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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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Webinar: Sea-level Rise Modeling Handbook: Resource Guide for Coastal Land Managers, Engineers, and Scientists
View this webinar to learn more about the Sea-level Rise Modeling Handbook.
Webinar: Ungulates and Climate Change: an Examination of the Potential Impacts
View this webinar for more information about the effects of climate change on moose, mule deer, and elk in Wyoming.
Webinar: The USA National Phenology Network: Informing Science, Conservation and Resource Management
View this webinar to learn more about the USA National Phenology Network.
Climate, the Boreal Forest, and Moose: A Pilot Project for Scenario Planning to Inform Land and Wildlife Management
Scenario planning is one decision support method that can help natural resource managers incorporate information about uncertain future changes in climate into management decisions. To provide a proof of concept of the value of scenario planning in helping managers prepare for climate change, we conducted a pilot scenario planning effort aimed at helping state agencies in the...
Collecting and Applying Schitsu’umsh Indigenous Knowledge and Practices to Climate Change Decision Making
The Schitsu'umsh people (Coeur d’Alene Tribe of Idaho) have an intimate relationship with their landscape and a rich knowledge of how to interact with the environment in a way that benefits human, plant, and animal communities alike. Such knowledge and practices can provide valuable insight as to how tribal and non-tribal resource managers, communities, and governments can best respond...
Evaluating Adaptations of Desert Bighorn Sheep to Climate Change in the Southwestern U.S.
In the southwestern U.S., climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme droughts and cause an overall decrease in precipitation and increase in temperatures. These changes could impact a wide range of species in the region, even those adapted to living in arid environments. It’s possible that some species may be able to adapt to changing conditions by migrating to new...
Linking Mule Deer Migration to Spring Green-Up in Wyoming
Each year, plants and animals undergo certain life cycle events, such as breeding or flowering. These phenological events are linked to weather and climate, and as temperature and precipitation patterns have changed, some spring events are occurring earlier. These changes in plant phenology can have cascading effects on wildlife such as elk, moose, and mule deer, which depend on plants...
State of the Science on the Effects of Climate Change on North American Inland Fishes
Changes in the Earth’s climate are expected to impact freshwater habitats around the world by altering water temperatures, water levels, and streamflow. These changes will have consequences for inland fish – those found within lakes, rivers, streams, canals, reservoirs, and other landlocked waters – which are important for food, commerce, and recreation around the world. According to the...
Supporting Social Scientists working with the CSCs in Data Sharing Efforts
Social scientists funded through the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC) and the Climate Science Centers (CSCs) have an obligation to provide access to their climate science related research data. We suspect, as with other data types, that tools for creating and editing social science metadata specific to the climate science domain and linking the metadata to the...
The Effects of Drought on Vegetation Phenology and Wildlife
Plants and animals undergo certain life cycle events every year, such as breeding or flowering. Known as phenology, these events are very sensitive to changes in climate. Changes in plant phenology can have cascading effects that impact the herbivore species that depend on the affected plants for food, such as elk, moose, and deer. Therefore, characterizing long term vegetation cycles...
The Past as a Prelude to the Future: Assessing Climate Effects on Native Trout in the U.S.
Salmonids (a family of fish that includes salmon, trout, and char) are a keystone species for both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and can be an early warning indicator of ecosystem health. Salmonids also have strong societal values and contribute enormously to regional economies and Native American cultures. Today, many native salmonid populations are small, highly fragmented, and...
Webinar: Bringing Order to Chaos: ScienceBase and Other Project Lifecycle Tools
View this webinar to learn more about the tools and policies that help the CASCs manage the entire lifecycle of our projects and share information with stakeholders and the public - bringing order to what can often be a chaotic process.