changing parks in a changing climate
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Changing Parksin a Changing Climate
by Andrew J Gertge
me
changing parks
temperatureprecipitation patterns
sea levels
WHAT’S CHANGING?WHAT’S CHANGING?
Changes in surface temperature 1970-2004 IPCC 2007
Alaska- Coastal Erosion
Cape Krusenstern
Alaska- Glacier Retreat
Carroll Glacier, Glacier Bay NP&P
1906
2003
<13% in last 52 years
Alaska- Glacier Retreat
Alaska- Pests
Alaska – Wildfires
2007 Anaktuvuk Fire. BLM photo from ADN.com
Alaska – Wildfires
Alaska – Melting Permafrost
Alaska – Melting Permafrost
Methane bubbles trapped in ice
Alaska – Melting Permafrost
Alaska – Changing Habitat
Alaska – Changing Habitat
Alaska – Changing Habitat
Alaska – Changing Habitat
Alaska – Changing Habitat
Alaska – Resource / Recreation
“Climate change is potentially the most far-
reaching and consequential challenge
to our mission”-Jonathan B. Jarvis
Regional Director-Pacific West Region
national park mission
“to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such
means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future
generations.”-NPS Organic Act 1916
climate change science
1750
1827
1850
1896
1958
1978
1985
Anthropogenic
Contribution
1988
2007
video
park strategy
PARK STRATEGY PARK STRATEGY
2 Communicate Knowledge1 Inventories, monitoring and research
3 Environmentally Sustainable Operations4 Adapt to changes
Staying true to the current NPS mission may be impossible!may be impossible!
Goal 1: inventories, monitoring and research
Goal 2: Communicate Knowledge
Goal 3: Environmentally Sustainable Operations
Assisted migration? Or Extinction?Goal 4: Adapt to Changes
New gene pool?Goal 4: Adapt to Changes
Visitation limits?Goal 4: Adapt to Changes
Changing Parksin a Changing Climate
by Andrew J Gertge
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