Climate Commons Articles

Climate Change and Our Natural Resources

Climate change has become an important driver of changes impacting California's natural resources. These articles review the science of these changes and their impacts, and recommendations for management.

Biodiversity and Climate Change
Climate Change and Wildfire
Understanding Sea Level Rise
Water Resources and Climate Change

Rangelands and Climate Change
Atmospheric Rivers and Climate Change
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Climate Change

How to Use Climate Science Data

Conservation managers are now faced with understanding a whole new discipline of science: climate change. These articles introduce important concepts and lead to more resources for applying climate change science to conservation.

Climate Change Assessments and Reports
About General Circulation Models
What is Downscaling?

Why So Many Climate Models?
Scenario Planning
Species Distribution Modeling
About the Basin Characterization Model Datasets
Climate and Weather Observation Data

Climate Adaptation

These articles describe actions being taken to evaluate and address climate change impacts on our resources and communities.

Climate-Smart Conservation
Regional Strategies for Sea Level Rise Adaptation
Carbon Sequestration
Resources for Conducting a Vulnerability Assessment
Resources for Evaluating the Impacts of Sea Level Rise
Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategies for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada
The Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey

A Method for Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability of Rare Plants in California
Connectivity and Refugia in the Sierra Nevada
Home on the California Range, Year 2100
How to Use the "Threat Assessments on California Rangelands" Maps to Inform Land Use Decisions
Modeling Sea-Level Rise in San Francisco Bay Estuary
Helping Managers Assess Vulnerability of Tidal Marsh Birds to Climate Change