California is doubling down on efforts to achieve carbon
neutrality and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. While the
impacts vary in different regions of California, every area of the state is
already experiencing climate change impacts. The best available science tells
us that impacts will continue into the future and will include increases in
annual temperatures, changes to precipitation patterns such as longer and more
intense droughts, increases in wildfire areas and severity, sea level rise,
ocean warming, and the spread of invasive species.
The Climate Explorer contains interactive viewers allowing
users to explore predicted changes in temperature and precipitation, sea level
rise and storm severity, and opportunities to implement nature-based solutions,
which are actions that work with and enhance nature to help address societal
challenges on California’s landscapes.
The temperature and precipitation viewer provides access to
a subset of the data developed for the 4th California Climate
Assessment and made available through Cal-Adapt.
The Sea Level Rise viewer includes data from the U.S.
Geological Survey’s Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS), with more variables
available for exploration at Our Coast, Our Future.
