U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Florida Experiment Lessens Shoreline Damage from High-Energy Waves. Along a shoreline that was buffeted by fierce wave action and boat wakes, a dual-defense strategy led to a 30 to 90 percent reductio ...

Using Novel Approaches To Create Resilient Dune Systems. After a series of storms ravaged Puerto Rican beaches, a team from the University of Puerto Rico used innovative restoration techniques—includi ...

Pollution and Coral Health in the Virgin Islands. Coral communities are under pressure from land-based pollutants and sediments. Now, coastal managers now can access an effective tool to correlate hum ...

Tribal Community Partners with Researchers to Monitor Food and Climate. Residents of a rural Alaska village are studying their environment to understand and protect their food. Their research partners ...

A Community Effort Stems Runoff to Safeguard Corals in Puerto Rico. In Culebra, Puerto Rico, the community used green infrastructure to decrease coastal erosion and mitigate damage to their near-shore ...

Building Resilience in the Face of Ocean Acidification. The Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery in Seward, Alaska, is collaborating with federal and academic partners to measure the impacts of ocean acid ...

Oyster Growers Prepare for Changing Ocean Chemistry. As the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, ocean acidity changes—inhibiting the growth of oysters. A new tool may be able to help oyster growers understa ...

A Coral Bleaching Story With an Unknown Ending. Changing ocean conditions pose an increasing threat to the health and resilience of coral reefs. Across the two Samoas—American Samoa and the Independen ...

Assessing Climate Risks in a National Estuary. Stakeholders of the Morro Bay National Estuary Program in California worked with resources from the EPA's Climate Ready Estuaries program to identify the ...

A Town with a Plan: Community, Climate, and Conversations. Homer, Alaska, has been taking action to reduce climate change for almost a decade. As the ten-year anniversary of their first plan looms on ...