citation |author=Hollings, Ernest F. |title=Global Change Research Act of 1990 |year=1990 |series=Bill Summary & Status 101st Congress (1989 - 1990) S.169}}</ref>