GLOBAL WARMING & CLIMATE CHANGE
White Papers
Sea Level Rise EPA Part IV: National implications and a science strategy for the way forward [264 KB PDF]
White Paper on Carbon Sequestration and Tidal Salt Marsh Restoration [36 KB PDF]
Reports
Bird Species and Climate Change - The Global Status Report: A synthesis of current scientific understanding of anthropogenic climate change impacts on global bird species now, and projected future effects [3.2 MB PDF]
Preparing California for a Changing Climate, Louise Bedsworth and Ellen Hanak, Public Policy Institute of California
The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Hurricane Protection [3 MB PDF]
Climate change research needs for the San Francisco Bay coastal sector [268 KB PDF]
Biogeochemical value of managed realignment, Humber estuary, UK [410 KB PDF]
The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Hurricane Protection by Robert Costanza, Octavio Perez-Maqueo, M. Luisa Martinez, Paul Sutton,
Sharolyn J. Anderson and Kenneth Mulder [3MB PDF]
California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network: TEACHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE [520 KB PDF]
EMERGING ISSUES FOR THE RESTORATION OF TIDAL MARSH ECOSYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF PREDICTED CLIMATE CHANGE [216 KB PDF]
Climate change-integrated conservation strategies [340 KB PDF]
Conservation and Climate Change: the Challenges Ahead [168 KB PDF]
A Sea Level Rise Strategy for the San Francisco Bay Region [204 KB PDF]
Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources | National Estuaries [692 KB PDF]
Sierra Climate Change Toolkit [3.6 MB PDF]
Media Articles & Editorials
Editorial: State needs to be ready for warming - SOME IMPACTS ARE LIKELY EVEN IF GREENHOUSE GASES ARE LIMITED - Sacramento Bee, 11/19/2008
Consequences of a Rising Bay (San Francisco Chronicle, 2/18/07)
Warming: The impact in Napa (Napa Valley Register, 2/4/07)
What to expect if bay waters rise by a meter (San Francisco Chronicle, 2/1/07)
Sea level a rising threat (Contra Costa Times, 1/26/07)
Studies
U.S Climate Change Science Program: Synthesis and Assessment Report 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change Summary and FIndings [816 KB PDF]
The AUK, January 2008: CLIMATE MODELS AND ORNITHOLOGY [787 KB PDF]
Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change by Camille Parmesan
Global Carbon Sequestration in Tidal, Saline Wetland Soils by Gail L. Chmura, et al (2003)
Global Warming: What You Can Do compiled by Ellie M. Cohen, PRBO (July 2007)
New Studies Reveal Accelerated Global Warming by Geoffrey Lean, The Independent (June 3, 2007)
Federal Register
Executive Order 13423—Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management
Meeting Notes
Check our Events page for global warming and climate change related events.
The Fish and Wildlife Service with USGS and partners hosted a Climate Change workshop in the Pacific Region Jan 29-30 2008 in San Francisco. USGS plans on putting a video of the plenary sessions, Bays and Estuaries, and Species/Population Management sessions. It is up and running, please visit the links below for directions and information. mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/workshop and http://www.fws.gov/pacific/ClimateChange/meetings/coastal.cfm. For directions for opening the video files from the climate change workshop: http://www.fws.gov/pacific/ClimateChange/meetings/coastal/webcast.html
Carbon Sequestration & Wetlands Meeting Notes July 21, 2008 [93 KB PDF]
Links & Online Resources
Bay Nature Article: Taking the Heat - Bay Area Ecosystems in the Age of Climate Change
Summary of PRBO’s Climate Change Research - http://www.prbo.org/cms/468#med
Webcast: "Climate Change Activities in the Northeast" A live interactive Web broadcast November 14, 2008
Login as a participant using your name (NO PASSWORD NEEDED). Run the Setup Wizard on the website to configure your computer before the broadcast (you will need speakers or headphones for audio). Enter the Lobby and scroll to the meeting room "Climate Change Activities in the Northeast 11/14/08"
USGS Carbon Capture Farming: Carbon-capture farming works as CO2 is taken out of the air by plants such as tules and cattails. As the plants die and decompose, they create new peat soil, building the land surface over time.
Google Groups: SF Sea Level Rise: A group for planners, policymakers, scientists, and others concerned with sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay area. Created in May 2008 by BCDC and the Pacific Institute to foster discussion and share information.
ASSOCIATION OF STATE WETLAND MANAGERS - http://www.aswm.org/science/climate_change/climate_change.htm
ARMY CORPS of ENGINEERS (supports) –
http://www.wetland-assessment.com-a.googlepages.com/globalclimatechangesanfranciscobayanddel
Ftp (spreadsheet and pdfs) - ftp://erdcftp.erdc.usace.army.mil/pub/PERM/RRWAMP/0%20GCC%20SFBD%20Lit/
BCDC - http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/SLR_strategy.pdf http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/climate_research.pdf
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE CHANGE PORTAL-http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/
CLIMATE READY ESTUARIES – http://www.epa.gov/climatereadyestuaries
CONSERVATION FUND - http://www.conservationfund.org/?article=3127
CREEC NETWORK – http://wwwstatic.kern.org/gems/creec/Fall2008CREECConnections.pdf
DUCKS UNLIMITED - http://www.ducks.org/Conservation/EcoAssets/1306/CarbonSequestration.html
NRDC - http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/boosting/contents.asp
PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF ADAPTATION OPTIONS FOR CLIMATE-SENSITIVE ECOSYSTEMS AND RESOURCES - http://www.climatescience.gov
SEA LEVEL AFFECTING MARSH MODEL - http://www.spea.indiana.edu/wetlandsandclimatechange/
SF BAY DELTA - http://groups.google.com/group/sf-sea-level-rise/topics?hl=en