Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Idaho National Laboratory

Ischay, Christopher P.; Fossum, Ernest L.; Buotte, Polly C.; Hicke, Jeffrey A.; Peterson, Alexander

doi:10.2172/1166046

Title: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Idaho National Laboratory

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The University of Idaho (UI) was asked to participate in the development of a climate change vulnerability assessment for Idaho National Laboratory (INL). This report describes the outcome of that assessment. The climate change happening now, due in large part to human activities, is expected to continue in the future. UI and INL used a common framework for assessing vulnerability that considers exposure (future climate change), sensitivity (system or component responses to climate), impact (exposure combined with sensitivity), and adaptive capacity (capability of INL to modify operations to minimize climate change impacts) to assess vulnerability. Analyses of climate change (exposure) revealed that warming that is ongoing at INL will continue in the coming decades, with increased warming in later decades and under scenarios of greater greenhouse gas emissions. Projections of precipitation are more uncertain, with multi model means exhibiting somewhat wetter conditions and more wet days per year. Additional impacts relevant to INL include estimates of more burned area and increased evaporation and transpiration, leading to reduced soil moisture and plant growth.

Authors:: Ischay, Christopher P.; Fossum, Ernest L.; Buotte, Polly C.; Hicke, Jeffrey A.; Peterson, Alexander

Publication Date:: Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Research Org.:: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: DOE - NE

OSTI Identifier:: 1166046

Report Number(s):: INL/EXT-14-33529

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC07-05ID14517

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES/GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE STUDIES AND CLIMATE MITIGATION; Climate Change; Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Change Resilience; Resilience; Sustainability

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                    Ischay, Christopher P., Fossum, Ernest L., Buotte, Polly C., Hicke, Jeffrey A., and Peterson, Alexander. Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Idaho National Laboratory.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Ischay, Christopher P., Fossum, Ernest L., Buotte, Polly C., Hicke, Jeffrey A., & Peterson, Alexander. Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Idaho National Laboratory.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1166046

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                    Ischay, Christopher P., Fossum, Ernest L., Buotte, Polly C., Hicke, Jeffrey A., and Peterson, Alexander. 2014.  
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  title        = {Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Idaho National Laboratory},

  author       = {Ischay, Christopher P. and Fossum, Ernest L. and Buotte, Polly C. and Hicke, Jeffrey A. and Peterson, Alexander},

  abstractNote = {The University of Idaho (UI) was asked to participate in the development of a climate change vulnerability assessment for Idaho National Laboratory (INL). This report describes the outcome of that assessment. The climate change happening now, due in large part to human activities, is expected to continue in the future. UI and INL used a common framework for assessing vulnerability that considers exposure (future climate change), sensitivity (system or component responses to climate), impact (exposure combined with sensitivity), and adaptive capacity (capability of INL to modify operations to minimize climate change impacts) to assess vulnerability. Analyses of climate change (exposure) revealed that warming that is ongoing at INL will continue in the coming decades, with increased warming in later decades and under scenarios of greater greenhouse gas emissions. Projections of precipitation are more uncertain, with multi model means exhibiting somewhat wetter conditions and more wet days per year. Additional impacts relevant to INL include estimates of more burned area and increased evaporation and transpiration, leading to reduced soil moisture and plant growth.},

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