Summary: This guidebook shows how Great Lakes counties and municipalities can use science-based information to address coastal hazards and incorporate concerns for climate change in local planning efforts.

Summary: Coastal managers considering shore protection projects can work with civil engineers to model and measure the potential costs and benefits of protecting existing infrastructure against erosion. Using Beach-fx to generate a realistic model requires substantial data development and analysis. Training is typically required.

Hot on the heels of a new record set in May, average global temperature also reached a record high in June 2014.

Summary: Analysts can produce maps showing the location and value of ecosystem services to inform land use decisions. The downloadable tool set requires a desktop GIS.

Summary: View threats from sea level rise and storm surge for any coastal town or city in the contiguous United States. The site's Risk Finder interface offers additional analyses for selected states.

Summary: Examine detailed maps of New York City to see areas impacted by flooding from Superstorm Sandy and areas likely to be inundated by four different sea level rise scenarios.

Summary: Find estimated rates of sea level change for any location along the U.S. ocean coast. For locations without tide gauges, click the NOAA tide gage closest to the location of interest.

Summary: This open-source downloadable model uses digital elevation data and other information to simulate potential impacts of long-term sea level rise on wetlands and shorelines.

Funding Opportunities. * Home . Many strategies for building climate resilience come with a price tag. Increasingly, funding for local projects must draw on a range of public and pr ...

Contact Contact * Home . If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions about the U. S. Climate Resilience Toolkit, please send them to noaa. toolkit@noaa. ov. ...