Welcome to the Southeast CASC March 2023 Newsletter
Our Global Change Fellows will host a Global Change Seminar, Communicating Risk in a Changing Climate, with Joseph Trujillo Falcon (NOAA/OU), Dr. Kenzie Krocak (OU), and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain (NOAA) on Apr. 12, 3:30PM ET. Register here.
The next virtual SE CASC Science Seminar will be presented by Joseph McIver (NCSU), Apr. 20, 11AM ET, on Sea Level Rise and Salinity Impacts on At-risk Native Freshwater Mussels and Their Habitats in Atlantic Coastal Rivers. Learn more and register.
If you missed the first seminar in the Spring Global Change Seminar Series, Inclusivity in the Outdoors on Feb. 23, view a summary and recording.
Researcher Spotlight: Learn more about Global Change Fellows Sophia Rosenberg & Greivin Ulate.
SE CASC Climate Science Translation and Communications Fellow Kristen Fontana wrote about her experience at the February Caribbean Conservation Community of Practice meeting in St. Croix. Read it here.
SE CASC researchers from UF, Alex Baecher and Brett Scheffers were co-authors to “Experimental evaluation of how biological invasions and climate change interact to alter the vertical assembly of an amphibian community,” showing that climate change may exacerbate negative interactions between native and non-native species. Read a summary.
SE CASC Ecologist Adam Terando is co-author to, “Compact or Sprawling Cities: Has the Sparing‑Sharing Framework Yielded an Ecological Verdict,” along with Faculty Affiliates Elsa Youngsteadt (NCSU), Jennifer Costanza (USFS), and Jelena Vukomanovic (NCSU). Learn more.
2019-20 SE CASC Global Change Fellow Lise Montefiore is lead author to, “Vulnerability of Estuarine Systems in the Contiguous United States to Water Quality Change Under Future Climate and Land-Use,” co-authored by Faculty Affiliate Natalie Nelson (NCSU), Michelle Staudinger (NE CASC), and SE CASC Ecologist Adam Terando, which developed a framework to identify estuarine systems most at risk of water quality impacts due to climate and LULC changes. Read a summary.
Conservation Corridor: Should I stay or should I go? Climate fidelity in plants over 18,000 years
