James Rattling Leaf, Sr., NC CASC Tribal Engagement Specialist and CIRES Tribal Advisor, contributed to a Department of the Interior handbook on Indigenous Knowledge that was published last week.

The Environmental Data Science Innovation and Inclusion Lab (ESIIL) at CU Boulder is hosting the 2025 ESIIL Innovation Summit: Environmental Tipping Points and Transformations. Fill out your application by January 31 to join the summit!

Happy New Year! Our next newsletter is now out, highlighting our research and activities over these last few months, including our attendance at the CASC Futures Forum in San Diego.

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.