Climate change science in Everglades National Park
Mitchell CL and Krueger JA. 2011. Climate change science in Everglades National Park. Park Science. 28(2):20–25
Everglades National Park has long been recognized as one of our nation’s most imperiled landscapes. A significant portion of the park’s 1.5 million acres lies below 1 m of elevation, within projections of the rise of sea level by 2100. Coupled with the century-old disruption of the area’s natural hydrology and constraints posed by adjacent urban and agricultural lands on species and habitat movement, the projected impacts from climate change are a significant challenge for both natural resource management and ecosystem restoration efforts. We have initiated, and partnered to accomplish, a wide range of monitoring, research, and simulation modeling activities to describe the current and future influence of climate change on the park. We have also implemented a resource management project designed to provide increased resilience to the Cape Sable area of the park as sea level rises over the next several decades.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Mitchell, Carol; Krueger, Jerome
- Units
- BICY , BISC , DRTO , EVER , NRSS
- Keywords
- Big Cypress Npres, Biscayne NP, climate change research, Dry Tortugas NP, everglades, Everglades NP, Monitoring, Resource Management, sea-level rise