Climate Change

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The National Climate Assessment Identifies Challenges for Agriculture and Rural Communities

The most recent National Climate Assessment Report was released in November 2018 and continues to identify and predict the long-term effects of global climate change in the U.S. Reports in this series...

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Oregon Season Tracker

Oregon Season Tracker (OST) is a project of Oregon State University that aims to link natural resource managers, educators, researchers and others in the community to the science they use through collaborative citizen science. We hope that together the OST partnership can improve understanding of weather patterns and how plants and other living things in our ecosystem respond and adapt to regional variations in climate conditions by gathering data across diverse Oregon landscapes.

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Coastal Climate Change: How soon do we have to think differently? [online video]

For those involved in or concerned about issues that adapting to climate change presents for coastal areas.

OSU Sea Grant Publication

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West Coast forest landowners will plant less Douglas-fir in warming climate, model shows

Jul 30, 2019

West Coast forest landowners are expected to adapt to climate change by gradually switching from Douglas-fir to other types of trees such as hardwoods and ponderosa pine, according to a new Oregon State University study.

By Chris Branam | News Story

Changing Ocean Chemistry

This comprehensive high school curriculum teaches students about what causes ocean acidification, its impacts and solutions.

OSU Sea Grant Publication

Young frogs that were stressed as tadpoles move less on land, putting their survival at risk

May 2, 2019

New Oregon State University research shows that juvenile northern red-legged frogs that have experienced climate-related stress as tadpoles are less likely to move on land, putting their survival at risk.

By Chris Branam | News Story

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West Coast forest landowners will plant less Douglas-fir in warming climate, model shows

Jul 30, 2019

By Chris Branam | News Story

Young frogs that were stressed as tadpoles move less on land, putting their survival at risk

May 2, 2019

By Chris Branam | News Story

Climate change negatively affects waterbirds in the American West

Mar 15, 2019

New research shows that recent climate change is having profound effects on wetlands across the American West – affecting birds that use these wetlands for breeding, migration and wintering.

By Chris Branam | News Story

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