The USDA Forest Service has published a new report that summarizes how climate change is already affecting the forests across the Mid-Atlantic region.
The USDA Forest Service has published a new report, Mid-Atlantic Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis: A report from the Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Response Framework Project.
This report summarizes how climate change is already affecting the forests across the Mid-Atlantic region, including increasing damage from heavy precipitation events, extreme heat, and salt water intrusion. This region contains about 32 million acres of forest, which provide numerous cultural, economic, and environmental benefits. Future changes could dramatically alter the landscape that characterizes the region. This assessment provides a foundation for numerous climate change adaptation efforts that are underway regionally, including those led by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS) through the Climate Change Response Framework.
Discover more materials and resources about this project here.