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Going to Extremes to Uncover the Secrets of Dinosaur's Ponderosa Pine

Going to Extremes to Uncover the Secrets of Dinosaur's Ponderosa Pine

When resource specialists with the National Park Service noticed some peculiar patterns in Ponderosa pine trees in their park, they sent out a call to...

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Looking at a 4,800-Year-Old Record of Subalpine Forest Response to Fire in the Northern Rockies

Looking at a 4,800-Year-Old Record of Subalpine Forest Response to Fire in the Northern Rockies

North Central CASC scientists used lake sediment cores to demonstrate that subalpine forests have been remarkably resilient to past climate and fire...

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Project Spotlight: CASCs Build Bridges Between Scientists and Managers to Take on Invasive Species and Climate Change

Project Spotlight: CASCs Build Bridges Between Scientists and Managers to Take on Invasive Species and Climate Change

As the cool Northeastern U.S. warms, invasive plants are on the move. The Northeast Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Network...

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DOI Announces Membership for New CASC Federal Advisory Council

DOI Announces Membership for New CASC Federal Advisory Council

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the 19 members who will make up the newly-established Advisory Council for Climate Adaptation Science...

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Scientist Spotlight: Steve Jackson and a Career of Looking Back

Scientist Spotlight: Steve Jackson and a Career of Looking Back

Explore the work and career of Steve Jackson, recently retired Senior Science Advisor to the National CASC on Biodiversity and Climate Change.

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Call for Nominations: Experts and Fellows for IPBES Biodiversity Monitoring

Call for Nominations: Experts and Fellows for IPBES Biodiversity Monitoring

The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is seeking experts and fellows from a range of disciplines, including...

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USGS Friday's Findings—December 1, 2023

USGS Friday's Findings—December 1, 2023

Title: Adaptive capacity as a lens to inform decisions on conservation status, invasive species, & climate-adaptation actions 

Speaker: Erik Beever...

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Young Tree Vulnerability to Drought and Heatwaves Affects Forest Regeneration

Young Tree Vulnerability to Drought and Heatwaves Affects Forest Regeneration

Southwest CASC researchers studied how juvenile trees of five species would respond to drought and extreme heat to better prepare forest managers for...

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CASC Presentations at the 2023 AGU Meeting

CASC Presentations at the 2023 AGU Meeting

Are you attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting this year in San Francisco? Don't miss these presentations from staff and partners...

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Newly Identified Invasive Grasses in Hawaiʻi Pose Significant Fire Risk

Newly Identified Invasive Grasses in Hawaiʻi Pose Significant Fire Risk

New flammable invasive grass species and weeds were discovered on five Hawaiian Islands through extensive surveying funded by the Pacific Islands CASC...

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Waste not, want not: How USGS capabilities enhance COVID-19 wastewater surveillance

Waste not, want not: How USGS capabilities enhance COVID-19 wastewater surveillance

You can tell a lot about someone’s health from their body’s waste. If you are fighting an infectious illness, you flush away more than yesterday’s...

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The USGS Updates Major Climate Change Visualization Tool

The USGS Updates Major Climate Change Visualization Tool

The USGS recently updated its National Climate Change Viewer (NCCV), a premier web application for visualizing climate projections across the...

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