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Science for a Changing Earth

The Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SE CASC) helps fish, wildlife, water, land, and people adapt to a changing climate.

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Creating Leaders in Change

Our Global Change Research Fellows Program supports graduate students that study interdisciplinary climate change across the Southeast.

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Science That Matters

Since 2011, the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center has funded projects that help fish, wildlife, people, and places adapt to a changing world.

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Research Affiliate Network

Our University-Federal-Tribal partnerships span from Arkansas to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Become an affiliate and find your next collaborator.

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Our latest news

Study Challenges Theory Behind N.C. Blue Crab Decline

There are plenty of juvenile blue crabs in Pamlico Sound, so where are the adults?

Pollinator Research Takes to the Skies with NASA Grant

As a North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellow, Gwen Kirschke is shooting for the stars — but not in the way you might think.  At the Rocky Mountain Biological…

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Wildfire Risks from Hurricane Helene, One Year Later  

NC State’s NCICS is collaborating with the North Carolina Forest Service, the US Forest Service and others to address wildfire risks. If this year’s drier conditions persist in the western part of the state, counties that have barely begun to rebuild and recover one year after Hurricane Helene could face another climate crisis.

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