GIS Expo 2014: Recent Climate Change Data Collections

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Recent Climate Change Data Collections

Patrick GradyGIS/Data [email protected](808) 687-6175

www.piccc.net

Hawaii a center of plant endangerment and

extinction• 110 historical plant extinctions • ~300 of 1100 native plants threatened/

endangered– 37% of all endangered plant species in US

• 201 species having fewer than 50 known individuals

Source: http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/dofaw/rpc/pep-program

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Hawaiian native plant vulnerability assessment

(VA)• Goal: Evaluate the vulnerability of Main

Hawaiian Island terrestrial plant species to climate change– All Main Hawaiian Island terrestrial native

plants (~1100) are initially considered

• Iterative process– First iteration a landscape based analysis– Resulting framework potentially applied

to other species groups, other resource types

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Tetraplasandra hawaiensis ('Ohe)

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Current climate envelope‘OHE

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Future* (2100) climate envelope

*Using temperature (MAT) and precipitation projections (MAP) based on A1B emission scenario

‘OHE

Response zones‘OHE

Range shifts (2000 to 2100) and vulnerability

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‘OHE

55 species have no climate compatible area left by 2100

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Chamaesyce rockii

(Akoko)

Chamaesyce rockii (Akoko)

Landscape-based results for habitat prioritization

‘Warmer’ colored areas are where more native plant species are likely to suffer range loss

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More species

Less species

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Hawai’i Akepa

SPECIES DISTRIBUTION SHIFTSBY 2100

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SPECIES DISTRIBUTION SHIFTSBY 2100

Maui Parrotbill

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Hawai’i Akepa

SPECIES DISTRIBUTION SHIFTSBY 2100

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Vulnerability maps for James Campbell NWR

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Projected 21st century global thermal and ocean acidification impact for coral reefs

http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/climate/projections/piccc_oa_and_bleaching/index.php

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Recent Climate Change Data Collections

Patrick GradyGIS/Data [email protected](808) 687-6175

www.piccc.net