The climate report : the National Climate Assessment -- impacts, risks, and adaptation in the United States / U.S. Global Change Research Program.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

U.S. Global Change Research Program, author.

Contributor:

U.S. Global Change Research Program.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--United States.

Climatic changes.

United States.

Physical Description:

260 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn : Melville House , [2019]

Summary:

"This is the complete official government in-brief report - including all charts, graphs, and illustrations - of the U.S. Global Change Research Program's National Climate Assessment."--Back cover.

Contents:

Overview. What has happened since the last National Climate Assessment?

National topics. Our changing climate

Water

Energy supply, delivery, and demand

Land cover and land-use change

Forests

Ecosystems, ecosystem services, and biodiversity

Coastal effects

Oceans and marine resources

Agriculture and rural communities

Built environment, urban systems, and cities

Transportation

Air quality

Human health

Tribes and indigenous peoples

Climate effects on U.S. international interests

Sector interactions, multiple stressors, and complex systems

Regions. Northeast

Southeast

U.S. Caribbean

Midwest

Northern Great Plains

Southern Great Plains

Northwest

Southwest

Alaska

Hawai'i and U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands

Responses. Reducing risks through adaptation actions

Reducing risks through emissions mitigation.

Notes:

First published in 2018 by U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Includes bibliographic reference (pages 256-260).

ISBN:

9781612198026

1612198023

OCLC:

1084730347

Publisher Number:

99981306611