Tools | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Tools are available to help you manage your climate-related risks and opportunities, and to help guide you in building resilience to extreme events. Browse the list below, or filter by topic and/or tool functionality in the boxes above. To expand your results, click the Clear Filters link.

Glaciers, land, shoreline, and ocean in satellite view of Alaska

Alaska Ocean Observing System | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

This regional IOOS portal offers interactive maps and tools to help users find and use data of interest for Alaska and the Arctic.

Screen capture from the Beach and Tidal Inlet Habitat Inventories

Beach and Tidal Inlet Habitat Inventories—North Atlantic

This series of reports, databases, and imagery from Google Earth inventorying beach and tidal inlet habitats from Maine to Virginia assesses impacts of Hurricane Sandy on the North Atlantic coastline.

Cal-Adapt

California residents and city and county planners can identify potential climate change risks in specific areas throughout the state and access easy-to-understand resources for local planning efforts.

Map of Puerto Rico with speckles of color indicating a rain forecast

Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System (CARICOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

Find marine and coastal weather and climate data, forecasts, and analyses for the Caribbean region.

Three views of coral health declining over time

Caribbean Marine Maps

Interactive maps including satellite imagery, airborne imagery, and data from drones and divers are available to help advance ocean conservation and climate adaptation.

Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

CeNCOOS provides real-time information and forecasts for harmful algal blooms, advances integrated assessment tools for Marine Protected Areas, and facilitates animal telemetry and other emerging technologies.

Coral Reef Watch—Satellite Monitoring Decision Support System

Marine managers can use this NOAA site to prepare for and respond to environmental stress on coral reef ecosystems, especially stress caused by climate variability and change.

Georgia Habitat and Restoration Interactive Maps

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources created three interactive maps for users to find locations and details of reef restoration projects.

Giovanni—Geospatial Interactive Online Visualization and Analysis Infrastructure

Use this web app to visualize, analyze, and access vast amounts of earth science remote sensing data.

Gulf of Mexico Coastal Observing System (GCOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

This site provides on-demand information to benefit people, ecosystems, and the economy in the Gulf of Mexico’s coastal and open ocean waters.

Gulf TREE (Tools for Resilience Exploration Engine)

This site walks Gulf Coast users through a decision-support tree framework to match them with relevant climate resilience tools.

Massachusetts Wildlife Climate Action Tool

Users in Massachusetts can access this tool to better understand the vulnerability of fish, wildlife, and natural resources to climate change, learn how to implement adaptation actions on the ground, and explore climate data and projections.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

MARACOOS and its partners track storms and collect and distribute data related to storms and other extreme events impacting the East Coast, covering the region from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras.

Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS) | An IOOS Data Portal

The mission of NERACOOS is to produce, integrate, and communicate high-quality information that helps ensure safety, economic, and environmental resilience and sustainable use of the coastal ocean.

Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

This IOOS data portal provides a network of observing systems for the Pacific Northwest region, chiefly the Washington and Oregon areas.

Ocean Ecosystem Indicators

Marine managers can use information from this site to help them forecast salmon returns in the northern California Current, and to build their understanding of how variations in ocean conditions might affect recruitment of fish stocks, seabirds, and other marine animals.

OceanReports

Draw a custom area anywhere in U.S. waters or pick from a predefined list of locations to get instant custom reports that include descriptive infographics and supporting data for offshore planning, permitting, environmental review, and public relations.

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Alaska Ocean Observing System | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

Beach and Tidal Inlet Habitat Inventories—North Atlantic

Cal-Adapt

Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System (CARICOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

Caribbean Marine Maps

Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

Coral Reef Watch—Satellite Monitoring Decision Support System

Georgia Habitat and Restoration Interactive Maps

Giovanni—Geospatial Interactive Online Visualization and Analysis Infrastructure

Gulf of Mexico Coastal Observing System (GCOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

Gulf TREE (Tools for Resilience Exploration Engine)

Massachusetts Wildlife Climate Action Tool

Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS) | An IOOS Data Portal

Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

Ocean Ecosystem Indicators

OceanReports

Shellfish Portal—Decision Support Tools

Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) | An IOOS Data Portal

Southeast Conservation Blueprint

Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

Storm Events Database

Vulnerability and Resilience of Fishing Communities: Indicator Map

West Coast Ocean Data Portal

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