January 2015 Newsletter

News and upcoming events related to the Southeast Climate Science Center. Subscribe to the monthly newsletter here.

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Top News: US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the SE Climate Science Center. These studies will be in association with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as a part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. This program will fun two studies at the SE Climate Science Center, these studies will focus on how climate change will affect natural resources and management actions that can be taken to help offset such change. Read more.
New Publication: Evolutionary tipping points in the capacity to adapt to environmental change This article, co-authored by Carlos Botero a SE CSC post-doc last year, was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Not only that, but it was chosen to be featured on the journal’s cover!Read more.
New Publication: Modeling climate change, urbanization, and fire effects on Pinus palustris ecosystems in the southeastern U.S. This article as a part of Jennifer Costanza and Adam Terando’s project has recently been published in the Journal of Environmental Management. Read more.
Current SE CSC Fellow Presented at AUG 2014: One of the SE CSC’s fellows for this year, Nitin Singh, was able to present two posters at the 2014 annual Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the largest Earth and space science meeting in the world. Read more.
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USDA Climate Hubs National Website is Now Up and Running: Access their new website here. In addition a video has been produced outlining whom, and for what purposes the Climate Hub’s website was created, and ways in which it will hopefully assist those browsing it. View the video here.
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EPA Presidential Advisory Committee Issues Report on Ecological Restoration in the U.S. – Mexico Border Region. Read more.
Recommendations from the Resilience and Preparedness Task Force: A year ago President Obama has created a Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience whose goals is to bring first had experience to building this climate readiness and resilience in their communities. Now that the task force has been in effect for a year they have issued their report, found here.
New NOAA Fisheries tool to visualize climate and other impacts on marine animals: In collaboration with thePinsky Lab of Rutgers University, NOAA has developed a web-based tool called OceanAdapt, to aggregate marine biological survey date from all over North America. Read More.
CISA Video Series Highlights Climate Influences on Water Resources in South Carolina: View here.
OceanAdapt Tool Tracks Shifts in US Marine Species Distribution: The OceanAdapt Web Tool can help managers, scientists, fishermen, fishing communities, and the public track changes in the distribution of marine species with changing climate and ocean conditions. Access the tool.
Climate Explorer: Visualizing Climate Data in Maps & Graphs: The Climate Explorer is a research application built to support the US Climate Resilience Toolkit. The tool offers interactive visualizations for exploring maps and data related to the toolkit’s Taking Action case studies. Learn more.
New Climate Economy Global Action Plan: The Global Commission, advised by some of the world’s leading economists, set out a ten point Global Action Plan for governments and businesses to secure better growth in a low-carbon economy. Read more.
Ecosystem and Water resources: In the link you will find data related to climate change that can help inform and prepare America’s communities, businesses, and citizens. Access this data here.
NOAA Releases a Recap of 2014 Temperatures: in the video found here.
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DOE Webcast: Best Practices in Developing a Tribal Strategic Energy Plan: January 28, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm. During this webcast you will learn from experts who have overcome typical barriers and used community participation to gain support and ownership. Register for free here.
HUD National Disaster Resilience Competition Webinar Series: In light of the recent announcement of theNational Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC), HUD is offering a series of webinars to discuss NDRC NOFA requirements, answer NDRC NOFA questions, and jump start the climate resilience dialogue. View the calendar for this series here.
NC Forest Service Hosting Series of Webinars: The Forestry Service’s Urban & Community Forestry Program will be hosting five webinars designed to educate professionals who have responsibility for managing urban forestry assets. A list of the webinar series can be found here.
—— SEMINARS at NC State, unless otherwise noted: ———————————————————–
Climate Change in North Carolina: Trends, Prospects, and Implications for Environmental and Human Health: The 1st weekly session of the One Health Intellectual Exchange seminar series. 5:30-7:30 pm January 13, 2015 in the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Read more.
NCSU Sciences Connections presents Catastrophes! Epidemics, Supernovae, and Landslides: Sciences Connections is a series of forums for College of Sciences Faculty to learn about what their colleagues and what they do. Featuring John Blondin (Physics), Alun Lloyd (Mathematics), and Karl Wegmann (MEAS). This event will be held in 4201 SAS Hall at 10 am on January 16.
First CEnREP Lunch with Steve Dundas: The Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy will be having Steve Dundas, Ph.D candidate of the Department of Economics presenting, “The Benefits and Ancillary Costs of Constructed Dunes: Evidence from the New Jersey Coast.” January 16th from 12:00-1:15 in3220 Nelson Hall.
—— UPCOMING EVENTS: ———————————————–
NCSE Energy and Climate Change Conference: Join former Governors Granholm and Richardson and over 1,200 scientific leaders to expand and accelerate their efforts and work across our traditional boundaries. January 27-19, 2015 in Washington, DC. Read more.
Abundance NC presents The Third Annual Farming Adaptation Conference: Strategies for Todays’ Changing Climate: This conference is a wonderful opportunity to hear several powerful speakers, including our partners SERCH and staff, who will be presenting at this conference. It will be held at the Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro, NC on February 6, 2015. Read more.
Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds March 2-6, 2015: This conference will take a national perspective on watershed science and management, while highlighting the coastal landscape. Trident Technical College, Charleston, SC. Read more.
SC Environmental Conference March 15-17 2015: The theme for this year’s conference is “We are Water”. This theme reminds us all of what we do and who we are. It will be held in Myrtle Beach, SC. Read more.
NC Water Resources Research Institute’s Annual Conference March 18-19, 2015: The premier conference highlighting diverse topics in water research, management, and policy in North Carolina. The event features concurrent oral presentations, poster presentations, themed panel discussions, ample networking opportunities, and new this year, hands-on interactive sessions for more in-depth discussions and problem solving related to water resources. Hosted in the McKimmon Center, Raleigh NC. 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. March 30 – April 2, 2015. 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.
Rising Voices 3 Learning and Doing: Education and Adaptation through Diverse Ways of Knowing: Rising Voices workshops facilitate engaged conversations about the co-production of knowledge for adaptation solutions to climate variability and change. Will be held at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado from June 29 – July 1, 2015. Read more.
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Appalachian:
Appalachian LCC Coordinator is Invited Speaker at Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission Meeting: Read more.
Steering Committee Advances the Cooperative’s Conservation Planning Process: Committee members and natural and cultural resource experts met at the National Conservation Training Center in September to advance the Cooperative’s landscape planning initiative. Read more.
Caribbean:
Selection of NOAA Habitat Focus Areas for the Southeast and Caribbean: Read more.
Top “Best of 2014 Lists” for Conservation. Happy New Year!! Read here.
Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozark:
GCPO LCC joins forces with Gulf LCCs in proposal to RESTORE Council: A proposal was designed by these two groups for “Bucket 2” funds entitled, “Strategic Conservation Assessment of Gulf Coast Landscapes.” Read more about how strategic conservation is gaining support here.
GCPO LCC Steering Cmte Meetings: Webex meeting of the GCPO LCC Steering Cmte. They will discuss FY15 project priorities, get an update on a Conservation Planning Atlas Outreach Strategy, and meet the new Science Coordinator. January 27, 2015, 1:30-3:30 pm
GCPO LCC Steering Cmte Spring Retreat. They will meet in Starkville, MS, at Mississippi State University. March 24-26, 2015.
Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy: Dennis Figg, who has represented the Missouri Dept of Conservation on the GCPO LCC Steering Cmte for the last few years, has now been asked to take on the role of SECAS Coordinator, and has agreed to this new and very important job!
GCPO LCC Congratulates Dr. Todd Jones-Farrand as the New Science Coordinator: Todd has been the Science Coordinator for the Central Hardwoods Joint Venture since 2009, and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in landscape ecology, geospatial modeling, and working in a partnership-driven, landscape-scale enterprise such as the Central Hardwoods Joint Venture.
Peninsular Florida:
USDA Extends Public Comment Period for Conservation Stewardship Program Rule: Read more.
South Atlantic:
The State of the South Atlantic is Coming Soon: The South Atlantic LCC is developing a new-and-improved State of the South Atlantic report evaluating the health of every ecosystem geography. It’s a snapshot in time, telling us how our lands and waters are doing today. Read more.
Working with Students on Climate Change Adaptation: Wrapping up an NCSU graduate course on climate adaptation where students conducted case studies on climate change in National Parks you can learn more about the conversations started during this course. Read more.
Gulf Coast Prairie LCC Project funding-Statements of Interest Due January 31: The Gulf Coast Prairie LCC is now accepting statements of interest for 2015 projects ranging from oyster reef mapping to the impact of habitat fragmentation on quail. Read more.
—— OTHER NEWS: ——————————————————–
EPA Delays Release of Carbon Emissions Rules for Power Plants: They will be publishing them for new as well as existing plants at the same time mid-summer. Read more.
California Cap-and-Trade System Includes Oil and Gas Sector: California’s cap-and-trade program now requires gasoline and diesel producers to supply lower-carbon fuels or to buy allowances for the greenhouse gases emitted when those fuels are burned. Read more.
Congress Prepare to Vote on Keystone XL Pipeline: The pipeline has become a flash point in the debate over climate change and economic growth. Read more.
NOAA Journal Article Establishes ‘Tipping Points’ for Sea Level Rise Related Flooding: Published in the American Geophysical Union’s  Journal Earth’s Future finds that, by 2050, a majority of US coastal areas are likely to experience 30 or more days of flooding per year due to sea level rise. Read more.
Draft NC Sea Level Rise Report Released for Peer Review: The NC Coastal Resource Commission science advisory panel submitted an updated version of it’s sea level rise report for external peer review. It will be released for public review in March. Read more.
Lifting America’s Game in Climate Education, Literacy, and Training: The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) is launching a new Climate Education and Literacy Initiative to help connect American students and citizens with the best available science-based information about climate change. Read more.
Worldwide Retreat of Glaciers Confirmed in Unprecedented Detail: A new book from the International GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) initiative, an international collaboration including the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado Boulder, provides the most comprehensive report to date on global glacier changes. Read more.
Crowdsourcing Climate: Citizen Science, Indicators, and the National Climate Assessment: A recent workshop explored the potential for crowd-based approaches to help track a changing climate. Read more.
New Research Frontiers: the Urban Carbon Cycle: Scientists are working across disciplines to understand how humans and carbons interact in cities. Read more.
—— OPPORTUNITIES: —————————————————–
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.
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.
CISA Position Announcement: Water Resources Extension Agent Assistant with Richland County and Carolina Clear: This position will provide pollution prevention, natural resource conservation and watershed management and outreach programming. Submit materials by February 6, 2015. Read more.
NC Sea Grant Fellowship Opportunities: The following fellowship opportunities are now open for application through NC Sea Grant:
2015 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Management Fellowship. Read more.
2015 National Sea Grant College Program/NOAA Fisheries Fellowship. Read more.
2016 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Read more.
Southeast Sea Grant Programs Seek Community Resilience Proposals: The desired outcome is a quantitative assessment of the efficacy of a new or existing tool that can be used by coastal communities in South Atlantic states to increase their resilience to hazards. Read more.
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center Call for Proposals: This call for proposals includes the Triangle Scholar, as well as Graduate Fellows. Read more about these various opportunities and applications here.
NOAA Restore Act Science Program releases its First Federal Funding Opportunity: This program is seeking proposals that will produce timely and high-quality scientific results that may be used to develop management strategies to support the sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, including it’s fisheries. Deadline for proposals is January 30. Read more.

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