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Using Demonstration Storms to Prepare for Extreme Rainfall
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An extreme precipitation event in 2008 cost one town more than a million dollars in infrastructure repairs. Now, other municipalities can simulate how their homes, businesses, and facilities might fare if they experienced a similar event.

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Science
Material Type:
Case Study
Provider:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provider Set:
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Date Added:
08/29/2016
Watching for Wind: An Effort to Get the Upper Hand on Wildfire
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Climate scientists project that future climate conditions will result in increased risk of wildfire across much of the Southwest. Although fires are a natural part of Southern California landscapes, efforts by SDG&E and their partners may help minimize the impacts of future fires.

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Science
Material Type:
Case Study
Provider:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provider Set:
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Date Added:
08/29/2016
WaterLife: Where the River Meets the Sea
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This game occurs inside the ecosystem of an estuary on the west coast of the United States. Following a young girl named Valerie, players interact with Oscar the sea otter, and the fictional Claminator, a geoduck clam. To succeed, players must learn about the factors that produce healthy estuaries, food webs, and why estuaries are essential to both ocean life and to humans.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Interactive
Provider:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Author:
NOAA
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Water Recycling in Clayton County, Georgia
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Just south of Atlanta’s busy Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Clayton County seems like an obvious place for metropolitan growth. But more homes and businesses mean a higher demand on the county’s limited water supplies.

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Science
Material Type:
Case Study
Provider:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provider Set:
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Date Added:
08/09/2016
Waterfront Restaurant Rebuilds to Remain Open Through Future Storms
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Property owners in New Jersey can check their vulnerability to sea level rise and storm surge using an interactive mapping tool—the NJ Flood Mapper. Here's how one restaurant owner used results from the tool in his long-term planning.

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Science
Material Type:
Case Study
Provider:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provider Set:
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Date Added:
08/09/2016
Where's the Point?
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Students explore causes, impacts, and solutions to contaminated runoff. Students will also construct a three-dimensional model of an actual watershed, and use the model to provide information on contaminated runoff to a specific target audience.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Date Added:
06/24/2019
Who Has the Data?
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Students will access data on selected coral reefs and manipulate these data to characterize these reefs and explain the need for baseline data in coral reef monitoring programs. They will then be able to identify and explain five ways that coral reefs benefit human beings and three major threats to coral reefs.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Date Added:
06/24/2019
Wind-Resistant Construction Key to Rebuilding for Resilience
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After most of the city was flattened by a tornado, Joplin, Missouri’s Mercy Hospital built a new facility, incorporating features to reinforce its resistance to wind.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Case Study
Provider:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provider Set:
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Date Added:
08/29/2016
Working Together to Keep the Lights on in New York City
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In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Con Edison examined the future vulnerability of electrical infrastructure. Based on the results, they took action to increase their resilience.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Case Study
Provider:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provider Set:
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Date Added:
08/29/2016
Yukon Delta Villages Document Baseline Environmental Data
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Students and community residents of four remote Alaskan villages measure environmental data to identify their climate vulnerabilities.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Case Study
Provider:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provider Set:
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Date Added:
08/29/2016