Global Climate is Changing Now
More Intense Precipitation Events & Flooding in Northeast Observed Change in Very Heavy Precipitation Observed U.S. Flooding
Tropical Storms, Coastal & Inland Flooding
Oceanography & Dynamic Sea-Level Yin et al. Nature Geosci Change in dynamic sea-level Dynamic sea-level
Coastal Ocean Warming ( ) Chen et al. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans (2013)
Ocean Acidification Feely et al. Oceanography 2009
Coastal Water Quality & Acidification Doney et al. PNAS 2007; Doney Science 2010; Kelly et al. Science 2011
Extra Slides
Climate Change & the Ocean “ Thus human beings are now carrying out a large scale geophysical experiment… ” Revelle and Suess, Tellus, 1957
Observed U.S. Precipitation Change
Observed U.S. Temperature Change
Third National Climate Assessment