Alaska Interior mountain range shot with snow capped mountains.
Shawn L Carter, Ph.D.
Shawn Carter is the Acting Senior Administrator for the Climate Adaptation Science Centers.
Shawn Carter is the Acting Senior Administrator for the Climate Adaptation Science Centers, headquartered in Reston, VA. Shawn has degrees from Cornell, Virginia Tech, and SUNY-ESF and his research interests include ecological monitoring and assessment, forest ecology, and species-habitat relationships.
Science and Products
Deep Dive: Invasive Species in a Changing American Landscape
Invasive species are transforming and impacting ecosystems across the U.S. Explore how CASC science is helping partners detect, monitor, and manage invasive species to strengthen the resilience of infrastructure, wildfire response, forests, fisheries, rangelands, and national security.
Deep Dive: Building Resilience to Natural Hazards
Communities across the United States face growing risks from wildfires, floods, avalanches, and other natural hazards that are being intensified by climate change. Explore how CASC science improves our understanding of natural hazards and supports decisions that reduce risks to people, infrastructure, and ecosystems.
Deep Dive: Protecting Critical Infrastructure
Our nation’s roads, buildings, and bridges are being compromised by extreme weather events and sea level rise. Explore how CASC science is improving our understanding of how climate change is impacting critical infrastructure and supporting risk mitigation and adaptation planning.
Deep Dive: Supporting the Outdoor Recreation Economy
Outdoor activities like hunting, fishing, and wildlife watching are vital to connecting Americans to wild animals and wild places. But changing climate conditions are altering where, when, and how many animals are found on the landscape.
Understanding Changing Climate Variables to Clarify Species’ Exposure and Responses to Changing Environments across North America
Species across North America are being impacted by changing climate conditions. Plants and animals can respond to these changes in a variety of ways, including by shifting their geographic distributions. Determining whether or not observed biological changes, such as range shifts, are indeed the result of climate change is a key challenge facing natural resource managers and requires...
Understanding Species' Range Shifts in Response to Climate Change: Results from a Systematic National Review
Climate change represents one of the foremost drivers of ecological change, yet its documented impacts on biodiversity remain uncertain and complex. Although there have been many published studies on species shifting their geographic ranges in response to climate change, it is still challenging to identify the specific mechanisms and conditions that facilitate range shifts in some...
Webinar: What is Ecological Drought? Exploring Its Impacts on Natural and Cultural Resources
View this webinar to learn how scientists are working to identify the ecological impacts of drought.
Ecological Drought: Assessing Vulnerability and Developing Solutions for People and Nature
As global temperatures continue to rise, the frequency and severity of droughts in North America are expected to increase, leading to a wide range of social and ecological impacts. Identifying these impacts and the consequences for ecosystems and human communities are essential for effective drought management. Equally important is to improve the capacity of nature and people to prepare...
Understanding the Ecological Impacts of Drought Across the U.S.: Regional Workshops and National Synthesis
Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of drought in the U.S., leading to potentially harmful ecological impacts. The uncertain and relatively rapid changes to precipitation patterns pose a significant challenge to managers and decision-makers. In addition to having negative social and economic implications, long periods without rainfall can alter ecosystems...
Webinar: Providing the Science for Natural and Cultural Resource Adaptation to Climate Change
View this webinar to learn more about the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (formerly named the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the regional Climate Science Centers).
Alaska Interior Mountain Range
Alaska Interior mountain range shot with snow capped mountains.
Alaska Panorama with Snowy Mountains in Distance
Alaska Panorama, Snow Capped Mountains
Alaska Snowy Mountains with homes below
Science and Products
Deep Dive: Invasive Species in a Changing American Landscape
Invasive species are transforming and impacting ecosystems across the U.S. Explore how CASC science is helping partners detect, monitor, and manage invasive species to strengthen the resilience of infrastructure, wildfire response, forests, fisheries, rangelands, and national security.
Deep Dive: Building Resilience to Natural Hazards
Communities across the United States face growing risks from wildfires, floods, avalanches, and other natural hazards that are being intensified by climate change. Explore how CASC science improves our understanding of natural hazards and supports decisions that reduce risks to people, infrastructure, and ecosystems.
Deep Dive: Protecting Critical Infrastructure
Our nation’s roads, buildings, and bridges are being compromised by extreme weather events and sea level rise. Explore how CASC science is improving our understanding of how climate change is impacting critical infrastructure and supporting risk mitigation and adaptation planning.
Deep Dive: Supporting the Outdoor Recreation Economy
Outdoor activities like hunting, fishing, and wildlife watching are vital to connecting Americans to wild animals and wild places. But changing climate conditions are altering where, when, and how many animals are found on the landscape.
Understanding Changing Climate Variables to Clarify Species’ Exposure and Responses to Changing Environments across North America
Species across North America are being impacted by changing climate conditions. Plants and animals can respond to these changes in a variety of ways, including by shifting their geographic distributions. Determining whether or not observed biological changes, such as range shifts, are indeed the result of climate change is a key challenge facing natural resource managers and requires...
Understanding Species' Range Shifts in Response to Climate Change: Results from a Systematic National Review
Climate change represents one of the foremost drivers of ecological change, yet its documented impacts on biodiversity remain uncertain and complex. Although there have been many published studies on species shifting their geographic ranges in response to climate change, it is still challenging to identify the specific mechanisms and conditions that facilitate range shifts in some...
Webinar: What is Ecological Drought? Exploring Its Impacts on Natural and Cultural Resources
View this webinar to learn how scientists are working to identify the ecological impacts of drought.
Ecological Drought: Assessing Vulnerability and Developing Solutions for People and Nature
As global temperatures continue to rise, the frequency and severity of droughts in North America are expected to increase, leading to a wide range of social and ecological impacts. Identifying these impacts and the consequences for ecosystems and human communities are essential for effective drought management. Equally important is to improve the capacity of nature and people to prepare...
Understanding the Ecological Impacts of Drought Across the U.S.: Regional Workshops and National Synthesis
Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of drought in the U.S., leading to potentially harmful ecological impacts. The uncertain and relatively rapid changes to precipitation patterns pose a significant challenge to managers and decision-makers. In addition to having negative social and economic implications, long periods without rainfall can alter ecosystems...
Webinar: Providing the Science for Natural and Cultural Resource Adaptation to Climate Change
View this webinar to learn more about the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (formerly named the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the regional Climate Science Centers).
Alaska Interior Mountain Range
Alaska Interior mountain range shot with snow capped mountains.
Alaska Interior mountain range shot with snow capped mountains.
Alaska Panorama with Snowy Mountains in Distance
Alaska Panorama, Snow Capped Mountains
Alaska Snowy Mountains with homes below