Saturday, August 13, 2016

Ecosystems in the southeastern US are vulnerable to climate change

Gum Swamp, a karst-depression wetland in Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee. (Credit: Alan Cressler, USGS) Click to Enlarge.
At least several southeastern US ecosystems are highly vulnerable to the impacts of present and future climate change, according to two new reports.   At-risk ecosystems occur in states ranging from Texas to Florida, Virginia to Georgia as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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