Research Highlights

Feb 23, 2022

Researcher Spotlight – Madeline Anderson

2021-22 Global Change Fellow Master’s student, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric SciencesAdvisor: Dr. Astrid SchnetzerEvery year the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center funds a multi-disciplinary cohort of Global Change Fellows…

Feb 18, 2022

Expansion of Mangrove Forests Into Salt Marshes Impacts Wetland Ecosystem Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Changing climate conditions continue to play out in ways that can be seen in changes to natural ecosystems. These ecosystem impacts are experienced by people in multiple…

Feb 17, 2022

New Tools: Mapping the Status and Benefits of Natural and Working Lands in North Carolina

SE CASC Consortium researchers, Katie Warnell and Lydia Olander have developed several products that summarize and visualize data and analyses of the status and benefits of natural and working lands…

Feb 11, 2022

Researcher Spotlight – Melody Hunter-Pillion

2021-22 Global Change Fellow Ph.D. student, Department of HistoryAdvisor: Dr. Blair L.M. KelleyEvery year the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center funds a multi-disciplinary cohort of Global Change Fellows representing colleges across…

Feb 7, 2022

New Publication Uncovers Sensitivity of Endangered Butterfly to Changing Precipitation

A new publication by 2015-16 Global Change Fellow Erica Henry and SE CASC Research Ecologist Adam Terando, Shifting precipitation regimes alter the phenology and population dynamics of low latitude ectotherms,…

Jan 26, 2022

Impact of Dam Clusters on Natural Flow Characteristics of Rivers

A new publication by 2020-21 Global Change Fellow Hemant Kumar and SE CASC Faculty Affiliate Sankar Arumugam was published in the January 2022 edition of the journal, Water Resources Research.…

Jan 18, 2022

Researcher Spotlight – Stephanie Kelly

2021-22 Global Change Fellow Masters student, Departments of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Marine, Earth & Atmospheric SciencesAdvisor: Dr. Gavin SmithEvery year the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center funds…

Dec 16, 2021

Investigadora destacada – Regina Ayala Chavez

2021-22 Becario de Cambio Global ¿En qué departamento estás? Estoy en el departamento de educación STEM en la Facultad de Educación. ¿Quién es su asesor? Dr. KC Busch Cada año,…

Dec 10, 2021

Researcher Spotlight – Ben Makhlouf

2021-22 Global Change Fellow PhD Student, Department of Applied EcologyAdvisor: Dr. Brad TaylorEvery year the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center funds a multi-disciplinary cohort of Global Change Fellows representing colleges across…

Dec 6, 2021