Indiana climate assessment research featured in Climatic Change special issue

In December 2020, a special issue featuring the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment (IN CCIA) was published in the journal Climatic Change.

This special issue, which builds on more than a decade of state climate assessment research, includes 9 publications (free access links below) that provide an in-depth look at Indiana’s future climate and consequences of climate change on natural and built systems. These papers, along with two additional publications that are in the final stages of publication, serve as the scientific foundation for the IN CCIA public reports.

Congratulations to the 58 authors from 15 organizations who contributed their time and expertise to the IN CCIA special issue. Also, thank you to guest editors Jeff Dukes, Melissa Widhalm, Daniel Vimont, and Linda Prokopy for their assistance on the special issue.

Browse the articles (FREE links below):

• Introduction to the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment: Overview of the Process and Context (Widhalm & Dukes 2020)
• Impacts of Climate Change on the State of Indiana: Ensemble Future Projections Based on Statistical Downscaling (Hamlet et al. 2020)
• An Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Freshwater Habitats of Indiana USA (Höök et al. 2020)
• An Integrated Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Indiana Forests (Phillips et al. 2020)
• Projected Climate Change Impacts on Indiana’s Energy Demand and Supply (Raymond et al. 2020)
• Projecting Urban Energy Demand in Indiana for 2050 and 2080 (Wachs and Singh 2020)
• Implications of Climate Change for Managing Urban Green Infrastructure in Indiana (Reynolds et al. 2020)
• Climate Change Impacts on Human Health at an Actionable Scale: A State-Level Assessment of Indiana USA (Filippelli et al. 2020)
• Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change in Indiana and Potential Adaptations (Bowling et al. 2020) 

UPDATE 3/18/21: An additional publication has been added to the IN CCIA Special Issue

• Climate change impacts and strategies for adaptation for water resource management in Indiana (Cherkauer et al. 2021)

You can view the full issue from the Springer Nature / Climatic Change website directly at: https://link.springer.com/journal/10584/volumes-and-issues/163-4 (subscription required).