Relocating buildings out of flood plains or further inland from rising seas are examples of physical adaptations. Using smaller amounts of water during times of drought is an example of behavioral adaptation.

Increasing the diameter of culverts that channel stormwater away from assets enhances the adaptive capacity of places that face flooding from increasingly heavy rainfalls.

The infrastructure of roads, airports, and seaports are assets. The service of supply chain stability (supported by transportation infrastructure) is an asset. A community’s local “charm” is an example of an intangible asset.

Users can enter their location to check their climate exposure. Reports are available for counties, census tracts, and Tribal nations.

The Climate Mapping for Reslience and Adaptation is one public-facing portal that serves data from CRIS.

Increasing frequency and intensity of drought conditions can be a climate stressor for forests and crops. Rising sea level is another climate stressor.

The destruction of commercial buildings in a flood event could result in the consequence of reduced tax revenues for a community.

Humans draw food and fiber from ecosystems. Ecosystems also filter water and air, sequester carbon, and provide recreation and inspiration for people.

Homes and businesses along low-lying coasts are exposed to coastal flooding from storms.

Extended periods of excessive heat are likely to be an increasingly common hazard in the coming decades.

In the West, the destruction of homes by wildfires is among the impacts of hotter and drier conditions and earlier snowmelt.

Carbon-neutral energy sources such as solar and wind represent mitigation efforts.

Altering drainage patterns and replacing open land with roads and buildings are non-climate stressors for flooding hazards. Population growth along exposed coasts is another non-climate stressor.

Locations within a 100-year flood zone have a greater probability for a flood hazard than locations in the same region’s 500-year flood zone.

Climate projections indicate that if human emissions of heat-trapping gases continue increasing through 2100 (a scenario, or possible future), most locations will see substantial increases in average annual temperature (potential future conditions).

Installation of backflow preventers in the stormwater systems of a coastal city increased their resilience to flooding from extreme high tides.

Warehouses sited on a floodplain represent a higher risk for flooding when they are filled with products than when they are empty. Risk also generally increases with proximity to floodways.

The yield of crops with a high sensitivity may be reduced in response to a change in daily minimum temperature during the pollination season.

Though climate model projections are uncertain about how much precipitation will change in the future, they generally agree that wet places are likely to get wetter, and dry places are likely to get drier.

Despite the thick walls of the aging lighthouse, its location on a barrier island and lack of resources to tie its foundations to bedrock made it vulnerable to shoreline erosion.