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Past Events
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Landscape Partnership
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This is a Work Space for the evolving Partnership.
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Nature and Society Workspace
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Private Workspace for the Nature and Society Working Group.
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AppLCC
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Cumberland - Southern Appalachian Climate Change Vulnerability Species Assessments
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These results are a compilation of climate change vulnerability assessments in the southeastern portion of the LCC, covering the area from southern West Virginia, south to Alabama, west to eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. Hyperlinks to additional information are separated into two additional spreadsheets, one for aquatic and subterranean, and another for terrestrial species.
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Vulnerability Assessment Foundational Data by Subregion
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Assessing the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Species in the Cumberland Piedmont Network of the National Park Service
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In this study, we evaluate the climate change vulnerability of a subset of key species found in the Cumberland Piedmont Network (CUPN) of the National Park Service (NPS), an ecologically important and diverse region. We developed a list of species of conservation concern (globally and sub-nationally) within each of the fourteen NPS units in the CUPN. Next, we employed NatureServe’s Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) in order to determine which of those species may be most vulnerable to climate change, based on each species’ 1) direct exposure to climate change, 2) indirect exposure to climate change, 3) sensitivity, and 4) documented/ modeled response to climate change. CCVI results showed a range of vulnerability scores among taxonomic groups, including high vulnerability for mollusks and low vulnerability for migrant songbirds. Furthermore, we found that species of conservation concern were not necessarily those most vulnerable to climate change.
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Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments Source Materials
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Instructions – Central Appalachian Spreadsheet
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This spreadsheet is a subset of a larger data set that contains a compilation of climate change vulnerability scores for over 700 species in the Appalachian LCC.
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Climate Change Vulnerability
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Background Materials: Climate Change Vulnerability in the Appalachians
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Climate Change Vulnerability
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Phase I: Alternatives for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Expert Panel Findings PDF
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In 2012, the Appalachian LCC tasked NatureServe with a two-phase project that explores the understanding of climate change in the Appalachian landscape. The first phase focused on assembling a panel of experts to provide guidance on a) prioritizing species and habitats to assess vulnerability to climate change; b) selecting approaches to conduct vulnerability assessments, and c) identifying appropriate climate data to use in the assessments. Using the recommendations of the Panel, the second phase of the research conducted vulnerability analyses on selected species and habitats, and provided results within the context of other existing assessments. This report summarizes Phase I of this effort.
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Impacts
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Glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is breaking up earlier, and plant and animal ranges have shifted. Continued changes to Earth's climate could influence agricultural crop yields, affect human health, and impact our energy supply. Global climate change has already had observable effects on the environment and will continue to impact society in a variety of ways today and tomorrow.
