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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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Understanding the Effects of Climate Change on Spruce-Fir Forests and Associated Bird Populations

Understanding the Effects of Climate Change on Spruce-Fir Forests and Associated Bird Populations

Spruce-fir forests and associated bird species are recognized as some of the most vulnerable ecosystems and species to the impacts of climate change.

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Climate Camps Expose Scientists and Resource Managers to the Power of Working Together to Address Climate Change

Climate Camps Expose Scientists and Resource Managers to the Power of Working Together to Address Climate Change

Each summer the Northwest Climate Science Center hosts a weeklong Climate Boot Camp. The Boot Camp invites early career climate professionals from the...

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More than Meets the Eye: Ecological Effects of Mangrove Forest Expansion

More than Meets the Eye: Ecological Effects of Mangrove Forest Expansion

A new publication shows that climate change driven expansion of mangrove forests may bring about both above-ground (more vegetation) and below-ground...

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Experts Launch Project to Assess Drought Effects on Ecosystems and How Communities Can Adapt

Experts Launch Project to Assess Drought Effects on Ecosystems and How Communities Can Adapt

RESTON, Va. — A new public-private research collaboration supported by the U.S. Geological Survey will tackle how to best cope with the increasing...

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Keeping Pace: A Short Guide to Navigating Sea-Level Rise Models

Keeping Pace: A Short Guide to Navigating Sea-Level Rise Models

A new short guide covers the importance of sea-level rise model selection, helpful concepts, model categories, and an example of how to utilize these...

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Up to 70 Percent of Northeast U.S. Coast May Adapt to Rising Seas

Up to 70 Percent of Northeast U.S. Coast May Adapt to Rising Seas

Much of the coast from Maine to Virginia is more likely to change than to simply drown in response to rising seas during the next 70 years or so...

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AK CSC Poster, “From Icefield to Ocean,” Receives Shoemaker Award for External Communications

AK CSC Poster, “From Icefield to Ocean,” Receives Shoemaker Award for External Communications

Three researchers and communicators affiliated with the Alaska Climate Science Center were winners of the 2015 Eugene M. Shoemaker Communication...

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What Climate Change Means for North America’s Most Widespread Tree

What Climate Change Means for North America’s Most Widespread Tree

Aspen groves serve as important ecological hotspots in the Rocky Mountains. Scientists affiliated with the Northwest Climate Science Center are...

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Native Hawaiian Silverswords Threatened by Shifting Climate Patterns

Native Hawaiian Silverswords Threatened by Shifting Climate Patterns

A new study published in Climate Change Responses by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers shows how shifting atmospheric circulation patterns...

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Food for Billions: Inland Fisheries and World Food Security

Food for Billions: Inland Fisheries and World Food Security

Reston, VA – Inland capture fisheries are much more crucial to global food security than realized, according to the first global review of the value...

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Supporting Transportation Research and Operations with Weather Hazard Datasets

Supporting Transportation Research and Operations with Weather Hazard Datasets

Extreme weather conditions produce substantial strain on transportation systems. Scientists are developing weather hazard datasets, based on climate...

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Evolutionary Clock Ticks for Snowshoe Hares Facing Climate Change

Evolutionary Clock Ticks for Snowshoe Hares Facing Climate Change

New research from NCCWSC-funded scientists at North Carolina State University and the University of Montana shows that the evolutionary clock is...

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