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Sarah Whipple is a Climate Adaptation Service Scientist with the Climate Adaptation Technical Services (CATS) initiative of the USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center.
Sarah is interested in how we can manage landscapes amongst the world's most pressing challenges, including biodiversity loss, extreme weather events, and invasive species encroachment. She is motivated in finding nature-based, research-oriented solutions that are tangible for land managers to implement. Sarah joined the USGS in 2023 to develop climate-informed Structured Science Syntheses. This effort better informs the integration of science into the resource management decision-making process. She is also contributing to science plans for the Bureau of Land Management's National Landscape Conservation System, which are used to prioritize science needs and manage resources effectively.
Hillside of the Cotoni Coast Dairies onshore unit of the California Coastal National Monument. Prior to becoming a monument, parts of the landscape like those seen here degraded as a result of human development and invasive species. Monument managers are now looking to incorporate the best available science into their restoration plans.
Hillside of the Cotoni Coast Dairies onshore unit of the California Coastal National Monument. Prior to becoming a monument, parts of the landscape like those seen here degraded as a result of human development and invasive species. Monument managers are now looking to incorporate the best available science into their restoration plans.
View of the Pacific Ocean from the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coast National Monument.
View of the Pacific Ocean from the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coast National Monument.
For most of the 1900s, sections of the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coast National Monument were mined for limestone and shale. Minerals were transported to the cement plant from the top of quarries through conveyer belts like this one.
For most of the 1900s, sections of the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coast National Monument were mined for limestone and shale. Minerals were transported to the cement plant from the top of quarries through conveyer belts like this one.
The spectacular Mojave Desert landscapes within Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area draw millions of visitors each year.
The spectacular Mojave Desert landscapes within Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area draw millions of visitors each year.
The spectacular Mojave Desert landscapes within Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area draw millions of visitors each year.
The spectacular Mojave Desert landscapes within Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area draw millions of visitors each year.
Hillside of the Cotoni Coast Dairies onshore unit of the California Coastal National Monument. Prior to becoming a monument, parts of the landscape like those seen here degraded as a result of human development and invasive species. Monument managers are now looking to incorporate the best available science into their restoration plans.
Hillside of the Cotoni Coast Dairies onshore unit of the California Coastal National Monument. Prior to becoming a monument, parts of the landscape like those seen here degraded as a result of human development and invasive species. Monument managers are now looking to incorporate the best available science into their restoration plans.
View of the Pacific Ocean from the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coast National Monument.
View of the Pacific Ocean from the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coast National Monument.
For most of the 1900s, sections of the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coast National Monument were mined for limestone and shale. Minerals were transported to the cement plant from the top of quarries through conveyer belts like this one.
For most of the 1900s, sections of the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coast National Monument were mined for limestone and shale. Minerals were transported to the cement plant from the top of quarries through conveyer belts like this one.
The spectacular Mojave Desert landscapes within Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area draw millions of visitors each year.
The spectacular Mojave Desert landscapes within Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area draw millions of visitors each year.
The spectacular Mojave Desert landscapes within Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area draw millions of visitors each year.
The spectacular Mojave Desert landscapes within Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area draw millions of visitors each year.
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government