U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

reduce generation of electricity in the West because the hydropower process relies on seasonal snowmelt to provide steady outputs throughout the year. Annual and seasonal streamflow projections for ei ...

the southern coast of Puerto Rico, has a history of water concerns. This map from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that much of eastern Puerto Rico—including Salinas—was experiencing extreme drought in ...

existing risks that impact people, ecosystems, and infrastructure. The effects of increased heat stress, flooding, drought, and late spring freezes may be magnified by other changes, such as a change ...

because they could not get enough subsistence foods. Loss of adequate food storage affects food security, and also raises concerns about food-borne illnesses. New risks to the whale harvest. In the s ...

of regions across the contiguous United States, and publish an updated version of the U.S. Drought Monitor. The experts consider how recent precipitation totals compare to their long-term averages. T ...

Northeast during the fall of 2016. Click on the image for a larger view. Source:. The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska- ...

of heat-related distress for older adults, and CDC has information and tips on identifying heat stress in older adults on their web page . Older adults are also more likely to be socially isolated, a ...

to hunt sea mammals due to loss of sea ice have raised concerns about the village's food security: not only do residents fear for their safety due to erosion and ocean storms, growing numbers of fami ...

the potential to fundamentally alter local ecosystems. When combined with a decrease in winter snowfall that feeds year-round streams, the impacts of drying can multiply. Roughly one-third of the Nava ...

of regions across the contiguous United States, and publish an updated version of the U.S. Drought Monitor. The experts consider how recent precipitation totals compare to their long-term averages. T ...