The Climate Ahead:

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The Climate Ahead Global Changes, Local
Impacts Dr. Kristy Dahl Rutgers
University kdahl_at_envsci.rutgers.edu
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Global Temperature Change
NASA/GISS http//data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/
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IPCC, 2007
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Global and NJ Temperatures
New Jersey State Climatologist http//climate.rutg
ers.edu/stateclim/
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Future GHG emissions
IPCC, 2001
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Future Warming
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Northeast warming
Union of Concerned Scientists, NE Climate Impacts
Report, 2006
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Days over 100F
Days over 90F
Union of Concerned Scientists, NE Climate Impacts
Report, 2006
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Migrating states
Union of Concerned Scientists, NE Climate Impacts
Report, 2006
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• Beyond Warming

Photos by Norb Psuty, Kevin Margitich
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Increase Heavy Rains
Union of Concerned Scientists, NE Climate Impacts
Report, 2006
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NJ Sea Level Rise
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Global Sea Level Rise
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R. Lathrop
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Winter and Summer Storms
Ash Wednesday Storm, March 1962
Hurricane Floyd, September 1999
Photos by Harvey Cedars and John Hasse
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Najjar et al., 2000
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Monmouth County from 1986-1995
7 Wetland Loss
16 Farmland Loss
12 Urban Growth
5 Forest Loss
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Monmouth Co. Planning

• Limit shoreline development
• Preserve open space and forests
• Preserve wetlands and other natural forms of
  protection
• Limit development in floodplains

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Be part of the solution

• Reduce your personal energy use
• Heating/Cooling
• Lighting
• Driving
• Consumption
• Promote sustainability in your town
• Support state, regional, and federal (?) efforts
  to limit greenhouse gas emissions