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Five ways climate change is affecting Salmon.

Graphic by Courtenay Duzet, USGS. 

Looking down from the lookout point at Brink of Lower Falls, over the Yellowstone River, as it flows south into the distance.

A child riding a mountain bike on a trail in Golden Gate State Park in Colorado amidst the vibrant yellow colors of fall.

A scenic view of Gothic Mountain in the Elk Mountains of Colorado. USGS scientists captured this photo while collecting soil sample data in the area.

CASC Senior Administrator Doug Beard co-chaired the working group that led to the IPBES Assessment Report on invasive species which provides management tools and policymaking options to deal with the challenges of biological invasions.

A rooftop patio at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara, California.

The RAD Framework lays out three approaches for making management decisions for systems undergoing ecosystem transformation: 1) Resist, where managers work to maintain or restore ecosystem composition, structure, processes, or function on the basis of historical or acceptable current conditions, 2) Accept, where managers al

Using climate change scenario planning, managers think about many possible ways their resources could look in the future, and plan for many different eventualities. 

Climate change is impacting invasive species in many ways, including:

Interior Secretary, Deb Haaland, presented with lei by David Phillips, Deputy Scientist-in-Charge of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, during a ceremony to celebrate the creation of a new facility that will monitor volcanoes and support conservation science.

Yellow-headed blackbirds can be found in the spring and summer in the marshes of terminal lakes and wetlands. Common sightings occur in the Klamath, Summer, Malheur and Harney lake basins.

A stormdrain receiving water input during a high-precipitation storm in Massachusetts.

Planting butterfly-friendly plants in your yard or balcony (especially monarch favorites like native milkweeds), reducing harmful chemical use in your lawns and gardens, and “leaving the leaves” in the fall to protect overwintering pupae can all promote butterfly populations in your area!

Created by ORISE Fellow Ben Slyngstad.

Drawing showing climate change impacts to each life cycle stage of monarchs: 1) Butterflies lay fewer eggs in wetter conditions, 2) Warmer temperatures reduce milkweed growth, leaving caterpillars hungry, 3) Erratic winters freeze overwintering pupae, 4) Shifting seasons disrupt migrations.

In this sagebrush community, there are intact biological soil crusts that are composed of cyanobacteria, lichens and mosses. Phlox sp. are growing abundantly on these biocrust communities.

An infographic detailing five ways climate change affects amphibians. 

Created by Courtenay Duzet & Louise Johansson, USGS, May 2023. 

A view of the North and South Bubble Mountains in front of Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park.

A view of the East River Valley from the shoulder of Gothic Mountain, Colorado

This artwork was created to represent the National Climate Adaptation Science Center webinar series "Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Federal Research and Management."

Investing in nature isn’t limited to our public lands, it can be in your own backyard! Nature-based solutions are a way to solve problems by using nature as tool. They can bring the outdoors to you to make your communities safer, healthier, and greener. It’s a win-win!



Nature-based solutions can look like:

Climate Change Refugia (noun): Areas buffered from climate change that enable the continued persistence of plants and animals.