Adaptation
Effective beginning 6/02/2025
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Climate Change Adaptation is a form of risk management that many forests are implementing to stem the potential serious…
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Vulnerability Assessments
Effective beginning 5/23/2025
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What are Vulnerability Assessments?Vulnerability assessments are a key component of how we integrate climate change considerations into management and planning at the USDA Forest Service. Vulnerability is defined as the…
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Drought
Types of drought.
Meteorological drought refers simply to an increase in dry weather conditions, from reduced precipitation and increased temperatures. This can lead to:
Hydrological drought: Reduced water in streams, lakes, and reservoirs.
Agricultural drought: Reduced crop survival and productivity.
Socio-economic drought:…
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Sustainability and Climate
Effective beginning 5/20/2025
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The Forest Service stewards many of our nation’s most treasured landscapes. Within those landscapes are resources that people need and want, such as clean air and water, recreational opportunities, and forest products. Impacts…
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What are the Impacts?
Effective beginning 5/20/2025
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Around the world, the effects of climate change continue to be felt. Changes include a global decrease in the size of glaciers, a decrease in snow cover for many regions in the Northern Hemisphere, warmer ocean and surface…
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How is Climate Change Detected?
Effective beginning 5/27/2025
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Using data from direct measurements and proxies, scientists continue to learn more about the Earth’s past climate. Studying the long-term climate record has given researchers many clues about the nature of climate change. Earth’s…