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One of the principle drivers (but not the only one) of the need for adaptation measures in coastal communities is climate change. Therefore, a solid grasp of the scientific understanding and explanation of climate change is necessary for making educated judgments about coastal adaptation. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the information most readily available to the public on this subject is of a quality that ranges from unusably oversimplified to outright bogus, although the communication skill of the media outlets or political pundits reporting the information may give it the illusion of reliability. Much of this media reporting also couches the reporting of climate change science within a political "pro versus con" narrative which is absent in the science itself, but presumably makes the story more entertaining for its readers. (Incidentally, media reports of both the "pro" and "con" variety are equally subject to the lack of reliability cited above.) The Coastal Advisory Committee hopes to be able to sort through and present some of the available content on climate change and adaptation measures which is reliable, accessible, and relevant for residents of coastal communities like Marshfield. At present, this content is just the loosely organized set of references below, but should be refined and expanded with explanatory language as time goes on.

== Web Sites ==
* [http://www.agu.org/sci_pol/positions/climate_change2008.shtml American Geophysical Union Position Statement on "Human Impacts on Climate"]
* [http://www.aip.org/history/climate/index.htm "The Discovery of Global Warming"], a history by the American Physical Society. See also the [http://www.aps.org/policy/statements/07_1.cfm AIP positon statement] on climate change.
* [http://climatechange.umaine.edu/ University of Maine Climate Change Institute]
**[http://climatechange.umaine.edu/graduate/igert Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change IGERT Program], also http://a2c2igert.umaine.edu/
** [http://a2c2igert.umaine.edu/people/ A2C2 people]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPtW9jXiMmE Mo Correll]'s work on abrupt climate change in Atlantic tidal marshes.
* [http://cci-reanalyzer.org/Reanalyzer/index_tseries.php The Climate Reanalyzer] Run your own maps and visualizations!
* The [http://climatechangenationalforum.org/about-the-national-forum/ Clilmate Change National Forum], a "new journalistic endeavor" which "will be to provide a public forum wherein scientists can discuss the latest research on climate change and share and debate ideas on aspects of climate change especially relevant to policymaking."
*[http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php Global Warming and Climate Change Myths]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas Younger Dryas] (Wikipedia), a commonly cited example of "abrupt climate change", in contrast to "gradual climate change", such as the long slow warming trend since the end of the last glacial maximum 20,000 years ago. The Younger Dryas event lasted about 1300 years (12.8--11.5 thousand years ago) and mostly affected high northern latitudes. It was a temporary return to glacial conditions. It is remarkable in that the transition from interglacial to glacial conditions appears to have occurred over less than 10 years.
* [http://www.coastalengineering.org/ www.coastalengineering.org] Coastal Engineering Resources link page
* [http://www.whoi.edu/main/topic/changing-shorelines-erosion WHOI Changing Shorelines & Erosion]

== Research Articles ==
*[http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/nclimate1944.pdf Coastal habitats shield people and property from sea-level rise and storms], Nature Climate Change Letters 14 July 2013 (paid access), 7 pages. Plus [http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/extref/nclimate1944-s1.pdf supplementary information], 45 pages. Also, [http://www.naturalcapitalproject.org/news.html media coverage].
*[http://globalchange.mit.edu/research/publications/2412 Protection of Coastal Infrastructure under Rising Flood Risk], Joint Program Report Series, 2013, 23 pages.

== Books ==
* [http://hightideonmainstreet.com/ High Tide on Main Street], by John Englander, 2nd Ed, 2013,

== News and other Press ==
*[http://www.wickedlocal.com/marshfield/news/x407168080/Marshfield-receives-1-25-million-seawall-grant?zc_p=1 Marshfield receives $1.25 million seawall grant] Marshfield Mariner, 14 January 2014
*[http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/08/19/coastal-areas-told-prepare-for-rising-seas/8PnIENBQski5W88fElLQ8O/story.html Sandy task force says spend now for future storms] Boston Globe, 20 August 2013.
*[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/07/22/130722fa_fact_seabrook The Beach Builders: Can the Jersey Shore be saved?] The New Yorker, 22 July 2013.
*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/06/26/state-state-reports-president-obamas-plan-cut-carbon-pollution-and-prepare-consequen White House 2013 clean energy bill promotional materials] and [http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/climate-action-plan extended climate/energy infographic]. It speaks more about the prevention side of climate change than the adaptation side, but there are some interesting notes on adaptation, too. It's not a lot of detail in terms of being useful for policy advising, but it could be useful in our public education efforts. Note the state-specific links at the end. The Massachusetts report is only 2 pages.
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/maine-lobsters-climate-change_n_3535773.html Maine Lobsters Threatened By Climate Change, Says New Campaign ] Huffington Post (AP) 2 July 2013.
* [http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2013/04/27/environmental-concerns-not-taste-should-govern-movement-chappaquiddick-home/DszV0AgbAbPdiB1YE0HSxO/story.html Chappaquiddick mansion: Man vs. sea vs. neighbors] Boston Globe 28 April 2013.
* [http://www.wbur.org/2013/03/22/plum-island-beach-armoring Plum Island Homeowners Ignore State Regulations, Shore Up Homes] WBUR 22 March 2013.
* [http://www.pacificlegal.org/PLF-client-Vicki-Luhrs-wins-the-right-to-save-her-home-from-erosion ''Luhrs v. Whatcom County''] (March 2011) Press release from the Pacific Legal Foundation regarding a 2011 Washington State legal case where an individual homeowner successfully fought for the legal ability to build a stone revetment to secure the eroding coastal bluff at property edge, against the wishes of the county permitting bodies. Legal argument based on Washington State Constitution and statute.

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−	One of the principle drivers (but not the only one) of the need for adaptation measures in coastal communities is climate change. Therefore, a solid grasp of the scientific understanding and explanation of climate change is necessary for making educated judgments about coastal adaptation. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the information most readily available to the public on this subject is of a quality that ranges from unusably oversimplified to outright bogus, although the communication skill of the media outlets or political pundits reporting the information may give it the illusion of reliability. Much of this media reporting also couches the reporting of climate change science within a political "pro versus con" narrative which is absent in the science itself, but presumably makes the story more entertaining for its readers. (Incidentally, media reports of both the "pro" and "con" variety are equally subject to the lack of reliability cited above.) The Coastal Advisory Committee hopes to be able to sort through and present some of the available content on climate change and adaptation measures which is reliable, accessible, and relevant for residents of coastal communities like Marshfield. At present, this content is just the loosely organized set of references below, but should be refined and expanded with explanatory language as time goes on.	+	One of the principle drivers (but not the only one) of the need for adaptation measures in coastal communities is climate change. Therefore, a solid grasp of the scientific understanding and explanation of climate change is necessary for making educated judgments about coastal adaptation.
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		+	Unfortunately, the vast majority of the information most readily available to the public on this subject is of a quality that ranges from unusably oversimplified to outright bogus, although the communication skill of the media outlets or political pundits reporting the information may give it the illusion of reliability. Much of this media reporting also couches the reporting of climate change science within a political "pro versus con" narrative which is absent in the science itself, but presumably makes the story more entertaining for its readers. (Incidentally, media reports of both the "pro" and "con" variety are equally subject to the lack of reliability cited above.) The Coastal Advisory Committee hopes to be able to sort through and present some of the available content on climate change and adaptation measures which is reliable, accessible, and relevant for residents of coastal communities like Marshfield.
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 == News and other Press ==
-*[http://www.wickedlocal.com/marshfield/news/x407168080/Marshfield-receives-1-25-million-seawall-grant?zc_p=1 Marshfield receives $1.25 million seawall grant]  Marshfield Mariner, 14 January 2014
+*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/06/26/state-state-reports-president-obamas-plan-cut-carbon-pollution-and-prepare-consequen White House 2013 clean energy bill promotional materials] and [http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/climate-action-plan extended climate/energy infographic]. It speaks more about the prevention side of climate change than the adaptation side, but there are some interesting notes on adaptation, too. It's not a lot of detail in terms of being useful for policy advising, but it could be useful in public education efforts. Note the state-specific links at the end. The Massachusetts report is only 2 pages.
-*[http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/08/19/coastal-areas-told-prepare-for-rising-seas/8PnIENBQski5W88fElLQ8O/story.html Sandy task force says spend now for future storms] Boston Globe, 20 August 2013.
-*[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/07/22/130722fa_fact_seabrook The Beach Builders: Can the Jersey Shore be saved?] The New Yorker, 22 July 2013.
-*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/06/26/state-state-reports-president-obamas-plan-cut-carbon-pollution-and-prepare-consequen White House 2013 clean energy bill promotional materials] and [http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/climate-action-plan extended climate/energy infographic]. It speaks more about the prevention side of climate change than the adaptation side, but there are some interesting notes on adaptation, too. It's not a lot of detail in terms of being useful for policy advising, but it could be useful in our public education efforts. Note the state-specific links at the end. The Massachusetts report is only 2 pages.
 * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/maine-lobsters-climate-change_n_3535773.html Maine Lobsters Threatened By Climate Change, Says New Campaign ] Huffington Post (AP) 2 July 2013.