CRSSA Investigators:
Richard G. Lathrop, Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Brenda Allen, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey
September
2023
This work was conducted for the Northeast Climate Hub under United States Department of Agriculture, United States Forest Service Agreement 19-JV-11242306-054.
Overview
As sea levels rise along the northeastern US, coastal forest ecosystems are being impacted. To better enable climate-smart decision-making, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Northeast Climate Hub engaged researchers at the Rutgers Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis to conduct a synthesis of the current state of knowledge concerning how northeastern U.S. coastal forests, specifically those in mid-Atlantic and southern New England states (VA, MD, DE, NJ, NY, CT, and MA), are responding to impacts from climate change. Drawing upon the scientific literature, expert interviews, and a January 2020 convening of scientists and land managers at the U.S. National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Maryland, this synthesis identifies key knowledge gaps as well as potential management approaches. Project outcomes include the 2020 report Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Forests in the Northeastern US, a research brief, and a webinar.
As a follow-up to the initial report, CRSSA researchers undertook a geographic information system (GIS)-based analysis to map out those portions of the MidAtlantic-southern New England coastal forest most vulnerable to ongoing sea level rise (SLR). The 2023 report is entitled Northeast USA Region-Wide Assessment of the Vulnerability of Coastal Forests to Sea Level Rise.
Resources:
Coastal Forests Vulnerability
to Sea Level Rise
* Infographic PDF (Lathrop, Allen)
* Rutgers Climate Institute web
Contact
Rick Lathrop
Director, Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA)
lathrop@crssa.rutgers.edu
Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA)
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
14 College Farm Road, Cook Campus
New Brunswick, NJ USA 08901-8551
Tel: 848/932-1582
Fax: 732/932-2587
Web: crssa.rutgers.edu
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