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10A February 5, 2016 Seaside Signal seasidesignal.com Climatologist discusses effects of climate change on coastal living Research shows policy strategies can mitigate impacts By Katherine Lacaze Seaside Signal JOSHUA BESSEX/EO MEDIA GROUP People stop to look at the dead humpback whale calf that washed ashore on the Seaside beach Sunday. Officials are asking people not to touch the whale. JOSHUA BESSEX/EO MEDIA GROUP JOSHUA BESSEX/EO MEDIA GROUP Dalin D’Alessandro, a research assistant at Portland State University, holds up a sample of a whale kidney. Mollie Schmidt, with the Seaside Aquarium, front, and Jason Hussa, a volunteer with the Oregon Marine Mammal Strand- ing Network, back, cut open the whale and collect tissue samples during a necropsy. Addressing climate change A whale of a mystery Whale from Page 1A such as bullet holes or something stuck in the mammal’s throat, then it can take days or weeks to determine a cause of death, said Keith Chandler, the general manager of Seaside Aquarium. It was clear the animal did not die from old age, as it was only about a year old, Chandler said. He said it is not un- usual to see a whale wash ashore on the North Coast, but they tend to be gray whales. Humpbacks are rare — Chan- dler said he has only see a few in his 20 years with the stranding network — but the species was spotted in nearby waters recently. “There were a few humpbacks hang- ing out in the mouth of the Columbia River last year,” he said. “They are usu- ally further offshore. It could have died offshore and with the storm, washed in.” The whale was one of at least five ce- taceans to wash up in the area in three Seaside Signal 1555 N . Roosevelt Sea side, O R Policy decisions made today regarding land use can help communities adapt and mitigate the negative impacts of climate change, according to climatologist John Stevenson. Stevenson kicked-off the Listening to the Land series this year with his presentation, “Climate Change and the Coast,” at Seaside Public Library on Wednesday, Jan. 20. The monthly speaker series, presented by the North Coast Land Conservancy and the Necanicum Wa- tershed Council, is offered through May. Stevenson, a regional extension climate special- ist with Oregon Sea Grant and the Climate Impacts Research Consortium, helps communities re- spond to climate-driven changes in coastal hazards, water resources and forest disturbance. He examined how the warming climate is affecting life on the coast and what the future might look like if current trends continue. Many rapid climate changes can be contribut- days. A harbor porpoise and two striped dolphins were found Saturday Jan. 30. One dolphin was found in Cannon Beach and the other in Ocean Park, Washington. A third striped dolphin washed ashore in Seaside Monday. Chandler said it is “quite unusual to get them all together,” especially the striped dolphins. The Ocean Park dolphin showed signs of being entangled in a net and had a hole in its tail that appeared to be from a gaff, Chandler said. The dolphin from Seaside had a similar hole in the same area, but it had not undergone a necropsy by Tuesday. Chandler said it could be a single event — getting caught in the net — that caused the unusual occurrence of killing multiple dolphins at once. If a single event is the cause of death, Chan- dler said, then “we know it’s just an ac- cident,” as opposed to persistent condi- tions impacting a species, like disease. City crews planned to bury the whale at the beach by Wednesday morning. ed to human activity and the emission of green- house gases, which play a critical role in determin- ing the global tempera- ture, Stevenson said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin- istration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration recent- ly reported 2015 was the warmest year on earth since record-keeping be- gan in 1880. The tem- perature along the Oregon Coast has changed during the past century, as well, and is steadily increasing. Climate change affects a lot of the earth’s sys- tems, such as fresh water sources, vegetation, wild- ¿re occurrence and wet- lands. In fresh water systems, climate change leads to decreased summer Àow, increased water tempera- ture and Àooding after extreme precipitation events. For vegetation, the coast may experience spe- cies shifts and low eleva- tions may become unsuit- able for 'ouglas ¿r by the mid- to late century. 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