U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

when much of what now falls as snow will instead fall as rain. The Michigan Department of Transportation has noted that an increase in lake-effect snows means that existing models used for snow and ic ...

to occur. Models created by the Woods Hole Group for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, with funding from the Federal Highway Administration's Sustainable Transportation & Resilience Team ...

safely over land and sea. It also means new opportunities for subsistence, land use, transportation, commerce, and development. Understanding the local effects of changing conditions is the first step ...

are often accompanied by strong wind and blowing dust, which can have serious impacts on transportation and public health. A partnership to explore community-defined thresholds. Las Cruces has one ful ...

include commercial forestry, intensive agriculture, and introduction of flood control and transportation infrastructure. High water temperatures are detrimental to fish that depend on cool, clean, wel ...

the entire Cape—many low- and moderate-income properties face increased likelihood of inundation: they sit on low-lying land near tidally connected marshes where sea level has risen more than nine inc ...

the region also lead the way in climate resilience planning, utilizing mechanisms such as land use planning, infrastructure protection requirements, building regulations, and emergency preparation, r ...

electricity may exceed the capacity of energy-generating facilities and the electrical grid. Disruptions in service—including the potential for widespread blackouts—may result. Increased instances of ...

When planning for capacity during extreme weather events that could knock out power or transportation infrastructure—such as heat waves—the emPOWER Map can be used to understand where Medicare benefic ...

the transparency slider (the blue bar below the layer's name) to reduce the visibility of the Inundation layer. In the image at right, the layer is shown at 30 percent visibility. This adjustment make ...