Deep Dive: Building Resilience to Natural Hazards
Explore how CASC science improves our understanding of natural hazards and supports decisions that reduce risks to people, infrastructure, and ecosystems.
Deep Dive: Supporting the Outdoor Recreation Economy
The CASCs support federal, state, and Tribal managers as they work to protect our natural heritage.
Deep Dive: Protecting Critical Infrastructure
CASC science is improving our understanding of how climate change is impacting critical infrastructure and supporting risk mitigation and adaptation planning.
Dropping the Bass: USGS science helps stop the spread of invasive smallmouth bass
Spotlights Series
Learn about CASC success stories, actionable data products, and our talented scientists.
Climate Illustrations
These illustrations explore tricky climate concepts and describe how climate change impacts the world around us.
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
From wildfires to sea-level rise, climate change creates evolving challenges for ecosystems across the nation. The USGS National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs) is a partnership-driven program that teams scientists with natural resource managers and communities to help fish, wildlife, water, land, and people adapt to a changing climate.
The CASCs
Our network is comprised of the National CASC and nine regional CASCs, covering the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawai'i, the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands, and the U.S. Caribbean.
Our Science
The CASCs fund projects generating research, data sets, and tools to help natural resource managers protect natural places and local communities in a changing climate.
Deep Dives
Explore examples of how CASC science is informing on-the-ground climate adaptation and strategic management.