This figure presents twitter traffic for #climatechange, and any tweets with the terms "climate change" or "climate" from 23 April to 22 May 2014.    After the peak on 6 May 2014 when the National Climate Assessment was released and President Obama announced his Climate Plan, twitter traffic waned.  However, twitter traffic continues to trend much higher than before the Assessment was released.  

--Dana R. Fisher, drfisher@umd.edu

This figure presents twitter traffic for #climatechange, and any tweets with the terms "climate change" or "climate" from 17 April to 17 May 2014.    There is some increase in traffic on Earth Day on April 22nd.  On 6 May 2014, the National Climate Assessment is released and President Obama announces his Climate Plan and twitter traffic spikes on climate change.    Within 10 days, however, the news cycle appears to be over.

--Dana R. Fisher, drfisher@umd.edu