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A new section of GlobalChange.gov features indicators that visually communicate some of the key aspects and effects of climate change. Users can provide feedback to help shape a broader indicators system that will inform the next National Climate Assessment.

A sea butterfly shell slowly dissolves over 45 days in seawater with increased acidity

The U.S. Strategic Plan for Federal Research and Monitoring of Ocean Acidification, released on March 27th, will guide research and monitoring investments to improve understanding of ocean acidification, its potential impacts on marine species and ecosystems, and adaptation and mitigation strategies.

According to a new U.S. Geological Survey report, San Francisco Bay - which has already lost the majority of its marsh habitat since the 19th Century - could lose even more marshes by the year 2100, due to sea level rise.

In its 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook issued today, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting an active or extremely active season this year.

In cooperation with state, tribal, and federal agency partners, the Obama Administration today released the first nationwide strategy to help public and private decision makers prepare for and reduce the current and future impacts of climate change on species, habitats, ecosystems, and the people and economies that depend on them.

A new sea level rise scenarios report was released today by NOAA's Climate Program Office in collaboration with twelve contributing authors from ten different federal and academic science institutions.

Rates of sea level rise are increasing three-to-four times faster along portions of the U.S. Atlantic Coast than globally, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report published in Nature Climate Change.

A new study co-authored by USGS scientists has used genomics to show that a distinct decline in horseshoe crab numbers has occurred that parallels climate change associated with the end of the last Ice Age.

TheU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), collaborated on this report that discusses the impacts of sea-level rise on the physical characteristics of the coast,on coastal communities, and the habitats that depend on them.

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New on GlobalChange.gov: Climate Change Indicators

U.S. Ocean Acidification Research Plan Released

San Francisco Bay Area Could Lose Marshes to Sea-Level Rise

NOAA Predicts Active 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season

National Strategy Will Help Safeguard Fish, Wildlife and Plants in a Changing Climate

Global Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States National Climate Assessment

Sea Level Rise Accelerating in U.S. Atlantic Coast

USGS Finds Horsehoe Crabs in Decline

Report on Sea-Level Rise