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Research
Photos of black mangrove freeze damage (upper and middle photos), recovery (middle photos) and resistance (lower photos)

Habitat Vulnerability to Climate Change: Identifying Climate Change Induced Mass Mortality Events Across Large Landscapes of the United States

Data Release
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Fish assemblages and habitat conditions of the Saint Lawrence River and its Tributaries

Featured Films and Shorts
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USGS On the Road - Habitat Assessment at Red Run

Podcasts
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Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session

Data Release
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Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Amphibians in the North Central United States

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A habitat-centered framework for wildlife climate change vulnerability assessments: Application to Gunnison sage-grouse

Presentations and Events

Aquatic Ecosystem Vulnerability to Fire and Climate Change

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Using life history traits to assess climate change vulnerability in understudied species

Research
Piping plover chicks on a beach

Monitoring Effects of Barrier Island Restoration on Piping Plovers in Louisiana

Presentations and Events

Tribal Resources for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments

Presentations and Events

Framework for Evaluating Multi-Species Climate Change Vulnerability

Presentations and Events

CRAVe: Climate Registry for the Assessment of Vulnerability

Project
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Sea-Level Rise and Tsunami Vulnerability of Habitat and Wildlife of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Project
Mangroves on the outside of a playa within Florida Bay

Coastal Wetland Vulnerability to Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise: Understanding Ecological Thresholds and Ecosystem Transformations

Project
Oyster shells on the beach amongst dead tree roots and stumps

Evaluating the Vulnerability of Indigenous Shell Middens and Marsh Habitat Diversity to Sea Level Rise

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Northeast and Midwest regional species and habitats at greatest risk and most vulnerable to climate impacts

Research
Cedar Key mole skink in the Cedar Keys region of Florida

Vulnerability of Mole Skinks to Sea-Level Rise

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Vulnerability to sea-level rise varies among estuaries and habitat types: Lessons learned from a network of surface elevation tables in Puget Sound

Presentations and Events

Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Threatened Bull Trout

Center News
Young skunk with GPS collar

Research Spotlight: What Habitat Features Make Duck Nests Vulnerable to Raccoons and Striped Skunks?

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Predator movements in relation to habitat features reveal vulnerability of duck nests to predation

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Threatened and endangered subspecies with vulnerable ecological traits Also have high susceptibility to sea level rise and habitat fragmentation

Data Access
American black duck (male)

Habitat Vulnerability Assessment for Wintering American Black Ducks

Center News
A black and white ruffed lemur perched on a tree branch.

Climate Change Not the Only Threat to Vulnerable Species, Habitat Matters

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Juvenile salmon habitat use drives variation in growth and highlights vulnerability to river fragmentation

Project
Willamette River side channel

Development of the Climate Registry for the Assessment of Vulnerability (CRAVe): A Searchable, Public Online Tool for Understanding Species and Habitat Vulnerability

Presentations and Events

Habitat Connectivity: Assessing Threats and IDing Conservation Actions

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High dispersal in a frog species suggests that it is vulnerable to habitat fragmentation

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Rising tides: Assessing habitat vulnerability for an endangered salt marsh-dependent species with sea-level rise

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Effects of climate change on habitat and connectivity for populations of a vulnerable, endemic salamander in Iran

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