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CASC news announcements highlight news from across the CASC network, including new research, upcoming webinars, job postings, and events at the National and regional CASCS. The CASCs also produce original feature stories profiling project success stories, high-interest data products, and CASC scientists.

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When Timing is Everything: Migratory Bird Phenology in a Changing Climate

When Timing is Everything: Migratory Bird Phenology in a Changing Climate

Many ecological relationships, especially those of migratory birds, exist in a delicate synchronization that may be altered by climate change.

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A New Framework for Evaluating the Success of Coproduced Climate Science

A New Framework for Evaluating the Success of Coproduced Climate Science

Researchers supported by the Southwest Climate Science Center propose an evaluation framework for collaborative climate science in a recent...

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Changes in Rainfall, Temperature Expected to Transform Coastal Wetlands This Century

Changes in Rainfall, Temperature Expected to Transform Coastal Wetlands This Century

Changes in rainfall and temperature are predicted to transform wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico and around the world within the century, a new study...

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New England’s 1816 “Mackerel Year,” Volcanoes and Climate Change Today

New England’s 1816 “Mackerel Year,” Volcanoes and Climate Change Today

Hundreds of articles have been written about the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, at Indonesia’s Mt. Tambora just over 200 years ago...

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Northeast U.S. Temperatures Are Decades Ahead of Global Average

Northeast U.S. Temperatures Are Decades Ahead of Global Average

Temperatures across the northeastern United States will increase much faster than the global average, according to a new study from researchers...

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Predicting Wildfire in the Western U.S. Under a Changing Climate

Predicting Wildfire in the Western U.S. Under a Changing Climate

A new publication examines the relationships between climate, hydrology, and wildfire – offering insight for improving the predictive power of...

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Who Wins and Loses with Warming? Where You Live Matters

Who Wins and Loses with Warming? Where You Live Matters

Insects at higher latitudes will fare better as temperatures warm than those closer to the equator, according to a new publication from researchers...

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Historical Records Shed Light on 19th-Century Gulf Coast Hurricane Activity

Historical Records Shed Light on 19th-Century Gulf Coast Hurricane Activity

Researchers, supported by the South Central Climate Science Center, used historical documents to identify 28 landfalling tropical cyclones between...

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Liaison Teams Help Build Collaboration between LCCs and the North Central Climate Science Center

Liaison Teams Help Build Collaboration between LCCs and the North Central Climate Science Center

In order to help connect the landscape-scale conservation activities of the LCC network with its climate science capacity, the North Central CSC has...

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Permafrost Loss Dramatically Changes Yukon River Chemistry and Hydrology with Potential Global Implications

Permafrost Loss Dramatically Changes Yukon River Chemistry and Hydrology with Potential Global Implications

New USGS-led research shows that permafrost loss due to a rapidly warming Alaska is leading to significant changes in the freshwater chemistry and...

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Safeguarding Our Cultural Past from Future Climate Change: Stories from Jamestown

Safeguarding Our Cultural Past from Future Climate Change: Stories from Jamestown

The Interior Department’s Climate Science Centers, managed by USGS, are helping the NPS pinpoint the specific impacts of climate change on parks and...

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Forest Fires in Sierra Nevada Driven by Past Land Use

Forest Fires in Sierra Nevada Driven by Past Land Use

Changes in human uses of the land have had a large impact on fire activity in California’s Sierra Nevada since 1600, according to new research...

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