Abstract As research progresses the observed or anticipated impacts of global warming become more pronounced and the projections more precise. Impacts along coastlines include sea level rise (SLR) and increasing proportion ...

Climate change has emerged as one of the most multifaceted manifestations of global change of our time. However, there is less confidence about exactly how the climate will change in the future, and lesser confidence still ...

In the United States, areas with a high potential to produce renewable electricity from sources such as wind and solar are primarily located far from areas of high electricity demand. As a result, exporting renewable electricity ...

The threat posed by anthropogenic climate change to the world’s wildlife and natural systems has prompted the conservation community in the United States and across the globe to make communicating about climate change one ...

In the past two decades, the native mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) has decimated the pine forests of Colorado and Wyoming. These infestations are an issue for local communities because of the loss of ecosystem ...

Increased scientific certainty about anthropogenic climate change coupled with the Obama administration taking office has the United States poised to enact legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Studies have suggested ...

In the municipality of Gävle, Sweden, the transportation sector accounts for as much as one third of total carbon emissions. The main contributors to carbon emissions in transportation are from freight and commuting traffic. ...

In 2007, the newest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) stated that warming of the global climate system is now occurring at an unprecedented rate. Scientists have observed significant temperature ...

The Southeastern United States will experience several impacts from climate change over the coming decades, including average temperature increases of several degrees, more frequent droughts, and heavier rain and flood events. ...

The debate on climate change has moved from a question of whether humans are responsible to how best to address man-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are the cause. The United States has yet to pass any legislation ...