The Climate Center
Spotlight
Participatory Forest Modeling
The forests of northern Minnesota contain many species that are at the southern most range of the boreal forest, making them vulnerable to changes in climate. Data Basin is being used to facilitate the formulation and delivery of climate science to managers and practitioners.
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Recent Blog Posts
Sharing, Interpreting and Visualizing
One of the most pervasive barriers to conservation effectiveness has always been the lack of capacity in our community for easily sharing, interpreting, and visualizing complex ecological information, and our stories have suffered for it. In subsidizing the development of Data Basin™, our primary goal was to help Wilburforce grantees share their data easily and more effectively – to provide the latest technology and help foster more of those aha! moments when maps overlay to illustrate and...
Featured Blogger
Joel Clement, Program Officer for the Conservation Science Program, is an ecologist with a background in biodiversity studies and environmental policy. Prior to coming to the Foundation, Joel was an independent consultant and contributed to research and conservation programs in Alaska, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Madagascar, and the Pacific Northwest. He has received support from the National Geographic Society for biodiversity field research in Chile and was featured in National Geographic Magazine for his field...
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Live Tweets
- A new improved and updated #NetMap tool set and a new #watershed databases is now available for download http://bit.ly/cQ0J72 #mapping #GIS — 5 days 15 hours ago
- A new post on the CBI blog- The #1 climate change signal http://cot.ag/d1MS0a by Dominique Bachelet — 2 weeks 1 day ago
- Math in English Class? #GIS Education Community Blog : Sketch-A-Map in the Classroom http://bit.ly/aXQDUK via @ESRI #map #mapping — 2 weeks 1 day ago
- Want to know where a state's #GIS Spatial Data Clearinghouse is located on the web? Check out @GISuser .com's directory http://bit.ly/bRmN0D — 4 weeks 6 days ago
About the Climate Center
The Data Basin Climate Center centralizes critical climate change-related datasets and findings. Tools are provided to visualize, analyze, and communicate about vulnerabilities, trends or predicted future scenarios at local and regional scales. The Climate Center is working to increase the resistance and resilience of biodiversity in a climate-altered future by building collective understanding of the potential biological, physical, and cultural impacts. Read more.
The Data Basin Climate Center was built in collaboration with the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE). CAKE supports individuals interested in developing the discipline of adaptation to climate change. CAKE is an online destination built by by EcoAdapt and Island Press that provide the best information and tools to those working on the ground. To help users take action, CAKE provides detailed case studies, a directory of experts, exchange forums, and links to community building tools. Read more.
Climate Content in Data Basin
Maps
- San Fransico Bay Vulnerability to Climate Change
- Canada Lynx & Snowshoe Hare Predicted Distributions in 2090
- Predicted Distribution of Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) - A2 emission scenario - 2090's
Datasets
- Pacific Northwest projected owl habitat occupancy for 2011-2040
- Large greenhouse gas emitters across Canada
- Eastern United States Climate Change Tree Atlas - Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar)
Projects
- Marten (Martes Americana) Population Dynamics and Climate Change in Northern Appalachians
- Minnesota Climate Change Impacts
- TNC Atlas of Global Conservation
People
- Lisa Graumlich, University of Arizona
- Phil Duffy, Climate Central
- Jim Catlin, Wild Utah
Groups
- Minnesota Climate Change Impacts
- Forest Conservation Scenarios
- EcoAdapt: CAKE Case Studies
The Climate Center is made possible by the generous support |
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The Climate Center has been built with the help of many people. |
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Data Basin would like to acknowledge members |
Healy Hamilton, California Academy of Sciences |
Phil Duffy, University of California, Merced |
