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Jul 25, 2014

July/August 2014 Newsletter

News and upcoming events related to the Southeast Climate Science Center —— SE CSC NEWS: —————————————————— New Publication: Aboveground Allometric Models for Freeze-Affected Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans): Equations for a… 

Jul 24, 2014

The Southern Megalopolis, Using the Past to Predict the Future of Urban Sprawl in the Southeast U.S

SE Climate Science Center researcher, Adam Terando, is lead on the paper The Southern Megalopolis: Using the past to predict the future of urban sprawl in the Southeast U.S. in… 

Jul 23, 2014

SE CSC Presents at ESA Panel Focusing on Research at Climate Science Centers

SE CSC Fellow, Tyson Wepprich, and Brian Irwin (Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit) curently serving as a PI on a SE CSC-funded project, will be presenting at the… 

Jul 21, 2014

Ecological Implications of Mangrove Forest Migration in the Southeastern U.S.

Currently, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and southern Atlantic coast are comprised of various coastal ecosystems, including salt marshes and mangrove forests. Previous research has found that whether some of… 

Jul 15, 2014

Precipitation Changes, Not Warming, to Affect Bird Populations

A new study led by researchers at Oregon State University and funded by the National Science Foundation with support from the U.S. Geological Survey and others is being published in… 

Jul 15, 2014

NC Climate Office Annual Report Describes Research, Education, Extension Services

The North Carolina Climate Office has had a busy year. Established by the UNC Board of Governors in 1998, the State Climate Office (SCO) is responsible for climate- and weather-related… 

Jul 8, 2014

New Paper: Monitoring Sensitive Mangrove-Marsh Ecotones Under Climate Change

USGS researcher Mike Osland is lead on the paper, Aboveground allometric models for freeze-affected black mangroves (Avicennia germinans): equations for a climate sensitive mangrove-marsh ecotone in Plos One. It is… 

Jul 2, 2014

Hot in the Hood; and How Insects Might Make it Hotter

What implications does a warming city have on both our human and insect communities? How does the urban heat island affect the city’s canopy as insects (maybe even new ones)… 

Jun 11, 2014

New Resource! Visit our New Global Change Monitoring Portal for the Southeast

The SE Climate Science Center has developed a new database and web interface that allows the search and display of information about ecosystem observational networks and monitoring sites in the… 

Jun 10, 2014

New IARPA RFI

Global change alters the distribution of species on Earth. It has, it will. Biogeographers typically discuss these shifts in light of conservation, biological invasion and agriculture. However, these are not…