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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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Looking to the Past to Predict the Future: Midwest Forests in a Changing Climate

Looking to the Past to Predict the Future: Midwest Forests in a Changing Climate

The CASC Senior Advisor on Biodiversity and Climate Change, Stephen Jackson, and co-authors looked at thousands of years of fossil pollen data to...

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Tribal and First Nation Partners from New England and New York Participate in a Clean Water Act Training

Tribal and First Nation Partners from New England and New York Participate in a Clean Water Act Training

All U.S. government agencies must fulfill the Federal trust responsibility of protecting and supporting the people, property, and self-government of...

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Analyzing Academic Contribution and Stakeholder Use of Collaborative Research

Analyzing Academic Contribution and Stakeholder Use of Collaborative Research

In a Southeast CASC-supported study, researchers evaluated factors that may influence how research results are used by intended stakeholders as well...

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Large Whale Species Shift Habitat Use Under Climate Change

Large Whale Species Shift Habitat Use Under Climate Change

Northeast CASC-supported research finds climate change is having an impact on how large whale species, including the critically endangered North...

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Tracking Tree Sway: Monitoring Tree Growth Patterns in a New Way

Tracking Tree Sway: Monitoring Tree Growth Patterns in a New Way

In a recent article in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, North Central CASC researchers and partners explored how studying patterns of tree sway -...

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Secretary Haaland Opens the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

Secretary Haaland Opens the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

As part of the visit, Secretary Haaland attended a roundtable discussion on working with tribal governments to understand and identify climate...

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High Elevation Trees and Water Use During Drought

High Elevation Trees and Water Use During Drought

Southeast CASC-supported researchers explored how higher elevation forests are impacting water availability for low elevation ecosystems during...

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Northeast CASC Ecologist Appointed to National Biological Threats Council

Northeast CASC Ecologist Appointed to National Biological Threats Council

The U.S. Geological Survey recently announced that Northeast CASC Research Ecologist Toni Lyn Morelli has been appointed to the new Biological Threats...

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PI CASC Science Represented at Our Ocean 2022 Conference in Palau

PI CASC Science Represented at Our Ocean 2022 Conference in Palau

USGS Science Coordinator Heather Kerkering represented the Pacific Islands CASC on the global stage as part of the Department of the Interior’s...

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Data Spotlight: Improving Ecological Projections of Wildlife and Landscapes for Natural Resource Managers

Data Spotlight: Improving Ecological Projections of Wildlife and Landscapes for Natural Resource Managers

Ecosystem modelling is a vital tool for understanding complex human and natural systems, especially under a changing climate. To streamline this...

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They Do That, Too? Relatable Experiences for Mommas (and Momma-figures) of All Species

They Do That, Too? Relatable Experiences for Mommas (and Momma-figures) of All Species

Becoming a mother makes you do surprising (and sometimes gross) things. Don’t worry – you're not alone! Here are a few ways that motherhood creates...

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Earth Day Climate Change Puzzle & USGS Climate Science Solutions

Earth Day Climate Change Puzzle & USGS Climate Science Solutions

There are many pieces to the Climate Change puzzle. This Earth Day, learn about the many ways USGS science helps develop solutions to this puzzle!

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