@secasc.bsky.social
Our mission is to deliver science to help fish, wildlife, water, land, and people adapt to a changing climate. Consortium of 11 organizations across the SE, hosted at NC State University.
🐝 Upcoming Seminar: Collaboratively Assessing the Status and Vulnerability of Bees in the Southeast and US Caribbean for Effective Management Action
📅 Oct. 15 at 1:00pm ET
🎙️ Dr. Hailey Shanovich, USGS
🌐 Zoom
🔗 Learn more and register: https://loom.ly/v8Xb_-s
⏰September is ending but our #newsletter has some timeless blogs, #GreenJobOpportunities, and can't miss events! 🌍 Read the full thing on our website: https://loom.ly/o2c9jOw
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The NOAA Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART) is pleased to announce the release of the updated “Disaster Guide”.
You can access the updated Guide (in both English and Spanish!) here: https://www.noaa.gov/regions/noaa-disaster-resilience
🌿 10 Ways SE CASC is Strengthening the Southeast 🌍
Since 2011, SE CASC has created science that is useful and used by our partners. Here, we highlight ten key examples that show how we’re serving the Southeast.
🔗: https://secasc.ncsu.edu/2025/09/17/strengthening-southeast/
🚨There's still time to apply for the Invasive Vines Winter Institute! Students will get a chance to engage in hands-on learning about #InvasiveSpecies management methods in the #Southeast.
🌎Learn more and apply by Sept 28: https://loom.ly/WnQgTrQ
Attention #students, faculty, practitioners, and community members across #NorthCarolina 📣 #NCWRRI is accepting #abstracts for their 2026 Annual Conference!
🚨 Submit by Nov 10: https://loom.ly/Rdtfs1A
Happening next week: Our colleagues at the The Caribbean Green Technology Center at UVI are hosting Heat Summit 2025 on Friday, September 26, 2025.
Hybrid. Register for the Heat Summit here: https://loom.ly/AvoouH0
📣Attention grad students: applications for the Invasive Vines Winter Institute are open! This incredible program offers students a chance to contribute to the development of an integrative approach to #InvasiveSpecies management.
🍃Learn more and apply by Sept 28: https://loom.ly/WnQgTrQ
Join us for 3-Minute Theses presentations by the 2025-2026 cohort of Global Change Research Fellows!
🗓️ Sept. 23 at 10:30am ET via Zoom
Register: https://secasc.ncsu.edu/2025/08/18/f25scisem-fellows/
Join the Southeast RISCC management network for their first webinar of the fall on "Supporting Early Detection of Invasive Insects with Phenological Mapping"
Register here: https://loom.ly/wiu6Rz0
Summer is winding down and the hubbub of #BackToSchool is heating up, but our newsletters never stop! 🔥 Check our latest August #newsletter full of new publications, upcoming events to fill out your fall, and #FundingOpportunities to spark new ideas: https://loom.ly/rOMXwzc
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Something exciting is coming soon, stay tuned flyer
Welcome to our page! We are glad you are here.
Stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
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🌿 We’re excited to share the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SE CASC) 2017–2024 Center Report!
👉 Read the full report here: https://loom.ly/D2dO3Q0
Happening next week! Make sure you register soon.
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As climate change accelerates, once-in-a-generation environmental hazards are becoming more frequent. Most studies examine these hazards as isolated events, but new research shows how they stack up most often in resource-limited areas.
Read more: https://loom.ly/8tBh9Wg
🌱 A new paper led by several CASC staff introduces RAD (resist-accept-direct) switch points and triggers. These tools help identify the right moment to pivot.
📄 Read more: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479725023953?via%3Dihub
💧 How does drought impact fish, rivers, and wetlands? Join the next SE CASC Science Seminar with Kasia Nikiel to unpack lessons learned from our recent Southeast workshop on aquatic ecological #drought.
📅 Aug 27 | ⏰ 1pm ET
🔗 Register: https://loom.ly/N5hpyLE
🎉 Happy National Intern Day! 🎉 Today we’re celebrating Juan and Joleen, our summer science and communication interns who just wrapped up their 10-week program at SE CASC! Congratulations, both!
#NationalInternDay #ScienceCommunication #ClimateAdaptation #FutureLeaders #ThankYouInterns
💧 How does drought impact fish, rivers, and wetlands? Join the next SE CASC Science Seminar with USGS Scientist Kasia Nikiel to unpack lessons learned from our recent Southeast workshop on aquatic ecological drought.
📅 Aug 27 | ⏰ 1pm ET
🔗 Register: secasc.ncsu.edu/2025/07/29/s... 🧪
🌊 Parts of coastal NC are underwater 1/3 of the year due to sunny-day flooding.
Our Global Change Research Fellow, Thomas Thelen, is an engineer PhD candidate working on solutions that blend feasible coastal structures and community values.
🖥️ Watch the WRAL feature: www.wral.com/weather/sunn...
A new report from USGS details the historical geological event caused by Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina and the bureau's response.
By January 2025, the bureau had compiled an inventory of more than 2,200 landslides.
Read the report here: secasc.ncsu.edu/2025/07/22/u...
There are loads of climate jobs, funding opportunities, and adaptation news from the Southeast in our July newsletter!
Check it out: secasc.ncsu.edu/2025/07/22/j...
🔥 The interagency Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) is soliciting proposals from both government and non-government entities through several NOFO announcements.
Closing on September 18th at 5 PM MT. loom.ly/3rdEi-k
We are pleased to announce that the draft 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan for Tennessee is available for public comment through August 4!
SE CASC science and scientists were utilized to develop several chapters of this plan and several other states' plans in the Southeast: loom.ly/_LGEy4A
Loretta, Joleen, and Juan standing next to a large freshwater tank named "Ernie" from Sesame Street.
Our summer science and communication #interns, Joleen & Juan, got to meet Loretta (left) and Ernie (middle) during our field visit to the Yates Mill Aquatic Conservation Lab!
They (except Ernie) are helping with #science synthesis and #communication projects. Watch this space for their products!
🌞July is in full swing, but the June newsletter is still hot!
Check out the latest news from our Global Change Research Fellows and research affiliates, upcoming #webinars, #ClimateJobs, funding, and more!
Read the full newsletter here: loom.ly/nM38fkg
Check out a recent blog post I wrote for the Climate Science Alliance, which reflects on lessons learned from the Drought and Aquatic Ecosystems in the SE workshop hosted at NC State by @secasc.bsky.social ☀️
www.climatesciencealliance.org/post/prepari...
Katie LeeRae Easter, Tribal Liaison with the Southeast Grasslands Initiative and biologist, is a co-author and member of the Advisory Committee for SE CASC's Southeast #Pollinator Assessment Project.
Learn more about their recent presentation at NAFWS: secasc.ncsu.edu/science/eval... 🐝
🔥 Building Fire Resilience in the Southeast 🔥
SE CASC funded research help managers apply controlled burns effectively, reducing fuel loads and lowering wildfire risks year-round.
Read more: loom.ly/DfWWVek
A gallery of graduate students who are now fellows with the SE CASC.
🎉 We'd like to give a warm SE CASC welcome to our 2025-26 Global Change Research #Fellows!
This exceptional cohort of students will join us over the next year to build #Adaptation skills.
Learn more about them and the program on our website: loom.ly/WDbmoJU
