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National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
Institute of Medicine
National Research Council
Impacts in the Pacific Coastline
Shifting Ranges of Checkerspot Butterflies
• Edith’s checkerspot: range has shifted northward and to higher
elevations over 40+ years
• Quino checkerspot: first endangered species for which climate
change is officially listed as a threat and as a factor in the plan for its
recovery
Image courtesy of Dr. Gordon Pratt, www.quinocheckerspot.com.
National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
Institute of Medicine
National Research Council
Impacts in the Pacific Coastline
Changes in the Water
• Shift in species ranges: many
species moving northward
• Mysterious dead zones along
Washington and Oregon coastline:
cause undetermined but potential
links to climate change
Scientists retrieve a water sample for
research on a recurring “dead zone” off
the coasts of Washington and Oregon.
Image courtesy of Oregon State University.
National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
Institute of Medicine
National Research Council
Impacts in the Pacific Coastline
California Wine Industry: Unwelcome Changes?
• Climate change affects managed ecosystems like vineyards and
farms just as it affects natural ecosystems
• Future warming unlikely to help wine growers in California’s
premium wine regions: some areas projected to become “marginal”
by 2100