This tool is designed to align with the Adaptation Workbook and adaptation menus published in Forest Adaptation Resources: Climate Change Tools and Approaches for Land Managers. This frequently used resource is also known as the NIACS (Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science) Adaptation Workbook.
Coastal communities can use this website to determine how the current and future flooding can affect their stormwater systems. The site walks users through a process of entering information and selecting various inputs to generate a local report. The report can be used to educate community stakeholders on implications of coastal flooding, communicate the potential impacts of current and future flooding, and inform municipal planning efforts. The report can also be used to brainstorm possible solutions and make the case for funding them.
Projected changes in climate have implications for public planning, utilities, city budgets, and public health, particularly for vulnerable populations such as the young, elderly, and poor. A group of researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln banded together with the City of Lincoln, Nebraska, to help municipalities across the Midwest plan for such changes. The project is intended to help cities determine where to invest their limited dollars to match future needs of their communities.
The project website hosts municipal climate adaptation reports for:
Climate change is expected to alter stream temperature and flow regimes over the coming decades, which will in turn influence distributions of aquatic species in those freshwater ecosystems. The NorEast web portal serves as a coordinated, multi-agency regional framework to map and store stream temperature locations and data for states in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Great Lakes regions.
Various areas in Indiana will be impacted by climate change in different ways. This website provides a statewide map that charts county-by-county extreme heat, extreme precipitation, and floodplain land use data. The map provides current trends and 2050 emission scenarios for extreme heat and preciptation events, based on the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment.
Green infrastructure can be discouraged or even prohibited by outdated, poorly worded, or ambiguous codes and ordinances. Cooperation among county and municipal staff in zoning, land use, urban forestry, stormwater, and engineering are key to evaluating barriers to green infrastructure in our communities. This workbook helps communities review, revise, and prioritize their local codes and ordinances to promote and advance green infrastructure implementation.
Users can download the entire workbook or one of its main sections in PDF format:
The U.S. Drought Monitor is a map released every Thursday showing parts of the U.S. and its territories that are in drought. The map uses five classifications: abnormally dry (D0), showing areas that may be going into or are coming out of drought, and four levels of drought ranging from moderate (D1), severe (D2), extreme (D3), to exceptional (D4).
Forests may look very different in the future as a result of climate change. Many of the northern tree species that provide economic and cultural benefits are adapted to cold climates and will be under greater stress as the climate warms and conditions become less favorable. Other species may be able to take advantage of new conditions and expand northward over time.