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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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Eight Animals Feeling the Heat from Climate Change

Eight Animals Feeling the Heat from Climate Change

From forest to grassland, desert to ocean, many wildlife species are already “feeling the heat” from climate change. Here are eight animals that...

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Climate Change Research in Support of Hawaiian Ecosystem Management: An Integrated Approach

Climate Change Research in Support of Hawaiian Ecosystem Management: An Integrated Approach

In the expectation that global climate will change steadily in the coming decades, this research project had the goal to obtain a more detailed view...

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Modeling Climate-Driven Changes to Dominant Vegetation in Hawaiian Islands

Modeling Climate-Driven Changes to Dominant Vegetation in Hawaiian Islands

Using species abundance and over 35 years of data from thousands of locations in Hawaii, a research team has constructed maps which detail plant...

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New Technique Tracks ‘Heartbeat’ of Hundreds of Wetlands in Eastern Washington

New Technique Tracks ‘Heartbeat’ of Hundreds of Wetlands in Eastern Washington

Researchers from the Northwest Climate Science Center use a new Landsat satellite-based monitoring technique to identify historic changes to wetlands...

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Forecasting Changes to Forested Landscapes of the Northeastern U.S.

Forecasting Changes to Forested Landscapes of the Northeastern U.S.

Forests in the Eastern United States are changing in response to several factors, including climate change. Researchers predicted the distribution and...

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Understanding the Effects of Climate Change on Spruce-Fir Forests and Associated Bird Populations

Understanding the Effects of Climate Change on Spruce-Fir Forests and Associated Bird Populations

Spruce-fir forests and associated bird species are recognized as some of the most vulnerable ecosystems and species to the impacts of climate change.

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Climate Camps Expose Scientists and Resource Managers to the Power of Working Together to Address Climate Change

Climate Camps Expose Scientists and Resource Managers to the Power of Working Together to Address Climate Change

Each summer the Northwest Climate Science Center hosts a weeklong Climate Boot Camp. The Boot Camp invites early career climate professionals from the...

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More than Meets the Eye: Ecological Effects of Mangrove Forest Expansion

More than Meets the Eye: Ecological Effects of Mangrove Forest Expansion

A new publication shows that climate change driven expansion of mangrove forests may bring about both above-ground (more vegetation) and below-ground...

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Experts Launch Project to Assess Drought Effects on Ecosystems and How Communities Can Adapt

Experts Launch Project to Assess Drought Effects on Ecosystems and How Communities Can Adapt

RESTON, Va. — A new public-private research collaboration supported by the U.S. Geological Survey will tackle how to best cope with the increasing...

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Keeping Pace: A Short Guide to Navigating Sea-Level Rise Models

Keeping Pace: A Short Guide to Navigating Sea-Level Rise Models

A new short guide covers the importance of sea-level rise model selection, helpful concepts, model categories, and an example of how to utilize these...

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Up to 70 Percent of Northeast U.S. Coast May Adapt to Rising Seas

Up to 70 Percent of Northeast U.S. Coast May Adapt to Rising Seas

Much of the coast from Maine to Virginia is more likely to change than to simply drown in response to rising seas during the next 70 years or so...

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AK CSC Poster, “From Icefield to Ocean,” Receives Shoemaker Award for External Communications

AK CSC Poster, “From Icefield to Ocean,” Receives Shoemaker Award for External Communications

Three researchers and communicators affiliated with the Alaska Climate Science Center were winners of the 2015 Eugene M. Shoemaker Communication...

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