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Map depicting an increase in C02 emissions from North America
Increased C02 emissions map
This three panel triptych illustrates historical, predevelopment conditions in the North Central United States, in comparison to the current state, and future trajectory of land and water use. Historically, the region adapted and rebounded from droughts, however, with human use and climate change, the resilience of the North Central United States against drought is reaching an unknown state.
Historical, predevelopment conditions in the…
The landscapes of the Northeast and Midwest depend on abundant and relatively predictable seasonal water regimes. Human uses of water compete with environmental flows for aquatic species, especially during drought periods. Climate change is predicted to increase temperatures and precipitation variability in the Northeast United States, causing shifts in seasonality.
Potential shifts in seasonality in the Northeast…
Conceptual diagram illustrating the changes to the Alaska boreal forest due to climate change and ecological drought.
The impacts and changes to the boreal forest due…
An icon representing degraded water quality.
Degraded water quality
Saltwater intrudes into freshwater, a problem often affiliated with excess coastal groundwater extraction.
Saltwater intrusion
An icon representing water quality.
Water quality
The Arctic coastlines are highly variable, can be stable or extremely dynamic, and are the site of most of the human activity that occurs at high latitudes. Extraction of natural resources occurs in many locations around the Arctic Ocean creating the need for port facilities and the potential for pollution. These pressures are only likely to increase with time.
Human Dimension in the Arctic coastal zone
Diagram depicting Human-caused and natural vulnerabilities of Chesapeake Bay to climate impacts.
Human-caused and natural vulnerabilities of…
Woods along the shoreline of Chesapeake Bay.
Woods along the shoreline
Woods along the shoreline of Chesapeake Bay.
Woods along the shoreline
Detention pond at flood, in Maryland.
Detention pond at flood
Flooded corn in field, in Maryland.
Flooded corn
Flooded cropland during heavy rains, in Maryland
Flooded cropland
Car driving through flooding waters in Maryland.
Flooding
Infiltration trench in parking lot, in Maryland.
Infiltration trench in parking lot
Stormwater ditch full during heavy rains.
Stormwater ditch
Stormwater trash in parking lot, in Maryland.
Stormwater trash in parking lot
Wood duck boxes are placed in and around a forest interior wetland on a farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Forest interior wetland
Healthy forest on an Eastern Shore Maryland property, USA.
Healthy diverse forest
Healthy diverse forest as determined by a Chesapeake Watershed Forester on an Eastern Shore Maryland farm, USA.
Healthy forest
Healthy forests are resilient on Maryland's Eastern Shore, USA.
Healthy forest
Healthy diverse forest in Maryland, USA.
Healthy forest
Landowner driving a tractor on his farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Landowner farming
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