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 have established that the global climate is changing and that greenhouse gases from human activity are the dominant cause and that there is no alternative explanation supported by...

Dec 2018 | Article

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.

Feb 2015 | OSU Sea Grant Publication

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

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.

Chris Branam | Jul 30, 2019 | News Story

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

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.

Chris Branam | May 2, 2019 | News Story

Tree School Clackamas teaches love for the land

Educational event draws hundreds from woodland community in Clackamas County and beyond.

Glenn Ahrens, Rose Clarke, Michael Bondi, Kimberly Jacobsen Nelson | Apr 2019 | Article

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

Chris Branam | Jul 30, 2019 | News Story

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

Chris Branam | May 2, 2019 | News Story

Climate change negatively affects waterbirds in the American West

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.

Chris Branam | Mar 15, 2019 | News Story

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