Climate Change Impacts on the United States - Overview Report

Our climate is now changing at a rapid rate, and even greater climate change is very likely in the 21st century. Temperatures are projected to rise more rapidly in the next one hundred years than in the last 10, 000 years. This Assessment has involved thousands of Americans in an ongoing national dialogue about climate change and its impacts. The report identifies key climatic vulnerabilities of particular regions and sectors in the context of other changes in the nation’s environment, resources, and economy. It also explores ways Americans can adapt to an uncertain and continuously changing climate.

Spis treści:
1. Introduction
2. Summary
3. Our changing climate
4. Tools for assessing climate change impacts
5. Looking at Americas climate
6. Ecosystems in the future
7. Our changing nation
Regions
8. Northeast
9. Southeast
10. Midwest
11. Great Plains
12. West
13. Pacific Northwest
14. Alaska
15. Islands
16. Native peoples and homelands
Sectors
17. Agriculture
18. Water
19. Human health
20. Coastal areas and marine resources
21. Forests
22. Conclusions
Appendix, research needs
Acknowledgements
Glossary.