The Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment (GCVA) Steering Committee held a series of webinars for project team members from Jan. 17th to Feb. 27th. The purpose of these webinars was to share information about several ongoing projects that support the goal of the GCVA to provide a better understanding of the effects of climate change, sea level rise, and land use change on Gulf Coast ecosystems and their species. Below is information about the presentations given during each webinar and a link to the recording. I hope that you will find this information useful. Please feel free to contact me with any questions (Laurie.Rounds@noaa.gov).
Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment Webinar Series
January 17, 2013: Decision Support Tools for Adaptation Planning
The Nature Conservancy Resiliency Project
Jorge Brenner, Associate Director of Marine Science, The Nature Conservancy
January 23, 2013: Scenario Planning and Available Downscaled Climate Projections
Using “Alternative Futures” to assist Landscape Conservation Planning in Florida including urbanization and Sea Level Rise as Drivers
Steve Traxler, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Continental-scale statistically and dynamically downscaled climate projections
Adam Terando, USGS Southeast Climate Science Center
February 6, 2013: Understanding the Impacts of Changing Conditions
Identifying ‘future’ conservation land on the Texas Gulf Coast
Kris Metzger, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Gulf of Mexico Alliance Sea Level Rise Studies for Coastal Marshes
James Pahl, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
February 13, 2013: Sensitivity of Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change
Assessing Climate Sensitivity &Vulnerability in National Estuarine Research Reserves
Kiersten Madden, Mission-Aransas NERR
Winter Climate Change and Coastal Wetland Foundation Species: Saltmarshes vs Mangroves
Mike Osland, USGS
February 27, 2013: Modeling Changes in Coastal Ecosystems due to Sea Level Rise and Climate Change
Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise Project and Gulf of Mexico Sentinel Site Cooperative
David Kidwell, NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research
Refuge System Landscape Vision
Steve Sesnie, US Fish and Wildlife Service