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Creating a New Framework for Integrating the Role of Biodiversity Changes into Ecosystem Services
Creating a New Framework for Integrating the Role of Biodiversity Changes into Ecosystem Services
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Building Capacity for Actionable and Interdisciplinary Science across the Climate Adaptation Science Center Network
Building Capacity for Actionable and Interdisciplinary Science across the Climate Adaptation Science Center Network
The National Climate Adaptation Science Center (NCASC) generates science and decision-making tools to help our nation respond to the effects of climate change on fish, wildlife, ecosystems, and communities by building relationships with resource managers and conservation practitioners to support effective climate adaptation planning across regional, national, and international scales.
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The Impact of Future Climate on Wetland Habitat in a Critical Migratory Waterfowl Corridor of the Prairie Pothole Region
The Prairie Pothole Region is recognized as one of the most productive areas for waterfowl in North America and supports an estimated 50–80 % of the continent’s duck population. This important habitat is threatened by climate change and continued land-use change. The goal of this research is to establish a framework for assessing future impacts of climate and land-use change on Prairie...
Understanding and Forecasting Potential Recruitment of Lake Michigan Fishes
Yellow perch and alewife are ecologically, economically, and culturally important fish species in Lake Michigan whose populations support recreational and commercial fisheries. However, both of these species’ populations have been in decline for over 20 years. This project seeks to understand the factors affecting variability in offspring survival of yellow perch and alewife in Lake...
Webinar: Using Decision Tools to Design the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge
View this webinar to learn how decision tools may be used to help managers identify habitat that meet land management objectives.
Webinar: Climate Adaptation Planning with Alaska-Based Adaptation Tools
View this webinar to learn how the Alaska CASC and partners are developing climate adaptation tools for Alaskan communities implementing climate adaptation strategies.
Webinar: Sea-Level Rise, El Niño, and Storm Effects on Coastal Tidal Marshes
View this webinar to learn how climate change may affect El Niño events and extreme storms on coastal wetlands.
Webinar: Climate Projections as a Way to Illustrate Future Possibilities
View this webinar to learn how climate projections illustrate how future climate could unfold.
Webinar: Variable Warming in Lakes of the Upper Midwest and Implications for Sport Fish
Check out this webinar to learn more about how warming temperatures are affecting lakes in the Midwest and the fish they support.
Webinar: Forest Management for Mitigating Drought Impacts
View this webinar to learn more about forest drought in the Southwest U.S. and ongoing research to mitigate regional drought effects.
Adaptation Strategies in the Face of Climate-Driven Ecological Transformation: Case Studies from Arctic Alaska and the U.S. Great Plains
Climate change is already affecting ecosystems, and will likely trigger significant and permanent changes in both ecological and human communities. Such transformations are already occurring in the Arctic region of Alaska, where temperatures are warming at twice the global average and causing some ecosystems to transition to new states. Arctic warming has led to coastal erosion that has...
Developing A National Framework for Incorporating Climate Change Refugia into Conservation and Adaptation Planning
The impacts of climate change are widespread and accelerating. As natural resource managers are tasked with maintaining and protecting species and ecosystems, options for minimizing the impacts of climate change are needed. One option for climate adaptation focuses on resistance, which seeks to preserve, as much as possible, the historical structure, composition, and function of an...
Fish Habitat Restoration to Promote Adaptation: Resilience of Sport Fish in Lakes of the Upper Midwest
Many Midwestern lakes are experiencing warming water temperatures as a result of climate change. In general, this change is causing coldwater fish species such as cisco and coolwater species such as walleye to decline. Meanwhile, warmer water species such as largemouth and smallmouth bass are increasing as temperatures warm. However, some fish populations are more vulnerable to these...
Managing and Promoting the Resiliency of Winter-Adapted Species to Climate Change
Many animal species have unique characteristics that allow them to survive during winter. For example, the snowshoe hare changes its fur color from brown to white to camouflage better in winter months, and the ruffed grouse roosts under the snow to stay warm and hidden in winter. These winter-adapted species, however, are facing new challenges as climate change is resulting in shorter...