The 2nd Annual Nantucket Climate Change Summit presented by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation and Linda Loring Nature Foundation. The Summit, held on September 4th 2024, explores the ways that local Nantucket businesses and professionals are seeing their work impacted by climate change and how they are already adapting and finding hopeful change for the future.

This talk will explain climate change and its effects like rising sea levels, erosion, and stronger storms. We will look at models that predict trends and terms related to these changes, focusing on Nantucket. Drs. Jen Karberg and Sarah Bois will discuss Nantucket’s coastal environment, how climate change affects habitats, efforts to build resilience using nature, and possible responses.

This lecture covers Nantucket's coastal habitats, their environmental significance, and potential climate change impacts. It will address ecology, natural history, coastal processes, resilience efforts, and future responses.