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Creator:: Dalton, Meghan M., Fleishman, Erica, and Oregon Climate Change Research Institute
Abstract:: Consistent with its charge under Oregon House Bill 3543, the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute (OCCRI) conducts a biennial assessment of the state of climate change science, including biological, physical, and social science, as it relates to Oregon and the likely effects of climate change on Oregon. This fifth Oregon...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: -related precipitation across Oregon and other parts of the west coast is an active area of research

Creator:: Fouzia, Sultana Z.
Abstract:: The ongoing climate change has impacted the lives and livelihoods of people. A climate-related disaster acts as an exogenous shock to the economy that can have lingering effects over a larger region even if all the locations are not directly affected. Climate-related disasters do not follow the administrative boundaries. So,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: differently. For example, droughts usually have a slow onset and can persist for a stretch of years under an

Creator:: Dye, Alex W., Kim, John B., McEvoy, Andrew, Fang, Fang, and Riley, Karin L.
Abstract:: Wildfire is an annual threat for many rural communities in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. In some severe events, evacuation is one potential course of action to gain safety from an advancing wildfire. Since most evacuations occur in a personal vehicle along the surrounding road network, the...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Springer Nature B.V. part of Springer Nature 2021 Abstract Wildfire is an annual threat for many rural

Creator:: Goldfinger, Chris
Abstract:: Lake Merced results have established the lake as a viable paleoseismic site on the northern San Francisco peninsula. The lake records ~ 2300 years of event beds, 17 in total. Prior to that the lake was open to the ocean and contains marine shells consistent with an estuarine environment. The...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , the western side of which is now an inverted basin which accumulated Merced and Colma formation

Creator:: Hale, Abigail E.
Abstract:: Survival of ecological systems pivot on critical moments. In the arid John Day Basin of Eastern Oregon, extensive restoration of the stream and floodplain focused on supporting salmon has been ongoing for the past 20 years, but recurring short periods of extreme temperature increase and low flows result in mortality...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Abigail Hale for the degree

Creator:: Kral, George L.
Abstract:: The climate of the Pacific Northwest is in flux, and existing forest ecosystems are stressed and poised to shift in fundamental ways, with or without human intervention. This dissertation probes the nature of forest responses to environmental change through investigations of morphology and genetics of three species of alder co-occurring...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: species of alder co-occurring in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to

Creator:: Mathews, Nicolas
Abstract:: Shallow landslides are destructive natural hazards that result in widespread losses, both of infrastructure and lives, throughout the world. To help mitigate the impact of landslide hazards, they are commonly characterized across a regional scale by (1) their location and likelihood using susceptibility maps, (2) their magnitude and frequency using...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Nicolas Mathews for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

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