U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. This interactive map shows various aspects of U.S energy infrastructure, including energy conversion sites, transmission pathways, and various energy reserves. The se ...

uses, shallow groundwater interaction, and conjunctive use. The software can also model hydropower production and energy uses; water rights, water ownership, and water accounting transactions; and wat ...

Living Near Dams |. U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. Our nation's dams provide drinking water, power, flood control, recreation, and many other benefits—but they can also pose significant risks to peo ...

and energy. In addition to water used by agriculture and municipal and natural systems, energy production also requires water. Water turns turbines at hydroelectric dams, produces steam in thermoelec ...

carbon absorbers (or “carbon sinks”) may be reduced by increases in tree mortality and carbon emission, forest fires, and drought. Some regions may shift from being a carbon sink to a carbon source, ...

viruses, protozoa (e.g., Giardia, Cryptosporidium), trash, organic compounds, heavy metals, oil, and toxic pollutants. Flooding can also result in water intrusion into buildings, which can result in ...

Weather is influenced by small changes the Sun undergoes during its solar cycle. The electric power grid can be disrupted by space weather. ...

and energy. In addition to water used by agriculture and municipal and natural systems, energy production also requires water. Water turns turbines at hydroelectric dams, produces steam in thermoelec ...

Alaska Pipeline. A view of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, from the northern Brooks Range, Alaska. Image Credit: Dave Houseknecht, U.S. Geological Survey. Public domain. 3 January 2017 - 4:35pm. ...

increasingly clear that higher levels of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere—the result of fossil-fuel emissions, land clearing, and agriculture—have contributed substantially to climate warming. H ...