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Rising to the Challenge of Climate Change

In partnership with State and Tribal agencies, the Obama Administration today released the first nationwide strategy to help public and private decision makers address the impacts that climate change is having on natural resources and the people and economies that depend on them.

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Collaborative Project Helps Address Climate Change Effects on T&E Species

Climate envelope models are an important tool used in vulnerability assessments to help resource managers understand how plants and animals may respond to a changing climate. A collaborative project among the University of Florida, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, and National Park Service incorporates habitat data and other kinds of information into the models to refine projections for future distributions of threatened and endangered species.

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Seas Rising Faster Than Predictions

Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have concluded that Louisiana is in line for the highest rate of sea-level rise "on the planet."

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