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Hot Topic: Climate Change — Effects on Ecosystems and People, Adaptation and Mitigation
Climate Change Resource Center
The Climate Change Resource Center is a reference Web site for resource managers and decision
makers who need information and tools to address climate change in planning and project implementation on
lands in the West. Changing climates have already catalyzed changes in environments throughout the West, and
future effects are expected to be greater. Although future scenarios are daunting, managers can do much to
promote adaptation to climate change and encourage reduction of human effects on climate.
National Leadership Roles
In collaborations with the
Pacific Northwest
and Pacific Southwest
Research Stations,
and university partners,
the Rocky Mountain Research Station
has taken key leadership roles in catalyzing coordinated and integrated research to develop information
and tools to support land management and planning under climate change.
Effects on Ecosystems and People
The diversity of environmental conditions across the RMRS territory — with landscapes from the
Mexican border to the Canadian border — serves as a laboratory for studying climate change in the Interior West.
Rocky Mountain Research Station scientists
are studying climate as it influences plants, animals, ecosystems, disturbance patterns,
and social and economic systems. This research supports land management and planning needs for addressing
climate change.
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