In August 2024, the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) hosted a workshop at the University of Colorado Boulder with 24 experts from different agencies, institutions, and Tribal Nations to address the critical challenges facing the eastern sagebrush biome in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming.

The NCA5 Key Messages Tool, developed as part of the NC CASC’s 2024 Rapid Climate Assessment Program (RCAP), provides a state-specific summary of the NCA5 for the north central region of the US.

Graduate Research Assistant, Prasad Thota, presented an iPoster at the annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, held in Washington, D.C., from December 9 - 13. The study investigated the mechanisms influencing warm-season precipitation variability in the Northern Great Plains (NGP).

On November 18 - 22, 2024, scientists and staff from the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) attended the CASC Futures Forum in San Diego, California.

The NC CASC welcomes Alex B. Shupinski, a postdoctoral researcher at South Dakota State University. She is currently conducting species distribution modeling on Bison to help predict their future habitat suitability across North America with the changing climate.

North America’s Central Grasslands are among the most endangered ecosystems in the world. They face a suite of conservation challenges associated with habitat loss, transformation, and fragmentation. Learn more in this Science Spotlight, featuring Ana Davidson from new NC CASC consortium partner, Colorado State University.

Our next webinar is on Thursday, December 12, from 11 AM - 12 PM MT. Hear from Robin Hextrum, an artist and environmentalist, about the role of art in processing and raising awareness about the impacts of climate change.

Although the lynx is designated a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, it has been listed in the contiguous U.S. as a threatened distinct population segment (DPS) since 2000. Learn more about the threats that climate warming poses to this species.