CEMML’s Climate Adaptation Program (CEMML CAP) engages expertise from a range of CEMML and CSU scientists including ecologists, cultural resource managers, hydrologist, wildlife biologists, and social-ecological systems experts, providing a full range of climate-related services. CEMML CAP has conducted vulnerability assessments based on installation-specific climate projections for over 120 Department of Defense sites around the world. The program has provided subject matter expertise to these assessments into installation natural and cultural resource management planning.
Climate Adaptation Services
Climate Literacy Training
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Training and support to build installation and enterprise capacity to use climate science and adaptation principles for natural resource management.
Regionally Specific Projections for Installations
- Collection and interpretation of climate change data.
- Qualitative assessment of climate change impacts to the military mission.
- Baseline mapping, vulnerability assessments, and adaptive capacity assessments for installation ecosystems.
- Sea-level rise and storm surge modeling of impacts to installation infrastructure and assets.
DOD Installation-Level Climate Assessments
- Develop of materials and plans that meet DoD requirements to incorporate climate considerations in natural resource management, mission planning, and infrastructure development.
- Creation and revision of management goals, objectives, and projects to address climate change.
- Hydrological and wildland fire risk assessment and modeling that account for effects of climate change.
- Development of applied research to fill knowledge gaps that address mission readiness.
Data and Visualization Services
- Decision support tools and methods for analyzing and visualizing climate change scenarios.
- Expertise in developing policy and planning that incorporates changing climate and uncertainty.
- Development of DoD-compliant tools to analyze climate data and other associated data for management needs.
Email Climate Change Adaptation inquiries to cemml@colostate.edu
Latest CEMML Stories
One of North America’s rarest snakes gets a boost from military conservation efforts
CEMML biologists at Fort Johnson, located in west-central Louisiana, are working to change the negative perception that people have about snakes. Education and outreach to both soldiers and the broader community is a key effort in helping to ensure the survival of one of North America’s rarest snake species, the Louisiana pinesnake.
CEMML biologist’s “cool job” featured in regional magazine
In June, CEMML biologist Chris Melder was featured in Thrive Magazine. The “cool jobs” article highlighted Melder’s work involving the conservation of endangered species including the Red-cockaded Woodpecker and the Louisiana Pine Snake. Based at Fort Johnson (formerly Fort Polk) in west-central Louisiana, part of Melder’s role entails education and outreach in the community, including local schools.
On a Hawaiian military base, CEMML staffers help residents safeguard water quality
Teaching local residents and children how to take care of their Oʻahu home is the specialty of CEMML’s Angie Arroyo and Kristy Morris. As water programs support staff, they help Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, an Air Force and Navy base, implement its stormwater program. As part of their role, they provide educational programs at local libraries and schools and work with adult volunteer groups.
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