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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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Urban Warming Slows Tree Growth, Photosynthesis

Urban Warming Slows Tree Growth, Photosynthesis

New research from North Carolina State University finds that urban warming reduces growth and photosynthesis in city trees. The researchers found that...

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Applications Being Accepted to Host Climate Science Centers in the Northwest and Southeast

Applications Being Accepted to Host Climate Science Centers in the Northwest and Southeast

This opportunity is now closed. Applications are no longer being accepted to host the Northwest and Southeast Climate Science Centers.

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New Soil Moisture Satellite Shows Promise for Drought Monitoring

New Soil Moisture Satellite Shows Promise for Drought Monitoring

Droughts are one of the costliest natural disasters and globally affect a large number of people and their livelihoods every year. A new NASA...

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New, High-Resolution Climate Projections Aim to Better Represent Extreme Events

New, High-Resolution Climate Projections Aim to Better Represent Extreme Events

A new next-generation modeling dataset includes improved local-scale climate projections covering the 21st century for a region from northern Mexico...

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Warmer Waters From Climate Change Could Impact Sport Fish Communities in Midwestern Lakes

Warmer Waters From Climate Change Could Impact Sport Fish Communities in Midwestern Lakes

A recent study looks at the impact of climate change on certain fish in Wisconsin lakes. 

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Climate Has Led to Beetle Outbreaks in Iconic Whitebark Pine Trees

Climate Has Led to Beetle Outbreaks in Iconic Whitebark Pine Trees

Temperature increases caused by climate change were a major factor driving the outbreak of mountain pine beetles that killed whitebark pine across...

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U.S. Tribes Work with Scientists Against Climate Change

U.S. Tribes Work with Scientists Against Climate Change

The South Central Climate Science Center has been working with tribes to identify their unique vulnerabilities, help them cope with emergencies and...

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No Picnic for Our Parks: How Climate Change Could Impact National Parks and the Species they Protect

No Picnic for Our Parks: How Climate Change Could Impact National Parks and the Species they Protect

From retreating glaciers in Alaska to severe drought in the Southwest, climate change is set to dramatically alter our national parks. Here are 10 CSC...

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Free Course Available – Managing for a Changing Climate

Free Course Available – Managing for a Changing Climate

Climate Science Center Offers Semester-Long Course

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Ecosystems in the Southeastern U.S. Are Vulnerable to Climate Change

Ecosystems in the Southeastern U.S. Are Vulnerable to Climate Change

“From the mountains to the coast, the southeastern U.S. contains ecosystems that harbor incredible biodiversity. Many of those ecosystems are already...

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Managing Climate Change Refugia to Protect Wildlife

Managing Climate Change Refugia to Protect Wildlife

Natural and cultural areas that will remain similar to what they are today -- despite climate change -- need to be identified, managed and conserved...

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Drought Conditions Slow the Growth of Douglas Fir Trees Across the West

Drought Conditions Slow the Growth of Douglas Fir Trees Across the West

Douglas fir trees are particularly sensitive to drought conditions, according to a new study.

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