adaptation planning

North America has at least 500 years of storage in geologic formations that could accommodate carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources.

In the Southwest, California and Colorado are best prepared for the water-related impacts of climate change, while Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah are largely unprepared, according to a new report from the National Resources Defense Council.

Suffering from a decade-long drought, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, along with water representatives from New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle, appealed in a Capitol Hill briefing for help from the federal government last week, reports the Las Vegas Review.

A new report by the Public Policy Institute of California highlights the state’s most pressing policy challenges in the future, including addressing climate change and water issues.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA recently announced the release of the first national strategy to help decision makers and resource managers prepare for the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems.

A new study in Science identifies 14 key air pollution control measures that, if implemented, could slow mean global warming by 0.9 degrees F by 2050, as well as increase global crop yields and prevent premature deaths. The control measures target black carbon and methane emissions.

Posted by Melissa Lamberton | on January 19, 2012
In the Southwest, a plant's citizenship status often determines its fate. Conservationists work to keep invasive species at bay with chainsaws and chemicals even as climate change begins to turn ecosystems into jigsaw puzzles. As global temperatures rise and precipitation patterns shift, native and exotic species alike head for new locations. Bethany Bradley, a biogeographer at the University of Massachusetts, has a novel suggestion: Make climate change an ally in our efforts to restore the damage caused by invasive species.

Case studies of California farmers show an increasing number are adopting more sustainable water management practices.

A new study published in PLoS ONE by USGS scientists and other colleagues investigates the likely impacts of climate change on the biology, geography, and water supplies of California’s San Francisco Bay-Delta-River System.

A new study by the Pacific Institute examines the water requirements for current and projected electricity generation in the western U.S. in the area bounded by the Rocky Mountains to the east and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains to the west.