News and Events

Jan 17, 2013

Report to Help People Understand Climate Adaptation

The federal National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee has just released a draft report focusing on the importance of human adaptation to a changing climate. This report includes chapters…

Jan 17, 2013

Record-Breaking Early Flowering in the Eastern United States

PLoS One Abstract: Flowering times are well-documented indicators of the ecological effects of climate change and are linked to numerous ecosystem processes and trophic interactions. Dozens of studies have shown…

Jan 10, 2013

Modeling effects of climate and land use changes on common and imperiled freshwater mussel occurrence in the Tar River Basin, North Carolina

Remember the mother-of-pearl buttons you used to find in the drawers at Grandma’s house? They have since been replaced by plastic buttons, but the freshwater pearly mussels that provided them…

Jan 9, 2013

2012: Hottest U.S. Year on Record

NOAA announced on Tuesday that 2012 was officially the warmest year on record in the contiguous 48 states, based on 118 years of temperature records dating back to 1895. While…

Dec 17, 2012

Integrating the Effects of Global and Local Climate Change on Wildlife in North America

In the southeastern U.S., urbanization and urban warming will occur in concert with global warming. Urban warming also provides a lens into the changes that might be expected with global…

Dec 12, 2012

Upcoming Workshop – Feb 2013, Athens GA

The Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units invites the Southeastern LCCs to a workshop that will focus on communicating and using uncertain scientific information in conservation decision making as…

Dec 3, 2012

Where Have Our Winters Gone?

Changes in winter hydrology, ecology and biogeochemistry are focus of session at American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference. If you’re planning to skate on a frozen lake or river this winter,…

Dec 2, 2012

Documentary: Chasing Ice

Chasing Ice is a breathtaking documentary giving a visual tour of the earth’s shrinking ice formations. Environmental photographer, James Balog, set up Extreme Ice Survey to automatically photograph ice formations…

Nov 30, 2012

Blue Carbon, Potentially Greater Concentration of Emissions

A new Duke University technical report reveals that land conversion of coastal and marine ecosystems is becoming a significant source of GHGs. In their natural state, these ecosystems provide a…

Nov 6, 2012

As Sandy Provides Wake up Call, Doha UN Meeting Rolls Out Important Studies

An online article in Nature, revealed that 2011 emissions were up by 3 percent, a number that continues to track the high end of emissions scenarios, leading many to believe…