Climate and Land Use Change
Climate and Land Use Change
Understanding a changing world and how it affects our natural resources, livelihoods, and communities. Science plays an essential role in helping communities and resource managers understand the local to global implications of change, anticipate the effects of change, prepare for change, and reduce the risks associated with decisionmaking in a changing environment.
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Preparing for Tsunami Hazards on Washington’s Pacific Coast
Hours before Japan was struck by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and the ensuing catastrophic tsunami, John Schelling spoke at a public meeting in the coastal community of Oceans Shores, Washington, about preparing for tsunami hazards. The few dozen people attending the meeting went home that evening and watched in horror as the events in Japan unfolded.
Looking for Balance in the Carbon Cycle
Certain types of wetlands are extraordinarily efficient at storing carbon through biological sequestration. The Great Dismal Swamp is an especially productive place to study how different approaches to managing the land could potentially increase carbon storage.
Chickasaw and Choctaw Tribes Cope with Multiyear Drought
The water supply in the Red River Basin has been stressed in recent years due to drought, and its effects are compounded by increasing demands for consumptive use by metropolitan areas in Oklahoma and Texas.