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Informing Decisions in a Changing ClimateNational Research Council (2009)The end of “Climate Stationarity” requires thatorganizations and individuals alter their standardpractices and decision routines to take climatechange into account. Scientific priorities andpractices need to change so that the scientificcommunity can provide better support todecision makers in managing emerging climaterisks.• Decision makers must expect to be surprisedbecause of the nature of climate change andthe incompleteness of scientificunderstanding of its consequences.• An uncertainty management frameworkshould be used because of the inadequaciesof predictive capability.
Sea-level rise impacts: A multivariate problem withuncertainties everywhereDrivingForcesGroundwaterImpactWetland LossHabitat LossAdaptationPlanningResponseClimate Change&Sea LevelRisePhysical& BiologicalProcessesCoastal ErosionPotentialImpactsManagementDecisionsInitialConditionsInundationSafety
Page 3 and 4: We need better science* to prepare
Page 5 and 6: Sea-level rise rates since the Last
Page 7 and 8: Historic and Projected Sea-level Ri
Page 9 and 10: Issue: Global variability in SLRLos
Page 11 and 12: Importance of Spatial Scale
Page 13 and 14: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-level
Page 15 and 16: Coastal Elevation Data• Elevation
Page 17 and 18: Eastern North Carolina0 15 30 60 90
Page 19 and 20: But… the coast is not like a bath
Page 21 and 22: Coastal Wetlands RespondDynamically
Page 23: Science strategy to address the cha
Page 27 and 28: Mapping Prediction UncertaintyHighe

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