October 2014 Newsletter
News and upcoming events related to the Southeast Climate Science Center
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Meet our new University Director, Ryan Boyles. Read more.
President Obama mentions Climate Science Centers and Landscape Conservation Cooperatives in his Priority Agenda: Enhancing the Climate Resilience of America’s Natural Resources. Read more.
SE Climate Science Center Global Change Fellow, Ayse Karanci, Recognized for Barrier Island Research. Read more.
SE CSC Goes to Washington: Adam Terando briefed the National Climate & Energy Taskforce together with staff of the S. Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Read more.
New Publication: Downscaled Climate Projections for the Southeast United States: Evaluation and Use for Ecological Applications, USGS Open File Report. Read more.
SE CSC Staff presented at the Shifting Seasons: Building Tribal Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation Summit. Read more
The SE CSC held a science video training workshop, Oct. 7-8 with Karen McKee (USGS). Read her post on The Scientist Videographer.Read more.
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EPA Releases: Being Prepared for Climate Change: A Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans. This publication provides much needed guidance for conducting risk-based climate change vulnerability assessments and developing adaptation action plans. The workbook helps users to identify, analyze and prioritize climate change risks. Read more.
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New Report: Explaining Extreme Events of 2013 from a Climate Perspective, released by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society investigates the causes of a wide variety of extreme weather and climate events from around the world in 2013. Read report.
New Report: Encroaching Tides, released by the Union of Concerned Scientists, tidal flooding, driven by sea level rise, will dramatically increase in U.S. East and Gulf Coast communities over the next 30 years. Read report.
New Report: Better Growth, Better Climate: The New Climate Economy Report, released by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate concludes that rapid innovation and new investment in infrastructure are making it possible to tackle climate change while also improving economic performance. Read report.
National Climate Assessment Education Resources for the Coast. Read more.
Global Landscapes Forum: Multifunctional landscapes and land uses are at the heart of the intertwined challenges associated with climate and development. Global Landscapes Forums, held alongside the UN climate negotiations, create a platform for positioning landscapes in the new international agreements on climate and sustainable development.Read more
TED Talk by Lord Nicholas Stern: State of the Climate and What We Might Do About It. View.
New Paper: The mutual reinforcement of media selectivity and effects: Testing the reinforcing spirals framework in the context of global warming. Journal of Communication. Read more.
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October 28: Climate Change and Federal Land Management: Assessing Priorities Using a Social Network Approach, 2 pm EST. Read more.
October 29: Webcast: Climate Resilience: What to Expect, How to Prepare, and What You Can Learn from Others. Overview of EPA’s new tool – “Being Prepared for Climate Change: A Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans” – developed to help communities prepare for climate change impacts. Read more.
November 7 – Webinar: Mangrove forests vs. salt marshes: the ecological implications of climate-induced woody plant encroachment on plant-soil interactions in tidal saline wetlands. Read more.
November 20: Modeling smart growth in the Southeast using SmartSLEUTH. Read more.
—— SEMINARS at NC State, unless otherwise noted: ———————————————————–
Oct 23-24, 7th Annual Carolina Climate Change Seminar. Read more.
Oct 20-24: Symposium on Weather & Climate Extremes, Food Security, & Biodiversity, Washington DC, Read more.
October 24 – Seminar: Community Green: Exploring the Feedbacks Between Civic Engagement, Environmental Attitudes and Conservation Behaviors Using an International Household Survey. Zack Brown, Assistant Professor, Agriculture and Resource Economics, Kilgore Hall room 121, NC State University, 12:15-1:15 EST.
October 22 – Seminar: Birthright; People and Nature in the Modern World, Stephen Kellert of Yale University, Read more.
October 27 – Seminar: Enhancement of extreme precipitation over the Southeastern United States, 3:30 pm EST Location: 1216 Jordan Addition, NC State Main Campus
October 29 – Seminar: Black Faces, White Spaces, Forestry & Envt. Resources Seminar. Read more.
November 13 – Triangle Climate Brown Bag: The Global Change Monitoring Portal. Read more.
—— UPCOMING EVENTS: ———————————————–
The Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy Fall Brownbag Luncheon Seminar Series, NC State University. Read more.
National Workshop on Large Landscape Conservation, October 23-24, 2014, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC. Read more.
Graduate Climate Conference, Oct 31- Nov 2:A discussion forum for graduate students undertaking research on climate and climate change in an array of disciplines, including atmospheric, biological, earth and ocean sciences, social sciences and humanities. Seattle, Washington. Read more.
Community Capitals Framework Institute: Applications of the Community Capitals Framework in Natural Resource Planning, the Environment and Community Vitality November 5-7, Lincoln, Nebraska. This workshop will focus on issues related to water management, drought planning, evaluation, and rural and community development. Read more.
Sea Level Rise and the Future of Coastal Cities November 13-14, Boston, MA. Hosted by Boston University, this conference will examine how cities are planning for and adapting to rising sea levels, extreme weather events and changing coast lines. Mayors, scientists, city and federal officials, urban planners and developers will come together to discuss the known and emerging threats. Together, they will examine the pioneering actions that can protect the future livability and sustainability of coastal cities. Read more.
Urban Tree Conference, “Managing Urban Forests in a Changing Climate” November 18–19, Lisle, Illinois. This two-day conference will focus on practical concerns for those who manage trees in cities and suburbs, such as how the changes in climate are expected to affect trees’ biology and growing conditions; shifts and increases in pests and diseases; managing for extreme storms and severe drought; and how trees can help communities adapt to conditions such as greater stormwater loads. Read more.
7th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and 24th Biennial Meeting of The Coastal Society, Nov 1-6: National Harbor, Maryland (outside Washington, D.C.). Read more.
Crowds & Climate: From Ideas to Action. Nov 6-7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a day-and-a-half program on how new technology-enabled, crowd-based approaches can help in developing creative new ideas and taking meaningful action on climate change. In this year’s event, we’ll roll up our sleeves and work to figure out how to implement an innovative set of ideas to address climate change. Read more.
International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development, Nov 4-6, will tackle the difficulties linked to the evaluation of climate change and development, described by many as a major 21st century evaluation challenge. Washington, D.C. Read more.
EcoStream: Stream Ecology and Restoration Conference: Nov. 17-20, Charlotte, NC: Featuring five distinguished speakers with expertise in ecology, stream restoration, climate change, natural resource conservation and wetland management. Considering the focus for the 2014 conference, the speakers will address how to adapt to climate change, including discussing the predicted impacts to river hydrology, ecology and water supply.Read more.
Conference: Linking Science, Practice and Decision Making, December 8-12, 2014, Washington, DC. Focus of the conference is to bring together the ecosystem services community from around the United States and the globe. Early registration deadline: Oct. 13. Read more.
Coastal GeoTools 2015, Charleston, South Carolina: The Coastal GeoTools conference, established in 1999, is typically held every two years and focuses on geospatial data, tools, technology, and information for coastal resource management professionals. Coastal GeoTools 2015 will be the eighth in the conference series.Read more.
Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop, March 24-26, 2015: brings together a diverse group of climate applications researchers, climate product producers, and users to share developments in research and applications related to the use of climate predictions in societal decision-making.Read more.
National Climate Adaptation Forum, May 12-14, 2015. The National Adaptation Forum is a biennial gathering created by a group of professionals from the private and public sectors concerned about the need to respond to and prepare for the effects of climate change. Registration now open and call for proposals. Read more.
—— LCC NEWS: ————————————————————
Appalachian: Discover all the data sets that are available on the Appalachian LCC Web Portal and how to request other data-related services.Read more.
Caribbean: The Caribbean LCC has a revamped website. Read more.
Peninsular Florida: Visit their website for new content. Read more.
The LCC Network Strategic Plan identifies goals, objectives, and example tactics that support the Network’s vision and mission in the areas of conservation strategy, collaborative conservation, science, and communications for the next 5 years. Read more.
Piecing together perspectives and a Midwest landscape connected to the Gulf. Read what key participants had to say about the recent Mississippi River Basin/Gulf Hypoxia workshop sponsored by 7 LCCs across the central U.S.Read more.
—— OTHER NEWS: ——————————————————–
Listening to the Rain: a video produced by the University of Oklahoma and the SW Climate Science Center. The video interviews tribes across the U.S. who are experiencing impacts from climate change. View video.
—— OPPORTUNITIES: —————————————————–
$1 Billion in Funding to Support Climate and Energy Projects for Stale, Local and Tribal Governments. Read more.
Third Annual Summer School in Sustainable Climate Risk Management. June 1-5, 2015, Penn State University. The progam seeks broad backgrounds for the student cohort. Read more.
White House Launches Climate Action Champions Competition for Local and Tribal Governments: the Obama administration launched the first round of its Climate Action Champions Competition, a new effort to recognize and support the path-breaking steps that local and tribal governments are already taking to reduce carbon pollution and prepare for the impacts of climate change.Applications for first round are due Oct 27, 2014. Read more.
Job Opening: Research Assistant, The State Climate Office of North Carolina at NC State University is seeking a Research Assistant to support an emerging venture with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) focused on supporting climate preparedness of working lands in the south through newly formed Southeast Regional Climate Hub (SERCH). More information about SERCH is available at https://secasc.ncsu.edu/serch/ More details and instructions for applying are available at: https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/42667
The Nexus 2015: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference will be held March 15-17, 2015 in Chapel Hill, NC. Abstracts for verbal and poster presentations will be accepted until October 31, 2014.Read more.
2nd National Climate Adaptation Forum, May 12-14, 2015, St. Louis, MO: The biennial gathering of the adaptation community to foster information exchange, innovation and mutual support for a better tomorrow. At the Forum, participants learn how to make their work climate-informed, share what they have learned with others, and develop a stronger network of collaborative peers. Submit proposals by Oct 24, 2014. Read more.
Citizen Science 2015 Conference, San Jose, California, 11-12 February 2015. The first conference of the new Citizen Science Association will be convened in conjunction with the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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