About

The Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center is part of a network of nine Climate Adaptation Science Centers managed by the U.S. Geological Survey National Climate Adaptation Science Center. Our mission is to deliver science to help fish, wildlife, water, land, and people adapt to a changing climate.

How We Work

North Carolina State University is the host institution for the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, providing organizational leadership to implement the CASC mission through capacity building, project management, communications, partnership development, and connections with scientific capabilities in the region. The mission is implemented through collaborative partnerships among USGS, natural and cultural resource management organizations, and academic institutions.

NC State is the lead university for a consortium of academic institutions across the Southeast, bringing together a breadth of expertise and capacity in natural, physical, and social sciences and management of natural and cultural resources.

SE CASC Consortium Universities (and PIs):

Auburn University (Karen McNeal)
Duke University (Lydia Olander)
University of Florida (Wendy Graham)
University of South Carolina (John Kupfer)
University of Tennessee (Paul Armsworth)

The Southeast CASC works with regional partners in the Southeast to identify global change-related information needed by natural and cultural resource managers, including physical and biological research, ecological forecasting, and multi-scale modeling.

Our History

National CASC network formed

The National Climate Adaptation Science Center (NCASC), formerly named the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center, was established by Congress in 2008. Housed within the USGS, NCASC was tasked with providing science to help managers of the country's fish and wildlife resources respond to the impacts of climate change. To meet this goal, NCASC established the 8 regional CASCs, including the Southeast CASC in 2011. In 2021 a 9th regional CASC was added to the network.

Our name changed but not our mission

In the fiscal year 2018 budget, the Climate Science Centers were renamed the Climate Adaptation Science Centers. The mission of our centers did not change and the name emphasizes the network’s focus on meeting natural resource adaptation needs. The regional CASCs are housed within DOI and managed by the NCASC, which is housed within the USGS. The Southeast Climate Science Center became the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center.

SE CASC Team