Climate Change

Resilient Communities: Preparing the Watershed for Climate Extremes

Understanding the Challenge The worldwide reality shows that climate extremes composed of storm intensity and extreme droughts together with heightened temperatures and rising sea levels occur more commonly and intensively. The water system that moves land-based water toward rivers and lakes and bays stands as the central point in this difficulty. The state of watersheds […]

How Climate Change is Reshaping the Narragansett Bay Watershed

Rising Temperatures and Sea Levels The Narragansett Bay watershed experiences dramatic physical and ecological and economic changes due to climate change. The water temperatures in Narragansett Bay have risen three degrees Fahrenheit during the last century and sea levels increased by seven inches. The warming pattern increases sea level rise speed which poses risks to […]

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