Steering Committee: Norm Catto

• Main Authors: Steve Solomon, John Clague, Don Forbes, Gary Lines, Geoff Peach, Eric Taylor, Peter Zuzek, John Harper
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.198.5163; http://www.lakehuron.on.ca/resources/CCIARNRpt_v10.pdf

The coastal zone is recognized as a particularly sensitive environment to projected future climate change due to global warming. This includes sensitivity to increases in air, sea and ground temperatures; variations in the frequency of and intensity of storms; variations in sea and lake levels; variations in amounts, patterns, and styles of precipitation; and changes in sea ice extent, duration, and thickness; these changes are likely to affect coastal structures and a wide-variety of human activities. The special sensitivity of the coastal zone to climate change impacts has prompted the Government of Canada to establish a “Coastal Node ” as part of the Canadian Climate Impact and Adaptation Network (C-CIARN). A workshop with a broad representation of stakeholders from all coastal regions of Canada was held in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in March 2001 to outline the role of a “Coastal Node”, identify a range of sensitive coastal resources and associated climate change issues, and provide guidelines for research priorities; this report summarizes the results of that workshop. C-CIARN The discussion of the C-CIARN Coastal Node was predicated on the understanding that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) would provide some funding for a Coastal Node Coordinator, who