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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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Project Examines Emerging Challenges Related to Climate Change, Disease, and Wildlife Health

Project Examines Emerging Challenges Related to Climate Change, Disease, and Wildlife Health

The USGS National Wildlife Health Center, in partnership with the USGS Climate Adaptation Science Center Network, is leading a one-year project to...

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Where Animals and Plants Might Survive Climate Change

Where Animals and Plants Might Survive Climate Change

KQED recently published an article about refugia, or pockets on the landscape that may experience less change in climate compared to the surrounding...

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CASCs Represented Among Those Honored with the 2019 Climate Adaptation Leadership Award

CASCs Represented Among Those Honored with the 2019 Climate Adaptation Leadership Award

Southeast and National CASC fellows, a Northwest CASC-funded PI, and a team supported by the Northeast CASC tribal liaison were among those honored at...

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Climate Crisis Heats Up Rhode Island the Quickest

Climate Crisis Heats Up Rhode Island the Quickest

Eco RI News posted an article on how the smallest state by land area in the United States is heating up faster than the other Lower 48 states...

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Introduced Species Dilute the Effects of Evolution on Diversity

Introduced Species Dilute the Effects of Evolution on Diversity

Researchers from the University of Göttingen's German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental...

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CASC Participation at the 2019 The Wildlife Society (TWS) & American Fisheries Society (AFS) Meeting

CASC Participation at the 2019 The Wildlife Society (TWS) & American Fisheries Society (AFS) Meeting

Check out these presentations at the TWS & AFS meeting from leadership and staff of the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers! 

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About 2.5 Million Acres in Alaska Have Burned. The State's Wildfire Seasons Are Getting Worse, Experts Say

About 2.5 Million Acres in Alaska Have Burned. The State's Wildfire Seasons Are Getting Worse, Experts Say

Alaska CASC University Director Scott Rupp and AK CASC-funded researcher Peter Bieniek provide input on Alaska's 2019 wildfire season.

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Island Drought Website and Factsheets Now Available

Island Drought Website and Factsheets Now Available

When drought hits an island, nearly all sectors of society and the environment are quickly impacted. The CASCs have been working with partners over...

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CASC Presentations at the 2019 Ecological Society of America (ESA) Meeting

CASC Presentations at the 2019 Ecological Society of America (ESA) Meeting

2019 Ecological Society of America meeting (August 11-16, 2019) Session Information

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Tribal Liaison in Focus: Malinda Chase

Tribal Liaison in Focus: Malinda Chase

Learn more about Malinda Chase, tribal liaison for the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, in this Tribal Resilience Liaison feature conducted...

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California's Future Weather Will Alternate Between Drought and Atmospheric Rivers

California's Future Weather Will Alternate Between Drought and Atmospheric Rivers

A recent study funded in part by the Southwest CASC describes future changes in precipitation in California that will result in both wet and dry...

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Drones on Ice: Scientists Take to the Air to Study Suicide Basin

Drones on Ice: Scientists Take to the Air to Study Suicide Basin

Juneau Empire recently posted an article about the work of measuring water and ice levels in Alaska's Suicide Basin using drones that University of...

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