Coastal Impacts of Climate Change in the Northwest: A Summary of the Findings of the upcoming National Climate Assessment

• Main Authors: Reeder, Spencer, Snover, Amy K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Western CEDAR 2014
• Subjects: Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Strauss; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2014ssec/Day2/274; https://cedar.wwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1400&context=ssec

The many thousands of miles of Northwest marine coastline are extremely diverse and contain important human-built and natural assets upon which our communities and ecosystems depend. Due to the variety of coastal landform types (e.g., sandy beaches, rocky shorelines, bluffs of varying slopes and com...