Mid-Atlantic Regional Assessment of Climate Change Impacts Released

March 27, 2000

University Park, Pa. -- A new study of the potential impacts of climate change in the Mid-Atlantic, "Preparing for a Changing Climate: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change," is now available from Penn State.

The study, sponsored by and conducted in partnership with the Global Change Research Program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is part of the first "U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change."

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Assessment is one of 19 regional studies of potential climate change impacts being conducted as part of a multi-agency, congressionally mandated effort. The assessment was stakeholder oriented, and included an Advisory Committee consisting of more than 90 members from the private and public sectors. The region studied included all or parts of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia, home to some 35 million people and two of the nation's largest estuaries -- the Chesapeake Bay and the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound.

Copies of the report are available from Dr. Ann Fisher, 814-865-3143 or from by e-mail. Additional information about the Mid-Atlantic Regional Assessment may be found at http://www.essc.psu.edu/MARA/.

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Contacts:

A'ndrea Elyse Messer (814) 865-9481 (o)/ (814) 867-1774 (h)

Vicki Fong (814) 865-9481 (o)/ (814) 238-1221(h)

EDITOR: Dr. Ann Fisher is at (814) 865-3143 or at by email