U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Houston utility grid for power during both normal and emergency operations, and reduces carbon emissions by bringing electrical generation on-site. Reducing subsidence. Texas Medical Center has also i ...

to the change. A recent research review paper 1 indicates that at the current rate of carbon emissions, many of the organisms that were evaluated will have a very high risk of being impacted by ocean ...

project these changes to continue. Changes in ocean parameters—such as temperature, carbon dioxide content (acidification), oxygen levels, nutrient availability, currents, salinity, and sea-ice extent ...

In a process referred to as bioextraction, seaweeds and filter-feeding shellfish take up carbon dioxide and nutrients from their environment, improving water quality as they grow by removing dissolved ...

gases increased their warming influence by about 34 percent from 1990 to 2013, with carbon dioxide by far the largest contributor to the index in terms of both amount and rate of increase. It took 240 ...

beech/birch, may shrink significantly or disappear altogether, depending on how greatly carbon dioxide emissions increase in the future. This warming will impact ecosystems through heat stress, precip ...

changes in the number of days over 95°F, number of days with heavy rain, and heating and cooling degree days. “The Climate Explorer is designed to help users visualize potential climate conditions in ...

gas reductions and community resiliency measures. To date, the Tribe has reduced energy consumption from 2008 levels by 35 percent and has committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent by 20 ...

Flood Risk, Food Resilience, Human Health, Ecosystem Vulnerability, Water Resources, Energy Supply and Infrastructure, and Transportation and Supply Chain. These seven “Theme Teams” help guide and in ...

for sediments, nutrients, and water supply; their low elevation also makes them vulnerable to oil spills and storm surges. The idea for ShoreZone arose in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. ...