Climate Adaptation Deep Dives
Our Deep Dive series showcases examples of how CASC science is informing on-the-ground climate adaptation and strategic management on different priority topics.
Deep Dive: The Prairie Pothole Region
The wetlands of the Prairie Pothole Region provide essential benefits to communities and are a premier waterfowl breeding ground. Explore how CASC science is informing the strategic restoration and management of the Prairie Pothole Region in the face of climate change.
Deep Dive: Protecting Critical Infrastructure
Our nation’s roads, buildings, and bridges are being compromised by extreme weather events and sea level rise. Explore how CASC science is improving our understanding of how climate change is impacting critical infrastructure and supporting risk mitigation and adaptation planning.
Deep Dive: Supporting the Outdoor Recreation Economy
Outdoor activities like hunting, fishing, and wildlife watching are vital to connecting Americans to wild animals and wild places. But changing climate conditions are altering where, when, and how many animals are found on the landscape.
Deep Dive: Climate Change Scenario Planning
Scenario planning is a powerful tool to help decision makers plan for an uncertain future. Through this process, people consider different ways the climate could change and explore how these changes would affect resources important to them. USGS scientists work with natural and cultural resource managers to use climate change scenario planning to prepare for a wide range of possible futures.