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CASC news announcements highlight news from across the CASC network, including new research, upcoming webinars, job postings, and events at the National and regional CASCS. The CASCs also produce original feature stories profiling project success stories, high-interest data products, and CASC scientists.

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Using a Common Economic Theory to Help Endangered Frogs in Puerto Rico

Using a Common Economic Theory to Help Endangered Frogs in Puerto Rico

Southeast CASC researchers use modern portfolio theory, a financial strategy, as an approach to manage conservation risk in the face of future...

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2024 Climate Adaptation Leadership Awards Recognize CASC Partnerships and Work

2024 Climate Adaptation Leadership Awards Recognize CASC Partnerships and Work

The 2024 Climate Adaptation Leadership Award from the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies recognized the Southeast and South Central CASCs in the...

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Preparing to Adapt Coastal Wastewater Systems to Sea-Level Rise

Preparing to Adapt Coastal Wastewater Systems to Sea-Level Rise

Pacific Islands CASC-supported researchers find that untreated wastewater can reach the ocean in as little as six hours as they explore the impact of...

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Steve Jackson Receives 2023 Distinguished Career Award from the American Quaternary Association

Steve Jackson Receives 2023 Distinguished Career Award from the American Quaternary Association

Congratulations to Steve Jackson, Scientist Emeritus and former Director of the Southwest and South Central Climate Adaptation Centers, for being...

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Federal Climate Programs Address Equity Challenges in Co-Production at National Workshop

Federal Climate Programs Address Equity Challenges in Co-Production at National Workshop

CASC researchers and partners center different perspectives on equitable co-production to generate a guiding framework to establish more equitable co...

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Scientist Spotlight: How Heather Kerkering Shapes Climate Solutions from Her Surfboard

Scientist Spotlight: How Heather Kerkering Shapes Climate Solutions from Her Surfboard

Learn about how Heather Kerkering, the Assistant Regional Administrator for the Pacific Islands CASC, finds climate solutions that link people...

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Funding Opportunity: Applications Now Being Accepted to Host the Northeast, South Central, and Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Funding Opportunity: Applications Now Being Accepted to Host the Northeast, South Central, and Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Qualified organizations are invited to apply to host the Northeast, South Central, and Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Centers. 

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Data Spotlight: Riparian Climate Refugia

Data Spotlight: Riparian Climate Refugia

Working collaboratively with state agencies, CASC supported scientists sought to identify riparian areas in the central and western U.S. that are...

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The Future of Climate Research at the USGS – Our Climate Science Plan is Released

The Future of Climate Research at the USGS – Our Climate Science Plan is Released

The new USGS Climate Science Plan provides guidelines for conducting the bureau’s climate science, sets priorities, goals, and strategies, and...

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Non-native plants consistently drive changes in functional traits of plant communities

Non-native plants consistently drive changes in functional traits of plant communities

Non-native plants have specific traits that cause consistent and predictable changes across ecosystems that can lead to wide-ranging changes in...

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NIDIS/NCASC 2024–2025 National Ecological Drought Webinar Series

NIDIS/NCASC 2024–2025 National Ecological Drought Webinar Series

This five-part NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and National CASC webinar series seeks to raise awareness of ecological...

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USGS announces new consortia for North Central and Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Centers

USGS announces new consortia for North Central and Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Centers

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey has finalized agreements with universities, Tribal organizations and non-governmental organizations to...

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