The following are strategies related to ecosystems and ecosystem services that are included in the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center's 2023-2026 Science Agenda.
- 1.8. Identify, design, and evaluate management interventions to maintain ecological integrity and ecosystem services under future precipitation patterns.
- 1.6. Evaluate and quantify the potential of natural lands to moderate the effects of extreme rainfall, protect natural resources, and provide co-benefits to society.
- 3.5. Assess changes to aquatic connectivity and the subsequent effects on wetland/aquatic ecosystems.
- 4.1. Determine changes in the composition, structure, disturbance regimes, ecological function, and distribution of forests.
- 4.2. Determine changes in the composition, structure, disturbance regimes, ecological function, and distribution of grasslands.
Read the full Science Agenda.