Spotlight Stories

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Biogeography entwines the studies of demography, disturbances, dispersal, and in light of changing climate – disequilibrium dynamics. All of these ecological and evolutionary processes interact to shape the stability of species current and future distributions, and – as I will focus on in this talk – may be influenced by landscape heterogeneity.




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The Tribal Climate Leaders Program

William Crawford is a recent University of Colorado Boulder graduate and fellow of the Tribal Climate Leaders Program (TCLP), run through the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center. His research targeted a significant plant to the Dakota, which once grew in abundance in the Northern Plains.




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Science: The Importance of the Process and Evolving Landscape of Publishing

Dr. Sacha Vignieri, deputy editor for research at Science—one of the world’s premier journals on today’s most cutting edge research—will lead this presentation and discussion. Dr. Vignieri will share insights to the publishing industry, the evolving landscape of peer review, equity and data accessibility.




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Publishing in Science: What Makes a Successful Submission?

Dr. Sacha Vignieri is deputy editor for research at Science, one of the world’s premier journals on today’s most cutting edge research. On May 2, she will share insights to the publishing process framed specifically for postdoctoral researchers and scholars.




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Spotlight: Uncertainty, complexity and constraints, but also growing insights into the future of climate and ecosystems

In an era of rapidly changing climate where temperatures are rising and precipitation is varying, forecasting trajectories of ecological changes is critical for land and resource managers to be able to make timely conservation decisions.




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Spotlight: Tribal Climate Adaptation Planning

On October 18 – 21, 2021, participants from the Ute Mountain Ute, Southern Ute and Ute Tribe of Utah came together in a virtual setting to attend the Tri Ute Climate Adaptation Workshop, the first in a series of four climate adaptation w




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Spotlight: Interactive and Easy to Use R-Shiny Apps

Dr. Imtiaz Rangwala and graduate research assistant, Prasad Thota at the NC CASC have released eight different interactive and easy to use R-Shiny apps to plot and extract data for both observed and future projections of climate change as it pertains to different drought metrics, extreme dry atmospheric conditions and grassland productivity.




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Spotlight: Tools for Building a Resilient Community: US Climate Resilience Toolkit

As climate continues to change and adaptations become a necessity, building resilience is of utmost importance to communities.




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Spotlight: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Hosts Climate Change Summit in September

In a first of its kind summit, government leaders from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe led a Climate Change Summit on September 9th and 10th, 2021 in Bismarck, North Dakota.




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Spotlight: James Rattling Leaf Sr. Featured in Panels, Presentations, and Discussions on Issues Relating to Tribes and Climate

Throughout fall 2020, NC CASC PI and Consultant to the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance James Rattling Leaf, Sr. participated in a variety of panels, presentations, and discussions relating to indigenous peoples and clim




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Spotlight: Jennifer Balch makes the media rounds to talk wildfires, smoke & climate change

As large fires blaze across the landscape of the American west, NCCASC University Director Jennifer Balch has been fielding numerous media requests for her expertise in wildfire science.




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Spotlight: NC CASC Launches Tribal Climate Leaders Program at CU Boulder

The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Tribal Climate Leaders Program that will support Native American students pursuing a graduate degree at the




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Spotlight: NC CASC Webinar Series: Post-fire conifer regeneration in a changing climate

Kimberley Davis and Philip Higuera, University of Montana   Thursday, July 9, 2020, 11am MDT  




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Spotlight: Climate Change Scenario Planning for Resource Stewardship: Applying a Novel Approach in Devils Tower National Monument, 2020

This article, reproduced here from the NPS website, showcases a collaboration between the National Park Service, the USGS, the NC CASC, and Devil's Tower National Monument.




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Spotlight: Project Examines Emerging Challenges Related to Climate Change, Disease, and Wildlife Health

The USGS National Wildlife Health Center, in partnership with the USGS Climate Adaptation Science Center Network, is leading a one-year project to understand and prepare for emerging challenges related to fish and wildlife health, diseas




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