Casco Bay Climate Change Vulnerability Report

The Casco Bay region is vulnerable to all seven of the climate stressors identified by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA): warmer summers; warmer winters; warmer waters; increased drought; increased storminess (evident in higher total precipitation, frequency and intensity); sea level r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, Natural Choices, Waterview Consulting
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: USM Digital Commons 2017
Subjects:
sea level rise
acidification
risk
water quality
assessment
CBEP
Climate Change
Ocean Acidification
Ocean acidification
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/cbep-publications/23
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/context/cbep-publications/article/1022/viewcontent/CB_Climate_Change_Vulnerability_Report_2017.pdf
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Summary:The Casco Bay region is vulnerable to all seven of the climate stressors identified by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA): warmer summers; warmer winters; warmer waters; increased drought; increased storminess (evident in higher total precipitation, frequency and intensity); sea level rise; and ocean acidification (US EPA 2014). These climate stressors do not operate in isolation. Compounding their impacts are factors such as population growth, habitat fragmentation and destruction, and resource depletion that can further tax ecosystems and species.

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