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Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast

changes are consistent with global warming an how climate change may affect Maine and ... coast faces substantial increases in the.



Sea Grant Project Fall 2007 Focus Groups & Spring 2008 Surveys

29 août 2008 of the issues related to climate changes sea level rise



Climate Change and Biodiversity in Maine: - A Summary of

Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Barbara Vickery Climate Change and Biodiversity in Maine: Vulnerability of Habitats and Priority Species.



What Climate Change Means for Maine

Warmer temperatures are likely to enable the woolly adelgid to expand inland and up the coast. The loss of hemlock trees would remove the primary habitat for 



Maines Climate Future

21 nov. 2019 Climate change is a global phenomenon and its effects in Maine must be under ... From north to south



Scientific Assessment of Climate Change and Its Effects in Maine

18 avr. 2016 This would cause even the eastern coast of Maine to feel like Rhode Island. The recent temperature changes are causing the Gulf of Maine ...



Maines Climate Change Future

continued climate change in Maine as a result of greenhouse gas emissions and their associated The 4000-plus miles of the Maine coast encompass a wide.



People and Nature Adapting to Climate Change

Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Maine Forest Products Council*. Maine Innkeepers Association its citizens have as we adapt to the impacts of climate change.



How will global warming of 2 C affect Maine?

Seemingly small increases in sea level can have large impacts along the coast due to storm surges and exceptionally high tides. OBSERVATIONS. Source: NOAA. Sea 



Assessing the Impacts Climate Change May Have on the States

1 sept. 2020 Conduct Public Education and Climate Change Health Effects and Resources . ... Beaches and dunes on the coast of Maine bring in millions of ...



[PDF] What Climate Change Means for Maine - US EPA

Maine's climate is changing The state has warmed about three degrees (F) since the year 1900 Throughout the north- eastern United States spring is 



[PDF] Climate Impacts on Maines Coast and Marine Ecosystems

29 jan 2020 · Maine's statewide annual temperature 3°F warmer since 1895 • Models project additional warming of 2-10°F by 2100 depending future scenario



[PDF] Confronting Climate Change in the US Northeast - Mainegov

The research summarized here describes how climate change may affect Maine and other Northeast states under two different emissions sce- narios The higher- 



[PDF] COASTAL MAINE CLIMATE FUTURES

These challenges include warming ocean temperatures a longer growing season and shorter snow season more frequent extreme precipitation events drought soil 



[PDF] Maines Climate Future – An Initial Assessment

This report considers past climate change recent evidence of accelerated rates of change and the implications of continued climate change in Maine as a result 



[PDF] Maines-Climate-Future-2020-Update-1pdf

Maine's Changing Climate Maine's Climate Future Winter is the fastest changing season From north to south inland to the coast the most warming



[PDF] How will global warming of 2 C affect Maine? - UMass Amherst

Due to increasing temperatures there will be more rain and less snow Projected changes in rainfall in summer are uncertain PROJECTIONS Total Precipitation



[PDF] Climate change and the Gulf of Maine

What will climate change mean for the ecosystem and the fishermen coastal Theresa Torrent-ellis coastline and into Great Bay through-



[PDF] The Effects of Climate Change on Economic Activity in Maine - CORE

This paper will examine these aspects in greater detail using the analysis of one specific effect of climate change sea level rise in one area of Maine's 



Maine USA - Surging Seas: Risk Finder - Climate Central

These PDF downloads summarize key information from this tool for Maine Find customizable slide map and data downloads below Have more specific needs?

  • How will Maine be affected by climate change?

    Commercial and noncommercial species like Maine lobster are shifting northward to follow their preferred environmental conditions, while species from the south and non-native, harmful species such as green crabs and invasive seaweed increase. Future emissions will determine how warm the Gulf of Maine becomes by 2100.

  • What is the Maine coast climate?

    Maine's climate is characterized by cold, snowy winters and mild summers. Winter average temperatures range from 25°F in the far south to less than 15°F in the northern and interior portions of the state. Summer average temperatures range from near 60°F in the far north to near 70°F in the south.

  • Where in Maine is best for climate change?

    The city with the lowest overall risk is Biddeford.

    For heat, Presque Isle has the lowest risk and Bath has the highest risk.For precipitation, Presque Isle has the lowest risk and Bangor has the highest risk.For drought, Bangor has the lowest risk and Portland has the highest risk.
  • Environmental Impact of Sea-level Rise
    Breeding habitat in sand dunes, tidal marshes, and coastal wetlands, used by hundreds of species, could be destroyed. Impacts would be particularly high for some of Maine's most endangered birds like the Piping Plover, Saltmarsh Sparrow, and Roseate Tern.

By Anne Hayden

T

he question is no longer if, or even when, climate change will affect the Gulf of Maine. The question

communities, and other stakeholders to whom it is so important?

One leading scientist warned at a

recent conference that "there will be surprises."

Understanding the potential im

pact of climate change on the Gulf, from exercise. First, much of what we know about climate change is averaged over a global scale. Understanding what an average increase of 2-4 degrees C over the next 100 years, as predicted by the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC), means for the Gulf is

complicated by the fact that the polar regions are warming faster than the equator.

Furthermore, the transfer of heat

from the atmosphere to the ocean var ies considerably depending on currents, tides, and winds. In the Gulf of Maine, climate scientists believe that warming due to increasing air temperatures will cold Labrador Current water into the

Gulf as the rate of Arctic sea ice melting

increases.

The Union of Concerned Scientists

has estimated that the Gulf of Maine will warm as much as 1-2 degrees C over the next 70 years. However, much work remains to be done before models can reliably predict what a warming atmo sphere will mean for the Gulf of Maine.

Daniel Schrag, professor of Earth

and Planetary Sciences at Harvard, speaking at a symposium in Boston February 5 on climate change and the marine environment, emphasized that "No one knows exactly what is going to happen" as marine waters warm. "I want to make it clear that there will be

surprises."

Setting aside predictions of future

change, do we see any evidence of re cent warming in the Gulf, now that we know that climate change has been un derway for years, if not decades? Until Some studies have shown that the Gulf has actually been cooling over the past few years.

Heather Deese, graduate student in

physical oceanography at the University of Maine, has been analyzing tempera ture records in the Gulf for long-term trends. She is quick to point out that "any warming due to climate change over the past century has been gradu al - and very small relative to changes SPRING/SUMMER 2009

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The Semipalmated Sandpiper likes the mudats of the Bay of Fundy. The species is sensitive to changes in its foraging areas.

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Changing Course - the Lesser

Known Flooding Hazard

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UNH researchers

track tiny lobsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Taking Charge

of Solid waste in annapolis royal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Book Reviews:

The Unnatural History of the

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2009 State of the World: Into

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Editor's Notes . . . . . . .2

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . .4

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