Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
According to a new climate change assessment report for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, led by members of CPO’s Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment team (Pacific RISA) and co-supported by CPO’s Assessments Program, threatened resources include high-value coastal infrastructure and the millions of dollars that ocean ecosystems add to the CNMI economy annually.
The first formal state climate assessment for Nevada, it covers heat, drought, snow loss, flood and wildfire risk changes associated with impacts to public health, water resources, habitats, recreation and hospitality, and agriculture and ranching.
California-Nevada RISA Develops Nevada Climate Assessment Read More »
Widespread fire danger and fire activity during active fire seasons can overwhelm fire suppression resource capacity, limiting the effectiveness of managing fires and potentially increasing fire impacts.
As our climate warms, some marine species are moving northward, diving deeper or shifting their distribution in search of cooler waters, affecting fisheries and fishing communities. But uncertainty regarding whether the benefits of proactively planning for these shifts outweigh the costs has remained a barrier for some to incorporate climate change impacts into ocean plans.
Many climate decision support tools have been developed to support a variety of sectors and scales, but evaluation of such tools has only recently begun to take place. The study advances our knowledge of climate decision support tool utility evaluation and demonstrates the impact of a tool within planning contexts.
South Central RISA Study Finds their Climate Hazard Assessment Tool has High Utility Read More »
The guide provides foundational information about snowpack monitoring and data in the Rocky Mountain West to fill a long-standing stakeholder information need.
Western Water Assessment Releases New Snowpack Data User Guide for the Mountain West Read More »
The webinar will cover evaluation, small-grants, and other questions on competition 1 based on the letters of intent. While there will be no additional webinar for competition 2, general guidance is provided in bullet points form.
2021 RISA Funding: Competition 1 Webinar (1/12) and Competition 2 Guidance Read More »
A recently completed project developed recommendations to better communicate drought to decision makers and resources that present user-driven drought information in infographics and fact sheets.
Research improves drought communication to decision makers in North Carolina Read More »
An intensified pattern of wildfire is emerging in Alaska as rapidly increasing temperatures and longer growing seasons alter the state’s environment.
New report highlights Alaska’s vast, complex, and changing wildfire environment Read More »
Join NOAA and the Water Research Foundation, along with four water management practitioners, to learn about reevaluating stormwater design and flooding management. These talks are highlights from the recent workshop series, “Climate and Weather Information for Small- and Medium-size Water Utilities.”
Webinar: Overwhelmed? Reevaluating Stormwater Design in a Changing Climate Read More »