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The '''Climate Change Science Program''' (CCSP) was created by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] in February, [[2002]] to address what were called unresolved questions regarding [[global warming]]. The CCSP's goal is to "integrate federal research on global change and climate change."

The program has five goals:

#Extend knowledge of the Earth’s pastand present climate and environment, including its natural variability, and improve understanding of the causes of observed changes

#Improve understanding of the forces bringing about changes in the Earth’s climate and related systems

#Reduce uncertainty in projections of how the Earth’s climate and environmental systems may change in the future

#Understand the sensitivity and adaptability of different natural and managed systems to climate and associated global changes July 2003 Research under the U.S. Climate Change Science Program is sponsored by 13 Federal agencies:

#Explore the uses and identify the limits of evolving knowledge to manage risks and opportunities related to climate variability and change

The first of 21 reports to be produced concluded that the lower atmosphere is growing warmer and that there is "clear evidence of human influences on the climate system." [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/science/03climate.html]