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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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Study Examines Coastal Erosion, Drawbacks of Standard Setback Requirements on Hawai'i Island

Study Examines Coastal Erosion, Drawbacks of Standard Setback Requirements on Hawai'i Island

A project led by the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, with funding from the Pacific Islands CASC, evaluated shoreline erosion in three areas of Hawai'i...

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A Roadmap for Multi-Species Monitoring Efforts

A Roadmap for Multi-Species Monitoring Efforts

A new analysis of 92 studies from 27 countries suggests that many recent multi-species studies of wildlife communities often incorrectly use the...

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The Wildlife Conservation Society Climate Adaptation Fund Announces 2020 Request for Proposals

The Wildlife Conservation Society Climate Adaptation Fund Announces 2020 Request for Proposals

The Climate Adaptation Fund at the Wildlife Conservation Society has released its request for proposals for the 2020 grant cycle. The program supports...

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Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan

Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan

A new study published in BioScience outlines a global framework for safeguarding global freshwater biodiversity. This first-of-its-kind framework was...

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Building a Regional Collaboration of Northeast State Invasive Species Councils

Building a Regional Collaboration of Northeast State Invasive Species Councils

The Northeast CASC is coordinating an effort to develop a regional management-based response to the challenges posed by invasive species in the region...

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Scientist Spotlight: Ryan Toohey & the Remote Communities of Changing Arctic Landscapes

Scientist Spotlight: Ryan Toohey & the Remote Communities of Changing Arctic Landscapes

Learn about the work and research of hydrologist Ryan Toohey, Science Applications Coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Climate...

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Northwest CASC University Deputy Director Honored by Conservation Organization

Northwest CASC University Deputy Director Honored by Conservation Organization

Meade Krosby, University Deputy Director for the Northwest CASC and a senior scientist with the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, has...

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Job Opportunity: National CASC Seeking Recreational Fishing Database Manager

Job Opportunity: National CASC Seeking Recreational Fishing Database Manager

The National CASC is seeking to hire a full-time student or recent graduate to manage a recreational fishing database.

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Climate Change Not the Only Threat to Vulnerable Species, Habitat Matters

Climate Change Not the Only Threat to Vulnerable Species, Habitat Matters

Science Daily published an article highlighting a recent publication on habitat loss threatening endangered species, led by Toni Lyn Morelli at the...

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Northeast Warming Faster than the Rest of the U.S.

Northeast Warming Faster than the Rest of the U.S.

The Ledger, along with other news outlets, recently investigated why the Northeast region of the U.S. is warming faster than the rest of the country...

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Rating Fire Danger from the Ground Up

Rating Fire Danger from the Ground Up

A new article in Eos highlights the outcomes of a workshop hosted in April by the International Association of Wildland Fire and partially funded by...

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North Central CASC Director Robin O’Malley to Retire at Year’s End

North Central CASC Director Robin O’Malley to Retire at Year’s End

Robin O’Malley, Director of the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, will be retiring from federal service at the end of the month after...

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