Webinars on Demand!
If you missed a climate and natural resources webinar of interest, check out the links below. ANREP Climate Science Initiative Webinars:“Extension Leadership...
Regional Climate Hub Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies
USDA’s Regional Climate Hubs were established in February of 2014 to deliver science-based knowledge, practical information, and program support to farmers,...
Wildfire and Climate
Wildfire requires three things to burn: an ignition source, fuel, and oxygen. If one of the three requirements is removed, the fire activity will be...
Overview of the Effects of Climatic Variability on Forest Ecosystems in the Great Plains Region of the United States
The Global Change Research Act of 1990 requires the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) to produce the National Climate Assessment (NCA) for the...
Great Plains U.S. Climate Assessment
Adapted by Melanie Lenart, University of Arizona, reviewed by Susan E. Moore and Mark A. Megalos, North Carolina State University, from: Shafer, M., D....
Insects in Forests
Written by Peter Kolb, Montana State University Insects perform many roles within forests as pollinators, herbivores, carnivores, decomposers, and food...
Climate Change Impacts on Forest Diseases
Written by Tom DeGomez, University of Arizona Forest disease organisms and abiotic occurrences that lead to diseased trees are common in terrestrial...
Wildlife Concerns and Climate Change
Climate change likely will lead to the loss of native species from extensive areas and result in increasingly scarce and fragmented populations in many...
Ecosystem-Based Effects
Climate largely defines where ecosystems occur on the landscape, from deserts to wetlands and tropical forests to tundra. So it’s clear that changes in...
Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology
Understanding the responses of aquatic ecosystems to climate change requires understanding how climate affects the hydrology of streams, rivers, and lakes....
Soils and Climate Change
While the majority of climate change impacts on forests focus on tree health, soil impacts should not be overlooked. A changing climate can impact nutrient...
Biodiversity and Climate Change
Climate change poses a significant threat to biological diversity in forests. Learn the major changes that are expected.
Climate Change Impacts on Forest Insects
Insects constitute the most diverse form of animal life in terrestrial ecosystems. Most species are innocuous but essential components of natural ecosystems....
How a Changing Climate Can Affect Tree Health
A changing climate will affect different forest stands in different ways, depending on a wide variety of factors including stand vigor, species and age class...
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This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, New Technologies for Ag Extension project.
