U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Hawaiian Islands and offers visualizations of projected sea level rise, coastal erosion, and flooding impacts created by the Coastal Geology Group of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. The visualizat ...

more severe weather and flooding, which could carry waste and hazardous materials into the water supply. The project served as a reminder of other threats the town could face in the coming years, and ...

water storage in soil, increased length of the growing season, cooling of the ground via evapotranspiration, recharging groundwater aquifers, keeping springs and rivers flowing in the dry season. Soil ...

A significant change in the strength of the AMOC would alter winds, temperatures, and precipitation patterns around the globe, with potentially strong local effects along the east coast of the United ...

how local weather and climate respond to hemispheric or global changes in temperature and precipitation, and, at finer scales, how these changes play out over the complex and rugged topography of the ...

and sea mammals have also increased concerns about food security. Additionally, declines in snow pack, the threat of drought, changes in lake and river conditions, and damage and disruptions to commu ...

Responders. Local first responders use an airboat to transport people to safety following flooding during August 2007 in Oklahoma. Source:. Boy lifted from rescue boat by first responders. Image credi ...

of Mobile's transportation infrastructure. Based on projected changes in temperature, precipitation, and sea level rise, as well as storm surges and winds associated with tropical storms, the project ...

and impacts. Shoreline erosion and its negative effect on water quality have long been recognized as an environmental issue in the Chesapeake Bay. In response, some property owners along Maryland's s ...

in the Climate Explorer tool. The graphs show observed temperatures and cumulative precipitation compared to 30-year normals (see the Climate Explorer Tutorial page for help interpreting the temperat ...