The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center is a partnership between the US Geological Survey, the University of Colorado Boulder and six other consortium partners. The NC CASC fosters innovative and applied research in support of Tribal, federal, state, and local natural resource management and decision-making. The North Central center is one of nine regional climate centers in the national CASC network created to help meet the changing needs of land and resource managers across the country. It serves Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska. 

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Announcement, Publications

New Publication on Climate Change Adaptation in National Parks

A new study quantifies both the magnitude of projected mid-century climate change and the associated uncertainty within 332 national park units in the continental United States.
Science Spotlight

Building Ethical Space

The Traditional Ecological Knowledge Workshop was a two-part virtual training designed to equip participants with the foundational knowledge and practical skills necessary for engaging with Indigenous Peoples, Nations, and communities in collaborative natural resource research and decision-making.
Science Byte

Ecological Acclimation

Ecosystems respond to climate change at radically different speeds, from immediate physiological shifts to centuries-long evolutionary changes, thus making it difficult to predict how they’ll evolve over time. A new study introduces “ecological acclimation” as a unifying framework to integrate fast and slow biological responses across species and systems.