North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center

The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) provides funding and technical support for actionable science that directly supports climate adaptation planning for natural and cultural resource management.

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Storage Change Characteristics (2003–2016) over Major Surface Basins and Principal Aquifers in the Conterminous United States

In this research, we characterized the changes in the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) monthly total water storage anomaly (TWSA) in 18 surface basins and 12 principal aquifers in the conterminous United States during 2003–2016.

EROSPublication - Long-Term (1986–2015) Crop Water Use Characterization over the Upper Rio Grande Basin of United States and Mexico Using Landsat-Based Evapotranspiration

The evaluation of historical water use in the Upper Rio Grande Basin (URGB), United States and Mexico, using Landsat-derived actual evapotranspiration (ETa) from 1986 to 2015 is presented here as the first study of its kind to apply satellite observations to quantify long-term, basin-wide crop consumptive use in a large basin.

NC CASC Leads Climate Workshops with Tribes of the Lower Missouri River

Members of the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) organized and facilitated the Building Resilience with Tribal Technical Teams workshop hosted by the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska on June 18 and 19, 2019.

Consortium Partners meet in Boulder

The NC CASC Annual Consortium Partner was held on June 4th at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Representatives from the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance, Conservation Science Partners, South Dakota State University, the University of Montana, and Wildlife Conservation Society met with NC CASC.

Meet NC CASC Intern, Rebecca Reath

NC CASC intern Rebecca Reath is a senior at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, with a concentration in Biological and Geospatial Sciences. She will be assisting the NC CASC and the CASC network.

Meet NC CASC Intern, Tori Pfaeffle

Tori Pfaeffle joined the NC CASC as an intern in June. Tori received her Master of Arts in International Studies, with a concentration in international development and Latin American studies from the Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, in 2018.

Meet NC CASC Intern, Noah Williams

Noah Williams recently joined the NC CASC as an intern to work with the NC CASC's Tribal Resilience Liaison, Stefan Tangen. Noah received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, with an emphasis in Environmental Communication, at California State University Channel Islands, in 2019. He will be assisting NC CASC’s Tribal Resilience liaison with on-going natural resource management projects, site-visits and a tribal newsletter for 31 Federally recognized tribes in the North Central region.

North Central CASC Receives Funding from the Community for Data Integration (CDI) for New “Climate Scenarios Toolbox”

With support from the USGS Community for Data Integration (CDI), researchers at the North Central CASC will develop and implement an efficient and robust “Climate Scenarios Toolbox."

Joint Stakeholder Committee Meeting

On June 25-26, the North Central CASC (NC CASC), along with the USDA Northern Plains Regional Climate Hub (Hub), will convene the Joint Stakeholder Committee, JSC, on the CU campus in Boulder, CO.