NECSC News

Bringing People, Data, and Models Together to Address the Impacts of Climate Change on Stream Temperature

Friday, November 6, 2015

Large stream temperature datasets are often hard to find and reside in disparate forms across various sources such as personal computers, databases, and loggers.

NE CSC Fellow Alexej Siren Weighs in on Canada Lynx Conservation at Species Status Assessment Workshop

Monday, November 2, 2015

Alexej Siren of the University of Massachusetts was recently invited to a Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) expert elicitation workshop in Bloomington, Minnesota.

NE CSC Fellow Gauges Pre-Ozone Gases Emitted by Broadleaf and Needled Trees

Thursday, October 29, 2015

AMHERST, Mass. – A new study assessing the influence of species diversity of canopy trees on the amount of ozone precursors a forest emits suggests that atmospheric chemistry models

Preparing Acadia National Park for Climate Change

Thursday, October 29, 2015

On October 5th and 6th at Acadia’s Schoodic Institute, NE CSC Postdoctoral Fellow Alex Bryan and NPS partners worked with Acadia National Park staff staff to plan for climate change scenarios

New Feature Article: Tiny Songbird Discovered to Migrate Non-Stop, 1,500 Miles over the Atlantic

Sunday, October 25, 2015

NE CSC Postdoctoral Fellow Bill DeLuca's work documents the amazing migration feats of the blackpoll warbler, and the news is spreading far and wide!

Next NE CSC Seminar: Dr. Rick Palmer presents on his work in Brazil and the Northeast U.S. October 21

Thursday, October 15, 2015

On a recent trip to Brazil, Dr. Palmer participated in a summit to address a water crisis in São Paulo. Invited to provide examples, lessons learned and participatory planning options, he demonstrated the ways in which

Upcoming NE CSC presentation highlighted in blog by speaker Michelle Staudinger

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Check out Michelle’s the blog on the Early Career Climate Forum: “Conservation Road Maps for the Coming Decade” for more information on the project and the first NE CSC seminar of the fall on October 7 at 3:30pm.

3rd Annual NE CSC Fellows Retreat focuses on Tribal Climate Adaptation and Great Lakes Area Natural Resources

Friday, October 2, 2015

This year's 2015 NE CSC Fellows Retreat, hosted by the the University of Wisconsin and the College of Menominee Nation through the Sustainable Development Institute, was held September 22-25 in Suring, Wisconsin.

NorEaST – Stream Temperature Web Portal Demonstration and Application

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Climate change is expected to alter stream temperature and flow regimes over the coming decades, and in turn influence distributions of aquatic species in those freshwater ecosystems.

Early Career Climate Forum Showcases New Blogs

Friday, September 18, 2015

See what our early career scientists and professionals are saying about their work, opportunities and experiences in an updated posting of contributed blogs on the Early Career Climate Forum (ECCF). In addition to the latest blogs you can also find lots of interesting climate news, and job opportunities coming through this online forum - including a recent blog posts about last year’s NE CSC Fellows’ Retreat.

NE CSC Fellow Alexendra Norpel Attends Structured Decision Making Course at the National Conservation Training Center.

Friday, September 18, 2015

Alex Norpel, a new NE CSC Fellow at the University of Wisconsin in Madison recently attended the Introduction to Structured Decision Making (SDM) course at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Northeast Habitat Map for US and Canada is Now Ready!

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

An interactive web-based habitat map for the Northeast is now available for use in ecological analyses and for understanding and anticipating the effects of climate change on forested, agricultural, and freshwater systems across the U.S. and Canada. Developed by The Nature Conservancy

Announcing Fall 2015 Webinar Series!

Friday, August 28, 2015

Mark your calendars for a five-webinar series this fall from the NE CSC, highlighting research from our funded projects and an invited presentation from Julio Betancourt from the USGS.

New Study Encourages Inclusion of Adaptive Capacity when Assessing Vulnerability

Monday, August 10, 2015

A new paper led by U.S. Geological Survey Ecologists Erik Beever (Research Ecologist, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center) and Michelle Staudinger (Science Coordinator, Northeast Climate Science Center) addresses the importance of including adaptive capacity of species as a fundamental component when assessing vulnerability to rapid climate change.

Fellow Highlight: Assessing Vulnerability through Storm Transposition

Monday, July 20, 2015

In June of 2008, the village of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, along with other areas of the Midwest, was devastated by a massive precipitation event, known infamously throughout the state as the “Lake Delton storm”. Extensive flooding resulted as over a foot of rainfall drowned the area, collapsing a dam, breeching levees and causing serious damage to local infrastructure. Thankfully the Lake Delton area has a relatively small population; however, this storm left the rest of the state concerned about their own vulnerability.

New tool visualizes phenological changes occurring at Acadia National Park (and beyond)

Monday, July 13, 2015

NE CSC PI Curt Griffin is involved in a project that is releasing a website called “Whenology”. The website is the only one of its kind to combine the multiple datasets needed to understand the effects of climate change on fall migration of birds. Users accessing the site will see recent trends in temperature, “brown-down” (i.e. when plant productivity starts declining as summer transitions to winter), and the timing of fall migration.

NE CSC Releases Report to Help State Wildlife Managers in the Northeast and Midwest Alleviate Impacts of Climate Change on Species and Ecosystems

Monday, June 29, 2015

The Department of the Interior’s Northeast Climate Science Center has released a report today synthesizing the latest information on the vulnerability of species and ecosystems to climate change in a 22-state region in the Northeast and Midwest United States

RE-launch of the Early Career Climate Forum (ECCF) website and listserv

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

This week an expanded and redesigned Early Career Climate Forum(ECCF) will be launched as part of the Northeast Climate Science Center (NE CSC) funded project “Early Career Climate Communications and Networking”.

Communications and Outreach Job Opportunity with the NE CSC

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

The Northeast Climate Science Center is seeking applicants for a full time Communications and Outreach Manager located at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The individual selected for this position will be responsible for organizing outreach in line with the mission of the NE CSC as well as coordinating and executing the major elements of our Communications and Outreach Plan.

New Climate Science intern at College of Menominee Nation

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Wendy Dorman is a zoologist and ornithologist with an MS in biology from Winthrop University. She is currently working on a second MS in Geographic Information Science at Eastern Michigan University.

NE CSC Avian Ecologists Combine Bird Survey Data to Identify Vulnerable Boreal Species

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Continent-wide bird surveys play an important role in conservation, says avian ecologist and NE CSC Postdoctoral Fellow Joel Ralston at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, but they can miss rare or isolated species whose habitat is off the beaten path, such as at high elevation or in a dense bog. Now Ralston and colleagues report for the first time how combining data from several local point counts offers a new picture of how birds in hard-to-reach habitats are faring.

Register now! Training: Climate Science Communication

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Calling all scientists who are interested in improving their climate science communication skills! Please join us for a half-day training on “Communicating Climate Science” at UMass Amherst on June 15th, 2015. The training, led by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and co-sponsored by the Northeast Climate Science Center and the USDA Northeast Climate Hub, will focus on

Fellow Highlight: Jack Pine Forest Dynamics and Climate Adaptation in the Upper Great Lakes Region

Monday, May 4, 2015

Jack pine forests are ecologically and economically critical in the upper Great Lakes region and regeneration of these forests has been increasingly challenging in range margin populations due to drought, land conversion to agriculture, and other stressors

Fellow Highlight: Understanding Climate Projections: Guidance for Climate Change Adaptation Planning

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Learn about our new project, Climate Assessments and Scenario Planning, led by NE CSC Postdoctoral Fellow, Alex Bryan. Got a question about climate information? Give Alex a call!

Massachusetts Communities: Please Take this Survey!

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Are you worried about the impacts of climate change on the wildlife, natural resources or infrastructure you care about ? Do you feel overwhelmed by the information available but still not sure what local actions you can take to help prepare for the changes ahead?