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#           Measuring and attributing sedimentary and geomorphic responses to modern climate change: Challenges and opportunities      

      September 29, 2022    

Today, climate change is affecting virtually all terrestrial and nearshore settings. This commentary discusses the challenges of measuring climate-driven physical landscape responses to modern global warming: short and incomplete data records, land use and seismicity masking climatic effects, biases in data availability and resolution, and signal attenuation in sedimentary systems. We identify opportunities to learn from historical and paleo data, select especially sensitive study sites, and report null results to better characterize the extent and nuances of climate-change effects. We then discuss efforts to improve attribution practices, which will lead to better predictive capabilities. We encourage the earth-science community to prioritize scientific research on climate-driven physical landscape changes so that societies will be better prepared to manage the effects on health and safety, infrastructure, water–food–energy security, economics, and ecosystems that follow from climate-driven physical landscape change.

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#### Amy East

##### Research Geologist

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

aeast@usgs.gov

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#### Jonathan Warrick

##### Research Geologist

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

jwarrick@usgs.gov

831-460-7569

#### Joel B Sankey, Ph.D.

##### Research Geologist

Southwest Biological Science Center

jsankey@usgs.gov

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#### Ann Gibbs

##### Research Geologist

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

agibbs@usgs.gov

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#### Jeffrey Coe

##### Research Geologist

Landslide Hazards Program

jcoe@usgs.gov

303-273-8606

#### Patrick Barnard

##### Research Geologist

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

pbarnard@usgs.gov

831-460-7556

## Related Content

#### Amy East

##### Research Geologist

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

aeast@usgs.gov

831-460-7533

#### Jonathan Warrick

##### Research Geologist

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

jwarrick@usgs.gov

831-460-7569

#### Joel B Sankey, Ph.D.

##### Research Geologist

Southwest Biological Science Center

jsankey@usgs.gov

928-556-7289

#### Ann Gibbs

##### Research Geologist

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

agibbs@usgs.gov

831-460-7540

#### Jeffrey Coe

##### Research Geologist

Landslide Hazards Program

jcoe@usgs.gov

303-273-8606

#### Patrick Barnard

##### Research Geologist

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

pbarnard@usgs.gov

831-460-7556

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