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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Global Change Research Fellow Spotlight

Every year the SE CASC funds a multidisciplinary cohort of graduate students representing colleges across NC State University. Learn more about 2023-24 fellow Thomas Thelene and the applied research he is conducting.

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SE CASC Project Spotlight

Research funded by the SE CASC encompasses actionable science that contributes to understanding exposure and impacts of global change on resources that matter to our partners and to framing decisions about adaptation strategies, emphasizing principles of co-production.

SE CASC Science Seminar

Join us on December 13, 11AM ET for a virtual SE CASC science seminar highlighting projects that support resource management actions across the Southeast. Jacob Blandford, Climate Program Manager at AFWA, will present Results for the Southeast from the 2022 AFWA Climate Adaptation Survey Report

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Graduate student Emily Nastase holding a sparrow in the field

CALS Graduate Student Studies Tiny Bird Species

Emily Nastase, a doctoral student in the Department of Applied Ecology, is uncovering the secret life of Henslow’s Sparrows, a rare, grassland species that only visits two locations in North Carolina every summer.

New Model Adds Human Reactions to Flood Risk Assessment

By taking human adaptation into account, a new land change model offers a more realistic assessment of flood risk.

Chancellor Randy Woodson interviews NC State alumna and NASA astronaut Christina Koch on stage in Stewart Theatre.

Do What Scares You, Says Astronaut Alumna

Kierra Shook, a rising senior from Bryson City, North Carolina, wasn’t scared to walk up to NASA astronaut Christina Koch and introduce her fellow aerospace engineering students to NC State’s featured guest at Chancellor Randy Woodson’s 14th annual fall address. She wasn’t intimidated the first time she ever met Koch, either, while spending a co-op year…