Climate change is altering wildfire behavior and vegetation in forested regions. Historically, California wildfires occurred more frequently at a lower severity, reducing surface fuels and encouraging forest growth. Modern forests have higher tree density and fuel loads, increasing fire severity.

A new study finds that citizen-science reporting of local conditions across a wet-to-dry scale reflects meteorological conditions. The data provide on-the-ground details that can be incorporated into existing drought monitoring processes.

Climate change shifts the baseline for what should be considered “normal” hydrological conditions, which shifts the definition of drought. Thirty years usually provide adequate data for climatology, but shorter periods using more recent data may work better for rapidly changing areas such as the Southwest.

What’s behind the recent droughts in Hawaii? A new study using NOAA’s primary weather-prediction model shows what can—and cannot—be inferred from available data. Not every event has an apparent and simple “first cause.”

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Understanding Climate Risk - Resources for NTIA Applicants. * Home. Power lines and windmills in Badger Grove, IN. Overview . The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrati ...

This guidebook offers a set of procedures to accompany each phase of the Steps to Resilience training. Click here to view the Practitioner's Guide. Source :. Implementing the Steps to Resilience: A Pr ...

Practitioner's Guidance for Implementing the Steps to Resilience. * Home. What is the Practioner's Guide? Implementing the Steps to Resilience: A Practitioner's Guide is a user-friendly report contain ...

Climate Adaptation Practitioners are individuals working with a Community and Community Champion on implementing the StR. This individual is a climate adaptation and resilience-building professional w ...

Blue-carbon ecosystems have a small global footprint, but they can bury many times more carbon per acre than even a tropical rainforest.