News

Event

The Lakota Climate Summit


The Lakota Climate Summit is currently being held in Rapid City, South Dakota, from October 18 - 20, 2022. Members of the NC CASC will be presenting on changes to water, preparation for extreme weather, and Tribal climate resilience.


Science Spotlight

Collaboratively Producing Climate Information for Managing Natural Resources


Putting science into policy and practice has been a long-standing challenge, especially in the realm of climate change and adaptation to climate change. To better guide future climate science investments, researchers would benefit from an understanding of what information is most relevant to managers.


Event

CASC Early Career Workshop


Members of the NC CASC (Nicole DeCrappeo, Christy Miller Hesed, Jilmarie Stephens, Ulyana Pena, Tony Ciocco, Kynser Wahwahsuck, and Prasad Thota) are attending the Early Career Workshop put on by the NCASC and USGS in Albuquerque, New Mexico this week.


Publications

Cross-Park RAD Project


How institutional context and emotions shape manager decisions to resist, accept, or direct change in transforming ecosystems: a cross- case study in four national parks


Science Byte

Indigenous Peoples Day


Tribal Nations are unique partners for us since their connection to the environment is often thousands of years old. We at NC CASC are committed to working with them to create usable and relevant science to build climate resilience.


Job Opportunities

NC CASC post-doc in ecology


The NC CASC invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scientist in Ecology to perform research activities on the topic of Ecological Impacts and Transformation under Climate Change in the 21st Century.


Science Byte

CFT now available on CRAN


Climate Futures Toolbox - now on CRAN - is a shining example of the type of tool built at Earth Lab. It's an open-source software package that bridges the gap between “big” climate data and meaningful climate insights.


Announcement

October 2022 Tribal Climate Newsletter is Available Online


Check out new jobs, events and funding opportunities. 


Science Spotlight

Fast Drought - An Oxymoron?


New research is showing that contrary to past thinking of drought as a slow process taking multiple seasons or years to fully develop, fast-evolving drying events are becoming more common.


Webinar

Upcoming NC CASC webinar


Join our next webinar, Rapid Ecological Change & Transformation Across the Middle and Southern Rockies During a Previous Climate Warming, featuring Dr. Shelley Crausbay of the US Forest Service. October 20, 2022 at 11 AM MDT.