Climate Change Assessment ToolProjecting the impacts of climate change on wetlandsCEH scientists have developed a new web-based tool to help wetland managers in England and Wales project the impacts of climate change in the next 50 years. The tool was formally launched on World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2012. The tool allows the user to plug-in various details of their wetland, such as geographical location, wetland type, and subject of interest (plants, birds, archaeology etc.). Water source is one key input; currently the tools works for rainfall and river wetlands, functionality for groundwater-fed wetlands will follow shortly. The tool uses data from the UK Climate Projections programme and interactive results are presented based on 10, 000 realisations of future climate. The outputs show whether there is likely to be large, medium, or negligible impact on the wetland. The tool was developed by scientists at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and its partners (Open University, British Geological Survey, University College London, University of Exeter with sponsorship from the Wetland Vision partnership (led by Environment Agency, with Natural England, English Heritage, Wildife Trusts, RSPB, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust). Access the climate change assessment toolIn order to access the climate change tool, please accept this licence.
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