Climate Change Impacts on the United States - Foundation 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. Scenarios for climate variability and change
2. Future vegetation and biogeochemical dynamics - scenarios for the conterminous United States
3. Socioeconomic context for climate impact assessment
4. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the Northeastern United States
5. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the Southeastern United States
6. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the Midwestern United States
7. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the Great Plains
8. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the Western United States
9. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the Pacific Northwest
10. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for Alaska
11. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the US-affiliated islands of the Pacific and Caribbean
12. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for Native Peoples and Homelands
13. Climate change and agriculture in the United States
14. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the water resouces of the United States
15. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for human health in the United States
16. Potential consequences of climate variability and change on coastal areas and marine resources
17. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the forests of the United States
Appendix, research directions.