Climate Change and U.S. Natural Resources: Advancing the Nation's Capability to Adapt

Climate change is affecting land, water, and biodiversity in a variety of ways. Higher temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, increasing extreme events (droughts and floods), and increasing disturbances are occurring across the United States, with detrimental effects on sensitive systems. These kinds of changes, combined with other ongoing stresses, such as landscape fragmentation, could dramatically hinder the ability of natural resource managers to maintain established goals for ecosystems and species now and in the future.