Research Highlights

Jul 12, 2023

Species Range Shifts Are Not as Simple as You Think

A new article that includes SE CASC Research Ecologists, Mitchell Eaton and Adam Terando as co-authors, Climate change and the global redistribution of biodiversity: substantial variation in empirical support for…

Jun 15, 2023

Data Release Offers Valuable Information on Future Urbanization Patterns Across the Southeastern US

Two SE CASC supported data releases, Status Quo Projections of Future Patterns of Urbanization Across the Conterminous United States from 2020 to 2100 and Scenarios of Future Patterns of Urbanization…

Jun 12, 2023

Using Deficit Irrigation to Reduce Vulnerability in Food-Energy-Water Nexus

A new publication by 2020-21 Global Change Fellow Hemant Kumar and SE CASC Faculty Affiliate Sankar Arumugam was published June 12, 2023 in the journal, Water Resources Research. The article,…

Jun 8, 2023

Former Global Change Fellow Completes Estuarine Vulnerability Project under Science to Action Fellowship

After her time as a 2019-20 SE CASC Global Change Fellow, Lise Montefiore became a USGS CASC Science to Action Fellow where she pursued her research project, Mapping Estuarine Vulnerability…

May 15, 2023

Workshops Explore Sediment Budget Modeling to Enhance Natural and Cultural Resources at Gulf Islands National Seashore

SE CASC project report Gulf Islands National Seashore Regional Sediment Budget Research and Data Needs: Workshop Series Summary, was recently published. SE CASC Principal Investigators Erin Seekamp (NCSU) and James…

May 2, 2023

Global Change Fellow Emily Nastase is Drawing Attention to the Threatened Henslow’s Sparrow

Henslow’s sparrow (Centronyx henslowii) populations have been declining since the early 20th century, but a population in North Carolina may help researchers understand how managers can help preserve this once…

Mar 13, 2023

SE CASC Researchers Show How Climate Change and Invasive Species Threaten Florida Treefrogs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE J. Alex Baecher | jbaecher@gmail.com Brittany Salmons | basalmo2@ncsu.edu | 919-515-3766 Invasive species may negatively impact native species’ ability to adapt to climate change through direct competition…

Feb 28, 2023

Are Densely Built or Sprawling Cities Better for Conservation?

There is no clear consensus on whether densely packed or sprawling urban development best meets biodiversity and conservation goals. According to a new review by researchers at NC State, ecological outcomes…

Feb 27, 2023

The Future of Estuaries Under Climate and Land-Use Change

A new article by 2019-20 Global Change Fellow Lise Montefiore, Natalie Nelson (NCSU), Michelle Staudinger (NE CASC), and Adam Terando (SE CASC), Vulnerability of Estuarine Systems in the Contiguous United…

Jan 13, 2023

New Article Explores Tiger Mosquito Population Dynamics at Small Spatial Scale

An article written by Spring 2018 and 2019-2020 Global Change Fellow Emily Reed, Michael H Reiskind, and Martha O Burford Reiskind, Life-history stage and the population genetics of the tiger…