Climate Change Research Downplayed at the US Geological Survey | Union of Concerned Scientists

Climate Change Research Downplayed at the US Geological Survey | Union of Concerned Scientists: What happened: Researchers from the US Geological Survey (USGS) wrote a press release on a new climate change study; however, Trump administration officials delayed the press release for several months and then released a highly edited version that removed references to the study’s main findings. The study’s main findings were that flooding and rising sea levels will have a severe economic impact on California by the end of the century due to climate change.