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Climate Change Impacts in the United States
Third National Climate Assessment
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Land Use and Land Cover Change
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Land Use and Land Cover Changehttp://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/land-use-and-land-cover-change
• Convening Lead Authors– Daniel G. Brown, University of Michigan – Colin Polsky, Clark University
• Lead Authors– Paul Bolstad, University of Minnesota – Samuel D. Brody, Texas A&M University at Galveston – David Hulse, University of Oregon – Roger Kroh, Mid-America Regional Council – Thomas R. Loveland, U.S. Geological Survey – Allison Thomson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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U.S. Land-Cover Composition in 2000
Figure source: USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
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Projections of Settlement Densities (2010-2050)
Data from U.S. EPA Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios
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Projected Land Covers (2010-2050)
Data from USDA
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Effects on Communities and Ecosystems
Choices about land-use and land-cover patterns have affected and will continue to affect how vulnerable or resilient human communities and ecosystems are to the effects of climate change.
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Building Loss by Fires at California Wildland-Urban Interfaces
Figure source: Stephens et al. 2009
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Effects on Climate Processes
Land-use and land-cover changes affect local, regional, and global climate processes.
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Adapting to Climate Change
Individuals, businesses, non-profits, and governments have the capacity to make land-use decisions to adapt to the effects of climate change.
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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Levels
Choices about land use and land management may provide a means of reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas levels.
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Climate Change Impacts in the United States
http://nca2014.globalchange.gov
Third National Climate Assessment
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