Climate Ready Estuary Workgroup Library

 

Time Stamp Publication
Geographic Scope
Bivalve Shellfish
Tidal Wetlands
Drinking Water
Useful Science Methods / Data
Mtg. & Adaptation
2009 2nd Public Review Draft "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States." US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Unified Synthesis Product. National mentioned mentioned p. 47-50 general facts glossed over - bibliography fairly extensive some
2009 "Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Coastal Watersheds in the Eastern United States 1998 to 2004" NOAA and US FWS joint report. Eastern US   yes   yes  
2009 "Climate Change: Impacts and Responses in the Delaware River Basin" Graduate Students, University of Pennsylvania's School of Design's Urban Design Studio Delaware River Basin   yes yes yes
Jan 2009 "Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region." Mid-Atlantic   yes yes yes
  Key Ideas: Most comprehensive look to date at climate change effects in Mid-Atlantic. Identifies vulnerability assessments and adaptation plans across the country.
2009 "Habitat Priority Planner: A New Planning Tool for Coastal
Communities." NOAA Coastal Services Center 		National          
  Key Ideas: Spatial decision support tool designed to assist users in prioritizing important areas in the landscape or seascape for conservation or restoration action.
Current Regional Greenhouse Gass Initiative: an initiative of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States of the U.S. NE & Mid-Atlantic States          
FY 2009 "Report by the Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Climate Change Research." The U.S. Climate Change Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. National     yes some yes
2008 "An Analysis of Climate Change Impacts and Options Relevant to the Department of the Interior's Managed Lands and Waters." Report of the Subcommittee on Land and Water Management National   yes yes yes
  Key Ideas: water availability, water qualtiy, flood risk, coastal impacts, invasive species, disease, species migration, habitat change, carbon sequestration
2008 "Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay State-of-the-Science Review and Recommendations." A Report from the Chesapeake Bay Program STAC Chesapeake   yes yes yes
2008 Climate Change In Pennsylvania: Impacts and Solutions for the Keystone State - Union of Concerned Scientists. Pennsylvania     yes   yes
2008 Climate Ready Estuaries Synthesis of Adaptation Options for Coastal Areas. U.S. EPA National through other links through other links through other links   yes
2008 R. Najjar, L. Patterson, S. Graham "Climate simulations of major estuarine watersheds in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States." Mid-Atlantic       yes  
  Key Ideas: analyzed the regional output of seven global climate models for three major Mid-Atlantic estuaries: Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, and Hudson River Estuary
2008 Coastal Vulnerability and Adaptation Tools page of the Climate Ready Estuaries Toolkit. U.S. EPA National   yes yes   yes
2008 S.Y. Wu, R. Najjar, J. Siewert "Potential impacts of sea-level rise on the Midand Upper-Atlantic Region of the United States" Climatic Change DOI 10.1007/s10584-008-9522-x Mid-Atlantic     yes yes  
  Key Ideas: Projections of relative sea-level rise, horizontal inundation, and the associated impacts on people and infrastructure in the coastal portion of the Mid- and Upper-Atlantic Region (MUAR) of the United States
2008

Second Draft "Recommendations for a National Wetlands and Climate Change Initiative."

 National   yes yes
2008 Cooper et. al. "The potential impacts of sea level rise on the coastal region of New Jersey, USA" Climatic Change 90:475–492 New Jersey       yes  
2007 "Pennsylvania Climate Change Roadmap." Pennsylvania Environmental Concil Pennsylvania         yes
  Key Ideas: Policy recommendations for energy use, residential/commercial/industry, transportation, land use, agriculture, forestry, geological sequestration. Good coverage of relevant laws for setting policy in PA.
2007 Preparing for Climate Change: a Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments. Center for Science in the Earth System (The Climate Impacts Group) Prepared for Washington State, National Applications yes   yes   yes
2007 Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: Science, Impacts, and SolutionsMitigating Shore Erosion along Sheltered Coasts. A Report of the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessement. Northeast yes   yes   yes
2007 The Role of Coastal Zone Management Programs in Adaptation to Climate Change.Second Annual Report of the Coastal States Organization’s Climate Change Work Group. National   yes     yes
2007 "Valuing New Jersey’s Natural Capital: An Assessment of the Economic Value of the State’s Natural Resources." New Jersey yes yes yes    
2005 "Future Sea Level Rise and the New Jersey Coast: Assessing Potential Impacts and Opportunities." Princeton University New Jersey   yes yes yes yes
  Key Ideas: inundation, episodic flooding, beach erosion and saline intrusion in low-lying coastal areas of NJ - comprehensive assessment of the expected impacts
2004 "Sea Level Impacts in the Delaware Estuary of Pennsylvania" DVRPC PA - esturay   yes yes    
2004 T. G. F. Kittel, et al. "VEMAP Phase 2 bioclimatic database. I. Gridded historical (20th century) climate for modeling ecosystem dynamics across the conterminous USA." Climate Research National       yes  
Jun 2002 Frei, A., Armstrong, R.L., Clark, M.P., Serreze, MC. "Catskill Mountain Water Resources: Vulnerability, Hydroclimatology, and Climate-Change Sensitivity." Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 92, No. 2. pp. 203-224 Regional yes yes
2000 A Sea Level Response Strategy for the State of Maryland. MD Department of Natural Resources - Coastal Zone Management Division Maryland yes yes
2000 Najjar, R., et al. "The potential impacts of climate change on the mid-Atlantic coastal region." Climate Research Vol. 14: 219–233, Regional yes yes
1999 E. R. Thieler and E. S. Hammar-Klose . "National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: Preliminary Results for the U.S. Atlantic Coast." U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-593. Woods Hole. MA Mid-Atlantic   Applications   yes  
  Key Ideas: Sea level rise, inundation, sediment budgets, erosion, shoreline vulnerability



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