Coastal and freshwater eutrophication

Data source provider

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Use cases

Climate-related disclosures, Exposure quantification, Macro-economic modelling, Product development, Scenario analysis

Data group

Pollution

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

1. United Nation Environmental Protection (UNEP)
2. United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Unit (e.g. CO2)

Eutrophication data- number of hypoxic ecosystems

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By State

Time horizon

Backward-looking

Link

https://www.epa.gov/nutrient-policy-data/documented-hypoxia-and-associated-risk-factors-estuaries-coastal-waters-and

Frequency

One-off

Time series

2010

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

Data is not available. The link provided is only data for individual states in the United States. United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides data of the number of state estuarine, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems with documented hypoxia or concern for hypoxia (i.e., presence of elevated nutrient concentrations, chlorophyll a levels, or harmful algal blooms).