Chapter 20 : U.S. Caribbean

Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II

https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/20/

DOI : 10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH20

Coordinating Lead Author

• William A. Gould
  • U.S. Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry

Lead Author

• Ernesto L. Díaz
  • Government of Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Coastal Zone Management Program

Authors

• Nora Álvarez-Berríos
  • U.S. Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry
• Felix Aponte-González
  • Aponte, Aponte & Asociados LLC.
• Wayne Archibald
  • Archibald Energy Group
• Jared H. Bowden
  • North Carolina State University Department of Applied Ecology
• Lisamarie Carrubba
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office of Protected Resources
• Wanda Crespo
  • Estudios Técnicos, Inc. ETI
• Stephen J. Fain
  • U.S. Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry
• Grizelle Gonzalez
  • U.S. Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry
• Annmarie Goulbourne
  • Environmental Solutions Limited
• Eric W. Harmsen
  • University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Department of Agricultural Engineering and Biosystems
• Azad Henareh Khalyani
  • Colorado State University Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory NREL
• Eva Holupchinski
  • U.S. Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry
• James P. Kossin
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Amanda J. Leinberger
  • The University of Arizona Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions
• Vanessa I. Marrero-Santiago
  • Government of Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Coastal Zone Management Program
• Odalys Martínez-Sánchez
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service
• Kathleen McGinley
  • U.S. Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry
• Melissa Meléndez Oyola
  • University of New Hampshire
• Pablo Méndez-Lázaro
  • University of Puerto Rico
• Julio M. Morell
  • University of Puerto Rico
• Isabel K. Parés-Ramos
  • U.S. Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry
• Roger S. Pulwarty
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory
• William V. Sweet
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service
• Adam Terando
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
• Sigfredo Torres-González
  • U.S. Geological Survey

Contributors

• Mariano Argüelles Ramos
  • Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture
• Gabriela Bernal-Vega
  • University of Puerto Rico
• Roberto Moyano
  • Estudios Técnicos, Inc. ETI
• Pedro Nieves
  • U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources Coastal Zone Management Division
• Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry
  • University of Puerto Rico
• Dominique David-Chavez
  • Colorado State University
• Rey Rodríguez Nieves
  • Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture

Editor

• Jess Zimmerman
  • University of Puerto Rico

Coordinators

• Allyza Lustig
  • U.S. Global Change Research Program USGCRP
  • ICF
• Apurva Dave
  • U.S. Global Change Research Program USGCRP
  • ICF
• Christopher W. Avery
  • U.S. Global Change Research Program USGCRP
  • ICF

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