Journal "Climatic Change" Reports on California's Ecosystem Services

Two new papers describing the effects of climate change on California's ecosystem services are now available through the journal "Climatic Change".

The paper "Estimating the potential economic impacts of climate change on Southern California beaches" examines the physical and economic effects of permanent beach loss due to sea level rise. Through the use of a random utility model the research simulates the effects of beach loss on attendance patterns for 51 public beaches, beach related expenditures, and the non-market value of going to those beaches.

The paper "The impact of climate change on California’s ecosystem services" examines the impact of climate change on the terrestrial distribution and  subsequent production and value of two key ecosystem services in California: (1) carbon sequestration and (2) natural (i.e. non-irrigated) forage production for livestock

The MESP's own Linwood Pendleton is a contributing author to both articles.

Pendleton, L., King, P., Mohn, C., Webster, D., Vaughn, R., & Adams, P. (2011). Estimating the potential economic impacts of climate change on Southern California beaches. Climatic Change, 109(1): 277-298. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0309-0

Shaw, R., Pendleton, L., Cameron, D., Morris, B., Bachelet, D., Klausmeyer, K., MacKenzie, J., Conklin, D., Bratman, G., Lenihan, J., Haunreiter, E., Daly, C., Roehrdanz, P. (2011). The impact of climate change on California’s ecosystem services. Climatic Change,109(1): 465-484. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0313-4