Climate Change

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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 ...

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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

Tribes & Climate Change

Native Americans rely on tribally important ecosystem services such as traditional foods, hunting, timber production, non-timber forest resources (recreation, water), and cultural resources. Unfortunately, many of these resources may be ...

Apr 2020 | OSU Extension Catalog

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AgBizLogic-Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture

As farmers and ranchers work to feed our nation, they depend on the weather to help their crops and animals thrive. But the climate is changing. Temperatures are rising, along with carbon dioxide levels. With the right tools,...

Jun 2020 | Video

Seeing climate change in bugs and salmon

There are many ways to measure climate change. In northeast Oregon, scientists are using tiny bugs and salmon to better understand our planet's shifting climate.

David Wooster, Sandy DeBano | Mar 2019 | Video

Fire FAQs — Are Structures Fuel? The Wildland Urban Interface and the 'Built' Environment

We now need to consider structures themselves as a fuel type contributing to wildfires, along with other potentially hazardous fuel such as wood piles, propane tanks and automobiles. In this context, the home defense (ignition) ...

Dan Leavell, Stephen Fitzgerald, Carrie Berger | Aug 2020 | OSU Extension Catalog

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Coastal risks and land use policy create economic tradeoffs for armoring the Oregon Coast

An Oregon land use policy creates a large economic value for some private homeowners who are allowed to protect their shoreline against erosion, according to a new Oregon State University study.

Chris Branam | Feb 6, 2020 | News story

Woodland owners learn how to fight climate change with trees

Forest owners in Lane County can potentially use their properties to help mitigate the problems caused by an excess of carbon in the atmosphere.

Janet Donnelly | Jan 3, 2020 | News story

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

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