EFETAC researchers work with other scientists nationally as well as with a variety of Federal, State, and local government agencies, universities, and non-governmental partners to address forest threats. Select a title below to learn more about EFETAC's current projects and collaborations related to climate change.

Assessing forest tree risk of extinction and genetic degradation from climate change

Assessment of disturbance impacts on U.S. forest carbon sequestration

Climate Change Resource Center

Climate, population, and vegetation cover change impacts on water supply and demand, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity across the conterminous U.S.

Coupling the effects of management and climate on carbon and water fluxes in the forests of the eastern U.S. and the Peoples Republic of China

Effects of nitrogen deposition on high elevation spruce-fir and deciduous forests across the northern U.S.

Effects of urban climate on land surface phenology

Forest tree genetic risk assessment system: a tool for conservation decision-making in changing times

Influence of nitrogen deposition on Southern Appalachian deciduous forests

International collaboration research with China: the U.S.-China Carbon Consortium

Linking landscape-scale carbon monitoring with forest management

Nitrogen deposition and water stress: predisposing factors to southern pine beetle infestation and subsequent mortality of red spruce species, Mount Mitchell, NC

Nitrogen fertilization impacts on high elevation spruce forests, Mount Ascutney, VT

Ozone monitoring and environmental effects analysis

Remote Assessment of Forest Ecosystem Stress (RAFES): Development of a real time decision support system for the eastern U.S.

Systematic assessment of coarse scale, national level and fine scale, special interest area critical load assessments 

Template for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Management Options (TACCIMO)

Above right: Mountain stream - Photo by Rod Kindlund, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station 

Above left: Spruce decline - Photo by Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org