Dryland productivity under a changing climate

Mapping Conservation Strategies under a Changing Climate

Wildfire Suppression Costs for Canada under a Changing Climate

Climate-influenced changes in fire regimes in northern temperate and boreal regions will have both ecological and economic ramifications. We examine possible future wildfire area burned and suppression costs using a recently compiled historical (i.e., 1980-2009) fire management cost database for Canada and several Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate projections. Area burned...

Altered dynamics of forest recovery under a changing climate.

Forest regeneration following disturbance is a key ecological process, influencing forest structure and function, species assemblages, and ecosystem-climate interactions. Climate change may alter forest recovery dynamics or even prevent recovery, triggering feedbacks to the climate system, altering regional biodiversity, and affecting the ecosystem services provided by forests. Multiple lines o...

Assessing Ozone-Related Health Impacts under a Changing Climate

Climate change may increase the frequency and intensity of ozone episodes in future summers in the United States. However, only recently have models become available that can assess the impact of climate change on O3 concentrations and health effects at regional and local scales that are relevant to adaptive planning. We developed and applied an integrated modeling framework to assess potential...

Life Cycle Assessment of Pavements under a Changing Climate

Each of pavements’ life cycle phases such as material extraction, transportation, construction, operation, rehabilitation, and end-of-life emits greenhouse gases. Such emissions can be influenced by climate change via changes in the rates of pavement deterioration and thus intensity and frequency of maintenance and rehabilitation. However, climate change has not been given full considerations i...