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Factsheet Series Now Available from the PI CASC Workshop, “Drought in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands”

Factsheet Series Now Available from the PI CASC Workshop, “Drought in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands”

On August 14-15, 2018, the Pacific Islands CASC hosted a workshop on drought in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands and the associated impacts on...

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NCASC's Senior Liaison for Insular Relations Interviewed in Award Winning Article on Climate Change in Hawaii

NCASC's Senior Liaison for Insular Relations Interviewed in Award Winning Article on Climate Change in Hawaii

An article on The Cost of Climate Change in Hawaii has won third place in the category of long form feature writing in The Society of Professional...

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Maple Syrup Production to Decline in New England in the Next Century Says New Study by UMass Amherst and Northeast CASC

Maple Syrup Production to Decline in New England in the Next Century Says New Study by UMass Amherst and Northeast CASC

Climate change will move peak syrup yield northward and will cut New England’s yield by half.

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AK CASC Program Coordinator Publishes Scientific American Article on Wildfire in Alaska

AK CASC Program Coordinator Publishes Scientific American Article on Wildfire in Alaska

The Program Coordinator at the AK CASC recently published an article in Scientific American Observations about the growing threat of wildfires in...

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SE CASC Researcher Embarks on a Five-Day Expedition through the Colorado Basin

SE CASC Researcher Embarks on a Five-Day Expedition through the Colorado Basin

The Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center's USGS Research Ecologist Mitch Eaton has joined the Sesquicentennial Colorado River Exploring...

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Tribal Liaison in Focus: Sara Smith

Tribal Liaison in Focus: Sara Smith

Learn more about Sara Smith, tribal liaison for the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, in this short interview conducted by the Institute...

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Thinning Forests: Prescribing Fire Before Drought May Reduce Tree Loss

Thinning Forests: Prescribing Fire Before Drought May Reduce Tree Loss

The results of a study partly funded by the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center suggest that prescribed fire treatments may reduce tree loss...

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Cape Lookout Research Could Help National Park Managers

Cape Lookout Research Could Help National Park Managers

Researchers with North Carolina State University, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Park Service collaborated on a decision support model...

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"Voice of the Sea" Episode Featuring PI CASC Research Wins Bronze Telly Award

"Voice of the Sea" Episode Featuring PI CASC Research Wins Bronze Telly Award

An episode of Voice of the Sea, featuring research funded by the Pacific Islands CASC, has won a Bronze Telly Award honoring creative and...

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Research Explores Climate Effects on Small, Biodiversity-rich “Island” Ecosystems of the Southeast

Research Explores Climate Effects on Small, Biodiversity-rich “Island” Ecosystems of the Southeast

A new SE CASC-supported paper, Ecological islands: conserving biodiversity hotspots in a changing climate, was published today in the journal, Frontie...

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Climate, Fire, and Forest Change in California’s Sierra Nevada

Climate, Fire, and Forest Change in California’s Sierra Nevada

The Southwest CASC has developed an informational handout that summarizes and synthesizes information on climate, fire, and forest change in...

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Southeast CASC Helps Produce New Study on How Sea Level Rise Affects Birds in Coastal Forests

Southeast CASC Helps Produce New Study on How Sea Level Rise Affects Birds in Coastal Forests

When saltwater inundates coastal forests as sea levels rise, it kills salt-sensitive trees, leaving "ghost forests" of bare snags behind. A new study...

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