Climate Appraisal
Encyclopedia
A climate appraisal as can be requested at Climate Appraisal Services, LLC (ClimateAppraisal.com), is a unique address-based report for a specific property on climate change
(from global warming
) and other environmental
risks. Information in a climate appraisal report enables property owners and/or buyers to assess for themselves how climate change risks could impact a specific property address in the future, utilizing both historical and projected data from scientific modeling to display those potential risks.
A climate appraisal report includes historical and projected information in the following categories: shoreline reduction from sea level rise, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanoes, drought
, wildfire
, flooding, disease
, and industrial pollution
. A report integrates a wide range of environmental risk information after geocoding
an input property address, and combines it with regional commentary from scientists. In the category of sea level rise for coastline states, a report contains a map of an address assuming a 3 foot sea level rise this century to a resolution of 5 miles by 5 miles, and illustrates whether or not it could be submerged from climate change.
scientists, with a mission to provide address-based climate reporting to property owners to enable a new channel of climate change communication. Climate Appraisal Services was reviewed in 2007 by USA Today
in an article entitled "Website checks your home's climate change risk", as well as other media in 2007 including the Nature journal.
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
(from global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
) and other environmental
Natural environment
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....
risks. Information in a climate appraisal report enables property owners and/or buyers to assess for themselves how climate change risks could impact a specific property address in the future, utilizing both historical and projected data from scientific modeling to display those potential risks.
A climate appraisal report includes historical and projected information in the following categories: shoreline reduction from sea level rise, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanoes, drought
Drought
A drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply. Generally, this occurs when a region receives consistently below average precipitation. It can have a substantial impact on the ecosystem and agriculture of the affected region...
, wildfire
Wildfire
A wildfire is any uncontrolled fire in combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area. Other names such as brush fire, bushfire, forest fire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, squirrel fire, vegetation fire, veldfire, and wilkjjofire may be used to describe the same...
, flooding, disease
Disease
A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune...
, and industrial pollution
Pollution
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light...
. A report integrates a wide range of environmental risk information after geocoding
Geocoding
Geocoding is the process of finding associated geographic coordinates from other geographic data, such as street addresses, or zip codes...
an input property address, and combines it with regional commentary from scientists. In the category of sea level rise for coastline states, a report contains a map of an address assuming a 3 foot sea level rise this century to a resolution of 5 miles by 5 miles, and illustrates whether or not it could be submerged from climate change.
Background
Climate Appraisal Services, LLC was launched in November 2006 in a partnership with University of ArizonaUniversity of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
scientists, with a mission to provide address-based climate reporting to property owners to enable a new channel of climate change communication. Climate Appraisal Services was reviewed in 2007 by USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
in an article entitled "Website checks your home's climate change risk", as well as other media in 2007 including the Nature journal.