https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-government-disbands-climate-science-advisory-committee/ >US president Donald Trump's administration has disbanded a government advisory committee intended to help the country prepare for a changing climate. >The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration established the committee in 2015 to help businesses and state and local governments make use of the next national climate assessment. The legally mandated report, due in 2018, will lay out the latest climate-change science and describe how global warming is likely to affect the United States, now and in coming decades.