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Small-Scale Droughts Limit Sagebrush Recovery After Wildfires
A new study supported by the Southwest, Northwest, and North Central CASCs found that a few days of water scarcity during critical growth periods dramatically limited post-fire sagebrush regeneration across the Great Basin.
New Paper- Linking surface and subterranean climate: implications for the study of hibernating bats and other cave dwellers
A new paper has been published in the journal, Ecosphere, called "Linking surface and subterranean climate: implications for the study of hibernating bats and other cave dwellers."
New Publication Addresses Climate Change and 2020 Fire Season
Consortium Partner, Phil Higuera at the University of Montana, co-authored a recent publication discussing climate change and the record-setting 2020 fire season, "Record‐setting climate enabled the extraordinary 2020 fire season in the western United States".
New Paper: Small-scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts
A new paper has been published, "Small scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts." This paper was funded by the NC CASC.
New Paper: Projections of Mountain Snowpack Loss for Wolverine Denning Elevations in the Rocky Mountains
A new paper co-authored by NC CASC's Imtiaz Rangwala was published today, "Projections of Mountain Snowpack Loss for Wolverine Denning Elevations in the Rocky Mountains."
Ecodrought Synthesis Paper Mentioned in NIDIS' Drought.gov
mtiaz Rangwala and Shelley Crausbay wrote a short article, "Ecological Drought Enters Unfamiliar Territory," for the National Integrated Drought Information System's (NIDIS) ecodrought publication.
New Paper: Fire-catalyzed vegetation shifts in ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir forests of the Western United States
Consortium Partner, Phil Higuera, and Research Ecologist, Kim Davis, at the University of Montana are authors on a recently published paper that discusses findings of fire-catalyzed vegetation shifts in ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir forests.
New Paper- A new framework to map fine resolution cropping intensity across the globe: Algorithm, validation, and implication
A new paper, "A new framework to map fine resolution cropping intensity across the globe: Algorithm, validation, and implication," was recently published.
New article: Unfamiliar Territory: Emerging Themes for Ecological Drought Research and Management
NC CASC consortium partner, Shelley Crausbay (CSP) and Climate Science Lead, Imtiaz Rangwala, along with several others, have published an article in One Earth.
New publication: The role of economic returns in land use change: Evidence from farm-level data in the US Northern Great Plains
New publication on project funded by the NC CASC: M. Doidge, D. A. Hennessy, and H. Feng, “The role of economic returns in land use change: Evidence from farm-level data in the US Northern Great Plains."