Climate Change: Causes, Consequences & Solutions

All regions of the United States have experienced effects of climate change, such as changes in temperature, precipitation, sea level rise, storm intensity, tree health, pest pressure, wildfires, and worker safety.

Climate change presents opportunities and threats to 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 operations and our industry, so understanding the impacts of these changes is critical. The 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Institute is leading the way by providing research-based educational resources to our employees, our customers, the green industry, and the general public.

On this page, you can find regionally-based climate change听fact sheets, an听interactive future hardiness zone map, and听 to learn about how climate change will impact your landscape and planting decisions, or your career in the arboriculture industry.

Climate Change Fact Sheets

The 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Institute has produced a series of fact sheets that听summarize the effects of climate change projected to impact our industry over the next 30-70 years.

The impacts of听the average temperature of Earth increasing are readily apparent and projected to intensify including effects on temperature, precipitation, sea level, storm intensity, tree health, pest pressure, wildfire, and worker safety.

Select your region in the US to view what changes you can expect (PDFs):

Northeast Region听(ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, PA, MD, DC, WV)
Southeast Region听(VA, KY, NC, SC, GA, FL, TN, AL, MS, AR, LA)
Midwest Region听(OH, IN, MI, IL, WI, MO, IA, MN)
Northern Great Plains听(NE, ND, SD, WY, MT)
Southern Great Plains听(TX, OK, KS)
Northwest Region听(WA, OR, ID)
Southwest Region听(CA, NV, UT, AZ, CO, NM)

Select your region in Canada to view what changes you can expect (PDFs):

Climate Science Webinar Series

Dan Herms, Vice President of Research & Development for The 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Institute,听hosted a series of webinars听outlining听the impact of climate change on arboriculture and 亚星游戏(中国区)官网's response to the changing environment.

Select your region from the list below to view the corresponding webinar recording:

听(covering Ohio to the Plains States and Colorado)

Interactive Future Plant Hardiness Zone Map

Trees in your yard are already adapted to the local climate. So as the climate changes, they find themselves in a situation they aren鈥檛 accustomed to, and this can stress them out and make them susceptible to drought, insect infestations, and disease infections.

See how your region's climate is shifting and the听impact it has on planting so you can better understand how it may affect your landscape.

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Connecting Trees As A Green Infrastructure For Climate Change Resilience

Trees are green infrastructure that contributes to climate change resilience through the important ecosystem services they provide.

For example, trees sequester and provide long-term storage of carbon, decrease stormwater runoff, conserve energy through shading and reduction in urban heat, and filter air pollutants.

Services provided by the tree care industry including tree planting, health care, and preservation are important adaptations that contribute to climate change resilience.

The magnitude and economic value of the ecosystem services generated by an individual tree, or an entire urban or natural forest, can be easily quantified using听, which is a suite of software tools developed through a collaboration of the. U.S. Forest Service, 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree, Arbor Day Foundation, and other partners.

亚星游戏(中国区)官网 in the News: Climate Change News & Updates

Get the latest news and updates on climate change:

Dan Herms, Into the Garden, Into the Garden
Dan Herms, Boston.com, Experts offer their climate change-enduring picks of native plants
Dan Herms, Boston Globe, The dirt on climate change and plants
Dan Lambe, Washington Post, How climate change could affect which trees grow near you | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Dan Herms, Associated Press, Plant a tree resilient to climate change for Arbor Day | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Dan Herms, Wall Street Journal, Transform Your Front Yard (Forever) With One Economical Move | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Dan Herms, Garden & Gun, Six Ways Southern Gardeners Can Outsmart Climate Change | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Dan Herms, WUSF Public Media, How climate change impacts trees that survive in your yard | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
The Weather Channel, Facts Are Facts: Hardiness Zones Could Change | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Dan Herms, The Courier-Gazette, 听Adapting to climate change with calculated planting of trees | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Business Wire, New Site Shows Impact Climate Change Has on Planting Trees | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Josh Fritz and Dan Herms, WCVB 5, Massachusetts tree varieties in trouble as climate warms | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Dan Herms, NJ Home magazine, Trees Will Help Our Future鈥ut Which Ones? | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Dan Herms, 8 News Now, Drought-tolerant trees could be next water-saving decision | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Vince Mikulanis, SDNews.com, Urban forest tempers heat waves | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Dan Herms, NBC LX, Climate Change Is Stalling Fall Color | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Michael Sundberg, Associated Press, Why climate change is making it harder to chase fall foliage | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Dan Herms, Green Industry Leaders Network, Trees and Climate Change | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree
Dan Herms, BobVila.com, How Longer Growing Seasons Will Affect Your Landscape | 亚星游戏(中国区)官网 Tree