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National CASC Spotlight: Coastal Resilience and Restoration on Ship Island, MS
A SE CASC funded project used the process of structured decision making (SDM) to inform a coastal restoration effort which was recently completed on Ship Island – a small barrier island in Mississippi. This work was funded through the SE […]
Research Projects Shifts in Fire Regimes Through the End of Century
SE CASC Research Ecologist, Adam Terando and SE CASC Consortium PI, John Kupfer, are co-authors to Robust projections of future fire probability for the conterminous United States, published in the Oct 2021 edition of the journal, Science of The Total Environment, […]
New SE CASC Publication: Frameworks for Communicating About Wildlife Disease Transmission
A new publication, Cultural Cognition and Ideological Framing Influence Communication About Zoonotic Disease in the Era of COVID-19, was published in Frontiers in Communication on May 31, 2021. This work was supported through the SE CASC Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy […]
June 10, 11am ET: SE CASC Science Seminar on Lessons Learned from the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy
This summer, the SE CASC is hosting a virtual science seminar series highlighting SE CASC supported projects supporting resource management actions across the Southeast. Each month a SE CASC researcher will provide an overview of their work and the management […]
May 2021 Newsletter
May 2021 Newsletter Welcome to the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center’s May 2021 Newsletter. For news and upcoming events related to the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, subscribe to our monthly newsletter. SE CASC News | Resources | Publications | […]
New Report Explores SECAS Mission and Success Over the Past Decade
A new report by the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy, SECAS FUTURES: Structuring Governance to Achieve Landscape-scale Conservation Outcomes, was released on March 31, 2021. This report was supported through the SE CASC funded project, Vital Futures: Conservation Adaptation Planning for […]
SE CASC Report Provides a Framework for Species Status Assessments of Grassland Species
A team of SE CASC researchers led by Jennifer Cartwright (USGS Biologist) and Dwayne Estes (Southeastern Grasslands Initiative) and including SE CASC Deputy Director Ryan Boyles, published Science needs of southeastern grassland species of conservation concern—A framework for species status […]
New SE CASC Publication Ties Environmental Factors to Amphibian Populations in Puerto Rico
SE CASC-supported research team of Ana Rivera-Burgos, Jaime Collazo (SE CASC Faculty Affiliate), Adam Terando (SE CASC Research Ecologist), and Krishna Pacifici (SE CASC Principal Investigator) published Linking demographic rates to local environmental conditions: Empirical data to support climate adaptation strategies […]
Introducing the 10th Annual Cohort of Southeast CASC Global Change Fellows
We are proud to welcome our newest cohort of Global Change Fellows and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the program! These exceptional NC State graduate students represent diverse fields of study from civil engineering to the humanities. They will […]
Global Change Fellow Shows Urban Heat Increases Dangerous Caterpillar Stage
2015-2016 Global Change Fellow Kristi Backe was lead author and SE CASC Faculty Affiliate Steve Frank was co-author on a new publication, Human health risks of invasive caterpillars increase with urban warming, which was released in the journal Landscape Ecology […]