Land Cover and Land-Use Change Findings in the Fifth National Climate Assessment

The complex dynamics of land cover and land-use (LCLU) change influence and are influenced by climate change. The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is a congressionally mandated report led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program that evaluates the current state of the science of global change and analyzes its effects on regions and sectors of the United States, including on the land system. In NCA5, advances in understanding of the land system are outlined in the Land Cover and Land-Use Change chapter and in physical science, topical, regional, and response chapters throughout the Assessment. For this poster we will summarize key findings related to climate change and LCLU in NCA5.