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  • Photo by Vicpeters. CC BY-SA 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons.

    • Elevated Rehabilitation Facility Functions Flawlessly Through Hurricane Sandy

  • Still image from the video, "Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts: Water Utility Climate Adaptation Planning" from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    • Exploring Adaptation Options for Water Infrastructure at Sea Level

  • Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

    • Extreme Rainfall Analyses Can Point to Right Size for Culverts

  • Beautiful reflections of Boston's Back Bay from the esplanade on October 8, 2013. Photograph by Robbie Shade, CC-BY-2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, via Flickr

    • Greening Boston: The Climate Change Preparedness and Resiliency Checklist

  • Sebago Lake by TheTurducken (stretched and cropped), CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, via Flickr

    • Green or Gray? Choosing to Preserve Water Quality

  • Public domain image courtesy of Noroton and Wikimedia Commons.

    • Hospital Plans Ahead, Serves the Community Through Power Outage

  • Caroline Dougherty. Used with permission.

    • Hot-Cold Map Provides Blueprint for Protecting Ecosystems

  • Kevin Lawver. CC BY-SA 2.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    • How Will Fish Fare in the Future? Assessing Vulnerability Across an Ecosystem
    aerial view of the Delaware Bay

  • This photo has been released into the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). No endorsement by licensor implied.

    • Identifying Opportunities for Climate Adaptation in the Delaware Estuary

  • Stormwater flows onto street in Annapolis, Maryland. Photo courtesy of Chesapeake Bay Program (stretched), CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/, via Flickr

    • Improving Water Quality by Dealing with the First Inch of Rain
    casco bay with boat

  • Photo attributed to Dirk Ingo Franke. Incorporated here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. No endorsement by licensor implied.

    • Incorporating Climate Change into the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership

  • © Steinkamp Photography. Used with permission.

    • Investment in Infrastructure at Sea-Level Hospital Will Pay Off by Reducing Risk

  • Boston cityscape. Bert Kaufmann, Roermond, Netherlands. CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

    • Luck Is Not a Policy We Can Count On: Boston Takes a Proactive Approach to Climate Adaptation

  • Screen capture from video "Confronting Changing Climate Conditions: A Lobster Community Adapts through Participatory Planning." Video footage: Jeff Dobbs, Jeff Dobbs Productions. Used with permission

    • Maine's Lobster Fishing Community Confronts Their Changing Climate
    geese landing on a pond

  • Michele Whitbeck/USFWS

    • Marsh Migration and Thin-Layer Placement on Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge