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Clearinghouse: Impacts, Preparation, Adaptation Resources

Contents:

• Climate Impacts
• Human Health
• Fish, wildlife, and plants
• Coastal Hazards
• Ocean Acidification
• Water Resources
• Agriculture
• Forests
• Infrastucture and the Built Environment

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Climate Impacts



Climate Change Impacts

• Ch. 3 Observed Trends and Future Projections in Preparing for a Changing Climate: Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy, Dept. of Ecology (2012)
• Comprehensive Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Washington State: Executive Summary and Full Report, Climate Impacts Group (CIG), University of Washington (2009)
• Summary of Projected Changes in Major Drivers of Pacific Northwest Climate Change Impacts, Climate Impacts Group (2012)
• Climate Change Indicators in the United States, U.S. EPA (2010)
• Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, U.S. Global Change Research Program (2009)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007

Extreme Weather

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (2012)
• State of the Climate in 2011 NOAA National Climatic Data Center
• Stormy Future for U.S. Property/Casualty Insurers: The Growing Costs and Risks of Extreme Weather Events, Ceres (2012)

Effects on Washington’s Economy

• Additional Analysis of the Potential Economic Costs to the State of Washington of a Business as-Usual Approach to Climate Change: Lost Snowpack Water Storage and Bark Beetle Impacts, University of Oregon Climate Leadership Initiative (2010)
• An Overview of Potential Economic Costs to Washington of a Business-As-Usual Approach to Climate Change, University of Oregon Climate Leadership Initiative (2009)
• Impacts of Climate Change on Washington’s Economy, produced by the University of Oregon Climate Leadership Initiative (2006)

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Human Health



• Ch. 4 Human Health in Preparing for a Changing Climate: Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy, Dept. of Ecology (2012)
• Public health impacts of climate change in Washington State: projected mortality risks due to heat events and air pollution, Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG), University of Washington (2009)
• U.S. EPA Climate Change and Health Effects Fact Sheet
• U.S. EPA Climate Change Human Health Impacts and Adaptation website
• Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States: Human Health, U.S. Global Change Research Program (2009)
• Assessment of the Impacts of Global Change on Regional U.S. Air Quality: A Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on Ground-Level Ozone, An Interim Report of the U.S. EPA Global Change Research Program (2009)
• Ready for Change: Preparing Public Health Agencies for the Impacts of Climate Change (pdf) - A Climate Masters Guide for the Public Health Sector (2010)
• Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role A practical guidebook (American Public Health Association, April 2011)

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Fish, wildlife, and plants



• Ch. 5 Ecosystem, Species and Habitats, in Preparing for a Changing Climate: Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy, Dept. of Ecology (2012)
• Summary of Climate Change Effects on Major Habitat Types in Washington State, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW):
  • Freshwater Aquatic and Riparian Habitats
  • Shrub-Steppe and Grassland Habitats
  • Forest, Alpine, and Western Prairie Habitats
  • Marine and Coastal Habitats (pdf)
• Climate Change Effects on Freshwater and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems in the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Prepared by the National Wildlife Federation (2011)
  • Executive summary Freshwater report
  • Entire Freshwater report
  • Executive summary Marine report
  • Entire Marine report
• Project Summary: Assessing the Vulnerability of Species and Ecosystems to Projected Future Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest, USGS
• Freshwater Salmon Habitat, Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG), University of Washington (2009)
• Climate Change and Forest Biodiversity: A Vulnerability Assessment and Action Plan for National Forests in Western Washington, USDA, U.S. Forest Service, 2011
• Adapting to Climate Change at Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park USDA, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (2011)
• Setting the Stage: Ideas for Safeguarding Washington's Fish and Wildlife in an Era of Climate Change, National Wildlife Federation (NWF) (2009)
• North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative website
• National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy website
• Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States: Ecosystems, U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) (2009)
• Washington Habitat Connectivity Working Group website
• Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, National Wildlife Federation (2011)
• A Primer for Assessing Impacts and Advancing Ecosystem-based Adaptation in The Nature Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy (2010)
• Western Governors’ Association Initiative on Wildlife Corridors and Crucial Habitat website
• The State of the Birds: Report on Climate Change website
• National Wildlife Federation Pacific Regional Center, Seattle website

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Coastal Hazards



Sea Level Rise Science and Impacts

• Sea Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future, National Research Council, 2012
  • Full report (pdf)
  • Report in brief (pdf)
  • Powerpoint presentation (pdf)
• Impacts of Climate Change on the Coasts of the Washington (pdf) - Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)
• Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Waters of Washington (pdf),UW Climate Impacts Group and Dept. of Ecology, 2008

State and Local Adaptation Resources

• Ch. 6 Ocean and Coastlines, in Preparing for a Changing Climate: Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy, Dept. of Ecology, April 2012 (pdf)
• Addressing Sea Level Rise in Shoreline Master Programs (pdf), Appendix A in the Shoreline Master Program Guidebook, Dept. of Ecology
• Climate Impacts Vulnerability Assessment – a report written by the WA Dept. of Transportation in fulfillment of a grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) (2011)
• Vulnerability of Major Wastewater Facilities to Flooding from Sea Level Rise, King County, WA (2008, pdf)
• Presentation - Community Update on Sea Level Rise, City of Olympia (2012)
• Technical Report - Engineered Response to Sea Level Rise, City of Olympia (2011)
• Implications of Observed Anthropogenic Changes to the Nearshore Ecosystems in Puget Sound, Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project (2011, pdf)
• Climate Change Effects and Adaptation Approaches in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative Region: A Compilation of Scientific Literature, National Wildlife Federation (2011)
• NOAA’s CAPRI project is conducting pilot climate impact assessments in four parts of the Puget Sound region of Washington State (Commencement Bay, Lower Duwamish River, Nisqually Estuary/Olympia, and Snohomish Estuary).

Tribes

• Swinomish Climate Change Initiative

Coastal Climate Adaptation Resources

• Adaptation Tool Kit: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Land Use, Georgetown Climate Center (2011)
• Coastal Climate Adaptation, NOAA website
• Coastal Inundation Toolkit, NOAA website
• Incorporating Sea Level Change Scenarios at the Local Level, NOAA Coastal Services Center (2012)
• Adapting to Climate Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers, NOAA (2010)
• Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change, NOAA (2009)
• Rolling Easements Primer, U.S. EPA (2011, pdf)
• Climate Ready Estuaries, U.S. EPA website
• Synthesis of Adaptation Options for Coastal Areas, U.S. EPA Climate Ready Estuaries (2009, pdf)
• Mitigating Shoreline Erosion along Sheltered Coasts, Report Summary, National Academy of Sciences (2006, pdf)

Mapping and Visualization

• NOAA Digital Coast Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer
• NOAA Digital Coast website
• New Mapping Tool and Techniques for Visualizing Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts, NOAA Coastal Services Center (2011, pdf)
• Marshes on the Move, A Manager’s Guide to Understanding and Using Model Results Depicting Potential Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Wetlands, NOAA (2011, pdf)
• West Coast Relevant Sea Level Rise Models, West Coast Governor’s Alliance on Ocean Health (2011, pdf)

Training

• Planning for Climate Change course information, Ecology’s Coastal Training Program

Additional Resources

• USACE’s Circular No. 2265-2-212, how to incorporate SLR in civil works programs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2011, pdf)
• Final Interim Sea Level Rise Guidance Document, California Action Team Coastal and Oceans Climate Action Team Sea Level Rise Task Force (2010, pdf)
• Guidance on Incorporating Sea Level Rise: For use in the planning and development of project initiation documents, California Department of Transportation (2011, pdf)
• Sea Level Rise: Technical Guidance for Dorchester County, MD, Maryland Department of Natural Resources (2008, pdf)
• Local Land Use Response to Sea Level Rise, The Nature Conservancy (2012, pdf)
• Climate Change Adaption Guidelines for Sea Dikes and Coastal Flood Hazard Land Use, BC Ministry of Environment (2011, pdf)
• New York State Sea Level Rise Task Force Report to the Legislature (2010, pdf)

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Ocean Acidification

Science Resources

• Californina Current Acidification Network - a collaborative effort between members of the West Coast shellfish industry and scientists to explore what is causing shellfish losses on the Pacific
• The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, shows negative correlation to naturally elevated carbon dioxide levels: Implications for near-term ocean acidification effects, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc., January 2012
• Oyster Shell Dissolution Rates in Estuarine Waters: Effects of pH and Shell Legacy, National Shellfisheries Association, December 2011
• Ocean Acidification Symposium, Washington Sea Grant, November 2011.
• Journal article: Mitigating Local Causes of Ocean Acidification with Existing Laws, Science, May 2011.
• Integrated Reporting and Listing Decisions Related to Ocean Acidification (pdf) – Memo from EPA to help States address ocean acidification impacts under the Clean Water Act, November 2010.
• Journal article: The combined effects of ocean acidification, mixing, and respiration on pH and carbonate saturation in an urbanized estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, August 2010.
• Frequently Asked Questions on Ocean Acidification, U.S. Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemisty program and European Project on Ocean Acidification, March 2010.
• Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratories ocean acidification (NOAA website)
• Special Issue on the Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry in a High-CO2 World, Oceanography magazine, December 2009.
• IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007. Section 10.4.2 Ocean Acidification Due to Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Working Group I: The Physical Science Basis, 2007.

General Reports

• Sea Change by Eric Scigliano, www.seattlemet.com, March 2012. Frequently Asked Questions about Ocean Acidification, Department of Ecology, January 2012.
• Ten Ways States Can Combat Ocean Acidification (and Why They Should), Ryan P. Kelly, Stanford University, 2012
• Trouble on the Half Shell, Jennifer Langston, Sightline, June 2011.
• Ocean Acidification: The Untold Stories, Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, Matthew Huelsenbeck and Virginia Selz, www.oceana.org, November 2010.
• Ocean Acidification (pdf), Congressional Research Service, July 2009
• Ocean Tipping Point? (video), Now on PBS program, July 2009
• Sea Change (video), Now on PBS program, January 2009
• Mussels lose out as carbon dioxide changes ocean, www.npr.org, November 2008.

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Water Resources



• Ch. 7 Water Resources, in Preparing for a Changing Climate: Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy, Dept. of Ecology (2012, pdf)
• Columbia River Basin 2011 Long Term Water Supply and Demand Forecast, A report from Ecology’s Office of the Columbia River (2011)
• Secure Water Act Report to Congress, a Bureau of Reclamation report highlighting impacts of climate change to western water resources (2011)
• Final Project Report for the Columbia Basin Climate Change Scenarios Project, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington (2010)
• Implications of 21st Century Climate Change for the Hydrology of Washington State, Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington (2009, pdf)
• Climate Change Impacts on Water Management in the Puget Sound Region, Washington, USA, Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington (2009, pdf)
• Climate Change Impacts on Water Management and Irrigated Agriculture in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, USA, Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington (2009, pdf)
• Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States: Water Resources, U.S. Global Change Research Program (2009)
• National Action Plan: Priorities for Managing Freshwater Resources in a Changing Climate, report prepared by the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force (2011, pdf)
• National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change, U.S. EPA (2012)
• Climate Change Handbook for Regional Watershed Planning, developed cooperatively by the U.S.EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, California Department of Water Resources, and the Resources Legacy Fund (2011)
• Adaptation Strategies Guide for Water Utilities, U.S. EPA (2012, pdf)
• U.S. EPA’s Water Resources Impacts and Adaptation website
• U.S. EPA’s Climate Ready Estuaries website
• U.S. EPA’s Climate Ready Water Utilities Toolbox

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Agriculture



• Ch. 8 Agriculture, in Preparing for a Changing Climate: Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy, Dept. of Ecology (2012)
• Assessment of climate change impact on eastern Washington agriculture (pdf), Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington (2009)
• Regional Approaches to Climate Change in Pacific Northwest Agriculture (REACCH PNA) website
• WSU Extension "Global Climate Change” fact sheet (pdf)
• U.S. EPA Climate Change Agriculture and Food Supply Impacts & Adaptation website
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Climate Change Website
• Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States: Agriculture, U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) (2009)
• The effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States, USGCRP Synthesis Assessment Product 4.3 (2008)
• IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group III: Agriculture (2007)
• A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change: Agriculture, U.S. EPA

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Forests



• Ch. 9 Forests, in Preparing for a Changing Climate: Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy, Dept. of Ecology (2012, pdf)
• Forest ecosystems, disturbance, and climatic change in Washington State, Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG), University of Washington (2009, pdf)
• Additional Analysis of the Potential Economic Costs to the State of Washington of a Business as-Usual Approach to Climate Change: Lost Snowpack Water Storage and Bark Beetle Impacts, Climate Leadership Initiative, University of Oregon (2010, pdf)
• Climate Change and Forest Biodiversity: A Vulnerability Assessment and Action Plan for National Forests in Western Washington, USDA, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (2011, pdf)
• Adapting to Climate Change at Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park USDA, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (2011, pdf)
• Responding to climate change in national forests: a guidebook for developing adaptation options, USDA, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (2011)

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Infrastucture and the Built Environment



• Ch. 11 Infrastructure and the Built Environment, in Preparing for a Changing Climate: Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy, Dept. of Ecology (2012)
• Climate Impacts Vulnerability Assessment – a report written by the WA Dept. of Transportation in fulfillment of a grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) (2011, pdf)
• Project Summary - Sound Transit Climate Risk Reduction Project
• Impacts of climate variability and climate change on transportation systems and infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest - A White Paper prepared for the Western Federal Lands-Highway Division by the Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington (2011, pdf)
• Precipitation Extremes and the Impacts of Climate Change on Stormwater Infrastructure in Washington State, Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington (2009, pdf)
• Effects of Projected Climate Change on Energy Supply and Demand in the Pacific Northwest and Washington State, Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington (2009, pdf)
• Sixth Northwest Conservation and Electric Power Plan Appendix L: Climate Change and Power Planning, Northwest Power and Conservation Council (2010, pdf)
• Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation - resources in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Climate Change Clearinghouse
• Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States: Energy Supply and Use and Transportation, U.S. Global Change Research Program (2009)
• A Framework for Considering Climate Change in Transportation and Land Use Scenario Planning: Lessons Learned from an Interagency Pilot Project on Cape Cod: Final Report – a guidebook developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Federal Highway Administration, National Park Service, and Fish and Wildlife Service (2011, pdf)
• U.S. EPA’s Climate Ready Water Utilities Toolbox
• U.S. EPA’s Green Infrastructure website

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Contact

Hedia Adelsman, hedia.adelsman@ecy.wa.gov, (360) 407-6222