U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

in spill response and preparedness due to increased threats posed to Arctic marine life from oil spills. The web mapping portal aggregates data from ocean waters in Norton Sound, the Bering Strait, a ...

designs. For example, developers could consider investing in on-site renewable or clean energy generation so that their buildings remain functional with a reliable source of energy. Building resilien ...

outages across a large swath of New York City. Increased energy consumption may strain energy infrastructure, especially during periods of peak energy demand. For instance, on days when temperatures ...

powered air disperser system. Solar panels power the air disperser in Homer's sewage lagoon. Courtesy of City of Homer Public Works Department. Used with permission. 7 September 2016 - 11:54am. ...

is addressing its aging infrastructure: roads, bridges, railroad lines, water and wastewater pipelines, culverts, and electrical power networks. The region has the oldest industry and building invent ...

s air pollution data measured from space. Both apps show the location of major dams and nuclear power plants, and provide more detailed information and imagery for these facilities where available. B ...

and the organic world, using photosynthesis to convert CO 2 and nutrients into living biomass. These primary producers support other marine life through the production of oxygen, their contribution t ...

The next planned phase of the project is to model the trade-offs of manager measures for carbon sequestration on tribal cultural resources, and the use of traditional knowledge to provide information ...

changes in the health of the reef ecosystem. Specifically, mean parrotfish and surgeonfish biomass within the KHFMA both increased by 2015, by 139 percent and 28 percent respectively. Additionally, c ...

Infrastructure System Security: Essential infrastructure systems—such as water, energy supply, and transportation—will be increasingly compromised by interrelated climate change impacts. The nation’s ...