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Climate change and the Northwest United States

Monday, August 11, 2014
313, Sacramento Convention Center
Jeremy S. Littell, Alaska Climate Science Center, USGS, Anchorage, AK
Philip Mote, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Amy K. Snover, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Susan Capalbo, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Sanford Eigenbrode, Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Patty Glick, National Wildlife Federation, Seattle, WA
Richard Raymondi, Idaho Department of Water Resources, Boise, ID
Spencer Reeder, Cascadia Consulting Group, Seattle, WA
With craggy shorelines, volcanic mountains, and high sage deserts, the Northwest’s complex and varied topography contributes to the region’s rich climatic, geographic, social, and ecologic diversity. Abundant natural resources – timber, fisheries, productive soils, and plentiful water – remain important to the region’s economy. All these resources will be affected by climate change, and understanding the likely impacts is key to planning for and adapting to the Northwest and for understanding what climate change means for the region. In this presentation, we discuss the main climate changes and their expected impacts on Northwest hydrology, coasts, forests, and agricultural systems.