Climate change effects on biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and natural resource management in the United States

SR Weiskopf, MA Rubenstein, LG Crozier… - Science of the Total …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Climate change is a pervasive and growing global threat to biodiversity and ecosystems.
Here, we present the most up-to-date assessment of climate change impacts on biodiversity …

Climate impacts on the Gulf of Maine ecosystem: a review of observed and expected changes in 2050 from rising temperatures

AJ Pershing, MA Alexander, DC Brady… - Elem Sci …, 2021‏ - online.ucpress.edu
The Gulf of Maine has recently experienced its warmest 5-year period (2015–2020) in the
instrumental record. This warming was associated with a decline in the signature subarctic …

Projected sea surface temperatures over the 21st century: Changes in the mean, variability and extremes for large marine ecosystem regions of Northern Oceans

MA Alexander, JD Scott, KD Friedland, KE Mills… - Elem Sci …, 2018‏ - online.ucpress.edu
Global climate models were used to assess changes in the mean, variability and extreme
sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in northern oceans with a focus on large marine …

Rapid climate-driven circulation changes threaten conservation of endangered North Atlantic right whales

NR Record, JA Runge, DE Pendleton, WM Balch… - Oceanography, 2019‏ - JSTOR
As climate trends accelerate, ecosystems will be pushed rapidly into new states, reducing
the potential efficacy of conservation strategies based on historical patterns. In the Gulf of …

New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 02: New York State's Changing Climate

C Lamie, D Bader, K Graziano, R Horton, K John… - 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many fundamental aspects of New York State's climate have already begun to change, and
the changes are projected to continue—and in some cases, accelerate—throughout the 21st …

It's about time: A synthesis of changing phenology in the Gulf of Maine ecosystem

MD Staudinger, KE Mills, K Stamieszkin… - Fisheries …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The timing of recurring biological and seasonal environmental events is changing on a
global scale relative to temperature and other climate drivers. This study considers the Gulf …

Evidence for adaptation from the 2016 marine heatwave in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

AJ Pershing, KE Mills, AM Dayton, BS Franklin… - Oceanography, 2018‏ - JSTOR
Extreme environmental events are often catalysts for adaptive changes. Like many such
events, the 2012 marine heatwave in the Gulf of Maine revealed unexpected connections …

Trends and change points in surface and bottom thermal environments of the US Northeast Continental Shelf Ecosystem

KD Friedland, RE Morse, JP Manning… - Fisheries …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Temperature is an important factor in defining the habitats of marine resource species. While
satellite sensors operationally measure ocean surface temperatures, we depend on in situ …

Decadal‐scale phenology and seasonal climate drivers of migratory baleen whales in a rapidly warming marine ecosystem

DE Pendleton, MW Tingley, LC Ganley… - Global change …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Species' response to rapid climate change can be measured through shifts in timing of
recurring biological events, known as phenology. The Gulf of Maine is one of the most …

Multispecies population-scale emergence of climate change signals in an ocean warming hotspot

KE Mills, A Kemberling, LA Kerr… - ICES Journal of …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Ocean waters of the Northeast US continental shelf have warmed rapidly in recent years,
with sea surface temperatures rising 2.5 times faster than those of the global oceans. With …