Washington (CNN) The Trump administration is planning to change how it assesses the long-term effects and impacts of climate change, The New York Times reported Monday.

The paper said the US Geological Survey will begin to limit in its reports how far into the future it projects the impact of climate change, which scientists say "could provide a misleading picture" of the consequences of man-made climate change. The administration is also planning to omit worst-case scenario projections from the National Climate Assessment, an interagency report that examines the impact of climate change, according to the Times.

The Times said the USGS, at the direction of its director, James Reilly, "has ordered that scientific assessments produced by that office use only computer-generated climate models that project the impact of climate change through 2040, rather than through the end of the century, as had been done previously."

The change is being criticized by scientists who claim that new reports wouldn't provide an accurate assessment of the future impact of climate change "because the biggest effects of current emissions will be felt after 2040," according to the paper.

The Times said current models demonstrate that the earth's temperature will increase "at about the same rate through about 2050," but after that, the rate could change "significantly" based on carbon emission levels.

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