August 2017 Newsletter
August 2017 Newsletter
Welcome to the Southeast Climate Science Center’s August 2017 Newsletter.
In this newsletter you will find:
SE CSC News
Resources
Notable Publications
Tribal News
Partner News
Webinars
Upcoming Events
Opportunities
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Southeast Climate Science Center News
NC State University Leads University Consortium In Second Phase of Southeast Climate Science Center. With five new university consortium partners and a renewed five-year funding award, NC State University will continue to host the DOI Southeast Climate Science Center, broadening its access to expertise and renewing its commitment to the science needs of the region. Learn more about phase 2 of the SE CSC. and our new university consortium partners.
SE CSC Partner Survey. We continue to seek input on science and management needs related to strategic issues that fish and wildlife agencies face in the southeastern US. Responses are anonymous and will be used for internal review and planning only. The survey will close after September 1st, 2017. Take the survey here or read more about it here.
Partners to Inform New Science Plan, SE CSC Embarks on Listening Tour. As part of developing a new strategic science plan in fall, 2017, the SE CSC is visiting with state, federal, and tribal wildlife management agencies to better understand the challenges that managers face in adapting to climate and land use change. Learn more.
New Academic Year, New Faces. As the 2017-18 Academic Year approaches, the Southeast Climate Science Center welcomes several new faces to our community and says goodbye to others. Over the summer we have welcomed a new University Director, a USGS Researcher, Consortium Partners, Faculty Affiliates, and a Communications Intern. We also say goodbye to former University Director Nick Haddad. Learn more.
SE CSC Researcher Adam Terando contributed to a workshop with three dozen invited USGS scientists in February 2017. The workshop focused on identifying “grand challenges” that can benefit from USGS science integrated across disciplines including research, monitoring, assessment, analysis, and information delivery. Workshop findings were published as an open-file report. Learn more and link to report.
New Faculty Affiliate Christopher Galik co-authored a paper focused specifically on the impact recent changes in climate policy may have on the U.S.’s long-term climate change mitigation targets. The paper, “Evaluating the U.S. mid-century strategy for deep decarbonization amidst early century uncertainty,” is published online in the journal Climate Policy. Galik was featured in an NC State News web post and is presenting a seminar on the paper on Aug 21 (see Events).
SE CSC PI Erin Seekamp published “Evaluating a decision analytic approach to climate change adaptation of cultural resources along the Atlantic Coast of the United States” in the journal Land Use Policy. Some of the main results include: climate change poses significant risks for cultural heritage preservation; structured decision making approach enables greater transparency in adaptation decision making; relationship with place may be best manifested with the historical buildings; and science and policy presentations during workshop enhanced social learning. Free access to the online article is available until 9/28/17.
Faculty Affiliate Ryan Emanuel published a letter in Science titled “Flawed environmental justice analyses,” which says 13 percent of the people impacted by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline are Native Americans, while indigenous people only make up one percent of North Carolina’s population. Emanuel points out holes in measuring environmental justice for development assessments using the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline impacts to North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe as an example. WUNC’s “State of Things” interviewed Emanuel to further discuss the letter. See the published letter here and the WUNC interview here.
Faculty Affiliate Marcelo Ardon was quoted in an Associated Press article titled “Climate change before your eyes: Seas rise and trees die”. The article discusses encroaching salt water changing the composition in coastal forests including the death of many trees. Ardon comments on studying an eastern North Carolina cypress forest a decade ago and recently returning to find a “ghost forest.” Learn more.
Researcher Spotlight: Global Change Fellow Gabrielle Corradino was recently featured in a webpost highlighting her experience on the NOAA GOMECC-3 research cruise. Gabrielle shares what it is like to spend 35 days in the Gulf Coast conducting research. Gabrielle was also recently awarded a National Geographic Explorer Award. Learn more.
Conservation Corridor: How will migratory fish adapt to climate change with dams in the way? Fish that migrate from sea to freshwater may struggle to adapt to climate change, especially if intersystem connectivity is blocked. Learn more.
Other CSC News
Open Call for NCA4 Review Editors. Please encourage friends, colleagues, and other relevant experts to nominate themselves or others to be a prestigious NCA4 Review Editor! Nominations are being accepted through Friday, September 8 via https://contribute.globalchange.gov/. In particular, we could use folks with expertise on the following chapters: Water; Energy, Tribal & Indigenous Communities; Climate Effects on U.S. International Interests, Northeast, Southeast, U.S. Caribbean, Northern Great Plains, Southern Great Plains, Hawai’i and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands.
Host and Consortium Partners Selected for AK, NW, and SE CSCs. The Department of the Interior’s Climate Science Centers are dedicated to delivering science that helps fish, wildlife, water, land, and people adapt to a changing climate. Following an open competition and extensive review process carried out by scientific experts, host institutions and consortium partners have been selected for the Alaska, Northwest, and Southeast CSCs. Learn more.
Updated Version of “Managing for a Changing Climate” Online Course. The DOI South Central Climate Science Center is launching an updated version of its popular free online course “Managing for a Changing Climate.” The course provides participants with an overview of the climate system and its impacts on natural and cultural resources. The updated version, available on August 21, 2017, contains new videos and supplemental content. The course is open to the public and can be completed at one’s own pace. For more information contact Emma Kuster, emmakuster@ou.edu or Holly Padgett, hpadgett@usgs.gov
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Resources
FEATURED RESOURCE
New Publication Library from the Early Career Climate Forum
The Early Career Climate Forum has launched an online publications library that features work conducted by early career professionals from the CSCs, the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center, and partners. The library now has over 50 papers from more than 40 graduate students and post-docs on topics spanning indigenous communities, wildfire ecology, remote-telemetry, downscaled climate modeling, and more. Publications by the SE CSC Global Change Fellows are being continually added to the database. Visit the library.
USFWS Featured Story: Many partners work together to protect “the Amazon of the South” for generations to come. USFWS describes the history, natural heritage, and collaborative conservation efforts of the 137-mile-long Altamaha River in Georgia, in this visually compelling series of videos, images, narrative, and resource links. Learn more.
NOAA Green Infrastructure Effectiveness Database. Searchable online database of literature sources containing information on the effectiveness of green infrastructure to reduce the impacts of coastal hazards, such as inundation and erosion from tropical storms and cyclones, more frequent precipitation events, and sea level rise. The database contains records from a wide range of sources, such as peer-reviewed journals, online tools, and gray literature, and includes information on 32 different coastal green infrastructure types. Learn more.
New handouts summarize tree species responses to climate change. NIACS created a series of 2-page handouts that summarize how individual tree species are expected to respond to climate change across the Northwoods states. Each handout includes model projections from two future climate scenarios and models like the Climate Change Tree Atlas. Learn more.
EPA Releases Materials for Cyanobacterial Bloom Management in Recreational Waters. EPA has released several materials to assist public health officials, States and communities interested in monitoring and responding to cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in recreational waters. Learn more.
2017 SECCoP Workshop Report Now Available. The final workshop report provides a synthesis of information shared and discussion highlights. The report is organized to include an overview of each workshop session with key takeaways from presentations and breakouts. Learn more.
National Adaptation Forum 2017 presentations are now available. If you could not attend the Forum or you missed a presentation, Forum Staff have uploaded all presentations and posters that were saved throughout the week. The presentations are accessible through the online program, as PDF attachments. Learn more.
Summary Findings of Pilot Studies Conducted by the Interagency Coastal Wetlands Workgroup. This report summarizes the findings of a series of pilot studies conducted by the Interagency Coastal Wetlands Workgroup in four coastal watersheds (San Francisco, CA; Galveston, TX; Cape Fear, NC; and Tampa, FL). The purpose of these studies was to gain a deeper understanding of the drivers behind coastal wetland loss. Learn more.
News Stories
The Christian Science Monitor: Salvage archaeology: When rising seas threaten to wash away history. As storm surge and gradual erosion eat away at the Louisiana coastline, one archaeologist is doing all he can to document archaeological treasures before they are lost to the sea forever. Learn more.
Climate Central: Disaster and Neglect in Louisiana. A year after the worst rainstorm in a rainy state’s history killed 13 and damaged nearly 100,000 homes, the federal government has provided less than half of what Louisiana says it needs to recover. Adding to the rebuilding woes, FEMA rejected a request to fund counseling services beyond this month. This is our report on the aftermath and science of the storm. Learn more.
Washington Post: Tampa Bay’s coming storm. This provides a detailed look at some of the risks residents of the Tampa area face, while touching on some social equity issues, as well as some promising aspects of building resilience. The story around Elizabeth Carnahan’s work is particularly inspiring and encouraging. Learn more.
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Notable Publications
State of the Climate. An international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer, the State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate published as a supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The report, compiled by NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate at the National Centers for Environmental Information is based on contributions from scientists from around the world. It provides a detailed update on global climate indicators, notable weather events, and other data collected by environmental monitoring stations and instruments located on land, water, ice, and in space. Link to article.
Less than 2 °C warming by 2100 unlikely. IPPC projections to 2100 give likely ranges of global temperature increase in four scenarios for population, economic growth and carbon use. However, these projections are not based on a fully statistical approach. Here we use a country-specific version of Kaya’s identity to develop a statistically based probabilistic forecast of CO2 emissions and temperature change to 2100. The likely range of global temperature increase is 2.0–4.9 °C, with median 3.2 °C and a 5% (1%) chance that it will be less than 2 °C (1.5 °C). Our model is not a ‘business as usual’ scenario, but rather is based on data which already show the effect of emission mitigation policies. Achieving the goal of less than 1.5 °C warming will require carbon intensity to decline much faster than in the recent past. Link to article.
Identify temporal trend of air temperature and its impact on forest stream flow in Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley using wavelet analysis. In this study, the wavelet analysis technique was employed to identify temporal trend of air temperature and its impact upon forest stream flows in Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley (LMRAV). The wavelet analysis showed that air temperature had an increasing temporal trend around its mean value during the past several decades in the LMRAV, whereas stream flow had a decreasing temporal trend around its average value at the same time period in the same region. Results of this study demonstrated that the climate in the LMRAV did get warmer as time elapsed and the streams were drier as a result of warmer air temperature. Link to article.
Protecting Florida’s History: A Guide to Integrating Cultural Resources into Disaster Planning. Florida’s historic and archaeological sites help define the character of communities and draw in tourist revenue. However, these are also vulnerable to natural disasters and the impacts of coastal change, including sea level rise. Disaster planning for these sites, broadly known as “cultural resources,” is often inadequate, and frequently addressed only after a disaster has occurred. Over the past decade, federal and state policy makers have begun to develop strategies for improving the integration of cultural resource protection into disaster planning, but more needs to be done. Focused on Florida, this guidebook furthers this effort by describing current emergency management and preservation planning frameworks, providing examples of disaster planning practices, and presenting new policy and planning recommendations. Link to article.
Spatial and temporal variability of sea-level rise hotspots over the eastern United States. Sea Level Rise (SLR) decelerated north of Cape Hatteras and accelerated south of the Cape to >20 mm/yr, > 3 times the global mean values from 2011-2015. Tide gauge records reveal comparable short-lived, rapid SLR accelerations (hot spots) that have occurred repeatedly over ~1500-km stretches of the coastline during the past 95 years, with variable latitudinal position. Our analysis indicates that the cumulative (time-integrated) effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation determine the latitudinal position of these SLR hot spots, while a cumulative El Niño index is associated with their timing. Link to article.
Opinion: Finding the plot in science storytelling in hopes of enhancing science communication. Like the proverbial tree falling in a forest with no one around to hear it, science discoveries cannot have an impact unless people learn about them. The act of communication is part and parcel of doing research. And in an era increasingly defined by open access, crowdfunding, and citizen science endeavors, there is a growing demand for researchers to communicate their findings not just within their field—via institutional seminars, conference presentations, and peer-reviewed publications—but to general audiences as well. One of our main endeavors as scientists then, must be to present discoveries about which the public will care. Link to article.
So you want your research to be relevant? Building the bridge between ecosystem services research and practice. Decision makers require cost-effective, straightforward, transferable, scalable, meaningful, and defensible methods that can be readily understood. We provide illustrative examples of these gaps between research and practice and describe how researchers can make their work relevant to decision makers by using Benefit Relevant Indicators (BRIs) and choosing models appropriate for particular decision contexts. We use examples primarily from the United States, including cases that illustrate varying degrees of success in closing these gaps. Link to article.
Greatest threat to Eastern forest birds is habitat loss on wintering grounds. Within the next few decades, human-caused habitat loss looms as the greatest threat to some North American breeding birds. The problem will be most severe on their wintering grounds, according to a new study published in the journal Global Change Biology. By the end of this century, the study’s authors say predicted changes in rainfall and temperature will compound the problem for birds that breed in eastern North America and winter in Central America. Link to article.
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Tribal News
2017-2018 Professional Certificate in Tribal Relations at Portland State University. The certificate is being jointly offered by the Institute for Tribal Government and the Center for Public Service at the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. The program consists of seven classroom sessions and three field trips conducted over a ten-month period. The classroom instruction features panels and speakers drawn from experts in tribal culture, traditions, policy priorities, non-reservation Native communities, and emerging trends in Indian Country. Contact ITG Director, Don Sampson at (541) 215-2753 or ITG’s Graduate Assistant, Christian Marsh via email at cmarsh@pdx.edu or via phone at (503)341-2754. Learn more.
New Book: UNLIKELY ALLIANCES: Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands. By Zoltán Grossman. Unlikely Alliances explores this evolution from conflict to cooperation through place-based case studies in the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, Northern Plains, and Great Lakes regions during the 1970s through the 2010s. These case studies suggest that a deep love of place can begin to overcome even the bitterest divides. Learn more.
The Irish Times: The indigenous fight against climate change, Knowledge of animals, insects, agricultural techniques and weather patterns is honed from interaction with nature passed down through generations. Learn more.
Tribal Events
October 2-5, 2017 | National Food Sovereignty Summit | Green Bay Wisconsin
First Nations Development Institute and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin are pleased to announce the national Food Sovereignty Summit on. This is a forum for sharing and collaboration to build healthy food systems within our communities. Learn more.
November 10-12, 2017 | The 11th Graduate Climate Conference | Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The conference provides a discussion forum for graduate students undertaking research on climate and climate change in an array of disciplines throughout the physical sciences, biological sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Register here.
Dec 6 – 8 | Cultures Under Water: Climate Impacts on Tribal Cultural Heritage | Tempe, AZ
Indigenous peoples have used traditional knowledge to mitigate climate disruptions and to adapt to the changing environment. However, policy discussions have failed to adequately address climate impacts on cultural heritage, and the rapid rate of climate disruptions continues to threaten indigenous cultures and communities with alarming speed. This conference will build on the discussions of climate change, adaptation, and traditional knowledge by focusing specifically on climate impacts on tribal cultural heritage. Learn more.
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Partner News
LCC News
Appalachian LCC
Integrating Cultural Resources into Regional Conservation Planning. Learn more.
Workshops Introduce New Way to Evaluate Changes to Benefits of Nature. Learn more.
The Soft Things – article from Oxford American. Learn more.
Caribbean LCC
U.S. Marine Protected Area Classification System. Learn more.
North American Association for Environmental Educators Annual Conference and Annual Research Symposium. Learn more.
Gulf Coast Prairie LCC
What the President’s budget could mean for LCCs and the desire on the part of partners to continue cooperative conservation. Learn more.
Good News from the South-Central Monarch Symposium. Learn more.
Private lands in the Gulf Coast Prairie region: conservation food for thought. Learn more.
Gulf Coastal Plains & Ozarks LCC
Web Forum | Overview of the South Atlantic LCC Conservation Blueprint 2.2 Learn more.
Great Basin LCC Launches New Conservation Planning Atlas. Learn more.
Round-up of New LCC Resources Added in June & July 2017. Learn more.
Peninsular Florida LCC
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida Grants Announced: Applications due September 15, 2017. Learn more.
Recap: Marine/Estuarine Conservation Target Identification Workshops. Learn more.
Florida State Wildlife Grants Announced – Applications due July 14, 2017. Learn more.
South Atlantic LCC
An update from the coordinator. Learn more.
Atlanta’s visionary BeltLine is a model for the future of urban green space. Learn more.
Intersections between coastal protection and fisheries. Learn more.
Partner News
The Louisiana State University AgCenter has launched an online survey to collect data from public observers about a scale insect that is causing extensive damage to phragmites, or Roseau cane, in Louisiana marsh ecosystems. The foreign insect from Asia has already killed more than 200,000 acres of the plant, whose dense network of roots help build and retain marshland and prevent erosion in the lower Mississippi River Delta. The AgCenter’s survey can be found here.
Survey Evaluating Collaboration Between Indigenous Peoples and Climate Scientists. The project seeks to improve the quality of interaction and cooperation between Tribes and Climate Science Organizations in the U.S. Tribes are Indigenous peoples, whether U.S. federally-recognized, state-recognized or unrecognized. This project is both Tribally co-led and involves Indigenous persons as lead investigators. This project is supported by the National Science Foundation and ultimately aims to support Tribal empowerment to use climate science to support Indigenous self-determination and climate change planning. If you are either a tribal member or work for a climate service organization, please consider filling out this survey.
Nature Stewards. With the help from the NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants program and other partners, rice farmers in Arkansas and Mississippi have used innovative, sustainable water and nutrient management practices to reduce methane emissions and, for the first time, sell the carbon offsets to Microsoft. Get more detail from this Story Map.
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Webinars
Find more webinar information in our calendar.
AUG 29 | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM | Identification of Gulf of Mexico ecosystem indicators using an ecological resilience framework
AUG 30 |12:00 PM-1:00 PM | A Look at 2016: Takeaways from the Annual State of the Climate Report
AUG 30 | 2:00 PM-3:00 PM | Land Use, Environmental Stressors, and Water Resources: Degradation to Restoration
SEP 1 | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | Impacts of wildland fire on water quantity and quality
SEP 14 | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM | Simulating the Impacts of Nutrient Reductions on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Nutrient Management
SEP 14 | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM | Satellite tracking sharks and fishing vessels to assess a remote MPA
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Upcoming Events
Find more upcoming events in our calendar.
Aug 21 | Eclipse Day Celebration @ NCSU | Raleigh, NC
The College of Sciences invites you to celebrate Eclipse Day on the Brickyard. For the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will cross the United States. During this rare celestial event, the moon will pass between the sun and the Earth, appearing to block the sun for almost an hour and a half. The eclipse will occur during the afternoon, peaking at 2:44 p.m. The celebration will be full of science activities and eclipse-related fun. Learn more.
Aug 21 | Seminar: Evaluating the U.S. mid-century strategy for deep decarbonization amidst early century uncertainty | Raleigh, NC
Next Monday, 21 August, SE CSC Faculty Affiliate Christopher Galik, will speak on The Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization Amidst Early Century Uncertainty. Pre-seminar coffee is at 3 p.m. in 1132 Jordan Hall. The seminar itself is at 3:30 in 1216 Jordan Hall Addition. Learn more.
Aug 23 | Emerging Global Threats: Effects of Climate Change on US Military Operations at Home and Abroad | Raleigh, NC
Join Dr. David W Titley Rear Admiral USN (ret), and Brigadier General Stephen Cheney USMC (ret) for a discussion moderated by WRAL’s Greg Fishel on how the U.S. military is preparing to deal with climate disruption and what that means for both our national and global security. Learn more.
Sept 14 | 2017 Confluence Conference | Charleston, SC
The 2017 Confluence Conference will occur on September 14-15, 2017 in Charleston, SC at the Francis Marion Hotel. The conference is organized by the Georgia Association of Water Professionals, NC Water Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Section of AWWA, and the Water Environment Association of South Carolina. The theme of the conference this year is “Protecting our water resources, are you up to the challenges?” Attendees are primarily from water utilities and agencies that work every day to protect drinking water supplies and the environment. Learn more.
Sept 14 | Geospatial Forum Series with Katherine Martin | Raleigh, NC
Faculty Affiliate Katherine Martin will be doing a seminar on Ecological Challenges across Land, Water, Space & Time. The Geospatial Forum brings together researchers, educators, practitioners, and students of the geospatial sciences in an exciting series of lively presentations and discussions of frontiers in geospatial analytics for solutions to environmental and societal challenges. Learn more.
October 2-5, 2017 | National Food Sovereignty Summit | Green Bay, WI
First Nations Development Institute and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin are pleased to announce the national Food Sovereignty Summit on. This is a forum for sharing and collaboration to build healthy food systems within our communities. Learn more.
Oct. 12-13 | Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program | Raleigh, NC
The symposium will highlight findings across the aquatic/estuarine, coastal wetlands, coastal barrier, and terrestrial ecosystems of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune with an emphasis on development of models, tools, and other products to communicate scientific findings to managers. Learn more.
Oct 20-21 | Our Coastal Future Forum | Charleston, SC
The South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium will host the Our Coastal Future Forum on Friday evening, October 20 and Saturday, October 21, 2017 at Trident Technical College in North Charleston, SC. The goal is to explore a new process for including a wide variety of views in natural resources planning. They are seeking diverse viewpoints from anyone with a stake in issues facing coastal South Carolina, or those who might just want to learn more. Stipends are available for participation and travel. Contact Lee Bundrick at Lee.Bundrick@scseagrant.org or Stacey Weinstock at Stacey.Winstock@scseagrant.org if you are interested in participating. Learn more.
Oct 29 | SEAFWA 71st Annual Conference | Louisville, KY
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Annual Conference provides a forum for the presentation of information and exchange of ideas regarding the management and protection of fish and wildlife resources throughout the nation but with emphasis on the Southeast. Learn more.
Nov 1 | 2017 Albemarle-Pamlico Ecosystem Symposium | Raleigh, NC
A one-day event where stakeholder groups come together to discuss how we can continue to identify, protect, and restore the resources of the Albemarle-Pamlico region. Nov. 1, Raleigh, NC. Learn more.
Nov 5-9 | CERF 2017 Biennial Conference | Providence, RI
The CERF 2017 scientific program offers four days of, timely, exciting and diverse information on a vast array of estuarine and coastal subjects. CERF will convene 1,500 scientists, managers and professionals in government, business, nonprofit and related organizations, graduate students and undergraduate students. Learn more.
November 10-12, 2017 | The 11th Graduate Climate Conference | Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The conference provides a discussion forum for graduate students undertaking research on climate and climate change in an array of disciplines throughout the physical sciences, biological sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Register here.
Dec 6 – 8 | Cultures Under Water: Climate Impacts on Tribal Cultural Heritage | Tempe, AZ
Indigenous peoples have used traditional knowledge to mitigate climate disruptions and to adapt to the changing environment. However, policy discussions have failed to adequately address climate impacts on cultural heritage, and the rapid rate of climate disruptions continues to threaten indigenous cultures and communities with alarming speed. This conference will build on the discussions of climate change, adaptation, and traditional knowledge by focusing specifically on climate impacts on tribal cultural heritage. Learn more.
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Opportunities
Hiring Announcements
Applied Ecology Asst Professor. The Department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University (NCSU) invites applications for a tenure-track position in Ecology at the rank of Assistant Professor. We are seeking an ecologist who will study the effects of land-use change, pollution, or other human-mediated stressors on organisms, populations, communities, or ecosystems in terrestrial or aquatic environments. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research, teaching, or Extension activities relate to urban systems in some way. Opportunities for collaboration exist across other departments and colleges at NCSU, as well as with the Southeast Climate Science Center, the North Carolina Museum of Sciences, the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, and the Office of Public Science. Learn more.
Climate Assessment Program Science Writer/Editor. The North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (NCICS) has an immediate need for a temporary part-time science writer to address editorial and scientific team needs of the Climate Assessment Program. Learn more.
Science Writer/Digital Content Specialist. The Science Writer/Digital Content Specialist communicates results of research projects and outreach efforts funded or administered by North Carolina Sea Grant. This includes working with Sea Grant colleagues — other communicators, management and extension team, as well as researchers and community partners to present timely information through varied communication venues. These include, but are not limited to, Coastwatch magazine, website ncseagrant.org, social media, story maps, reports for individual projects and the full program, videos, podcasts, newsletters, blog posts, program identity pieces, consumer information products and educational materials. Learn more.
Research Grants
U.S. FWS | Tribal Wildlife Grants Program
Funding to provide assistance to tribal governments in programs that benefit wildlife and habitat of tribal cultural or traditional importance, including species that are not hunted or fished. Activities may include, but are not limited to, planning for wildlife and habitat conservation, fish and wildlife conservation and management actions, fish and wildlife related laboratory and field research, natural history studies, habitat mapping, field surveys and population monitoring, habitat preservation, conservation easements, and public education that is relevant to the project. The funds may be used for salaries, equipment, consultant services, subcontracts, acquisitions, and travel. Applications Due: September 1, 2017.
NEA | Our Town Grants
The grant program supports creative place-making projects that help to transform communities into lively, beautiful, and resilient places with the arts at their core. Creative place-making is when artists, arts organizations, and community development practitioners deliberately integrate arts and culture into community revitalization work – placing arts at the table with land-use, transportation, economic development, education, housing, infrastructure, and public safety strategies. The deadline is September 11, 2017.
Climate Resilience Fund | 2017 Capacity Building Grants
The Climate Resilience Fund is accepting Letters of Inquiry for our Autumn 2017 grants competition. The overall focus for this grant competition is on Climate Adaptation Services – Capacity Building. Grants will be made available to qualifying organizations seeking support to bolster efforts to increase the resilience of communities and natural systems (ideally both) to the anticipated effects of increased climate variability and change. The topical focus for this competition is preparedness for and adaptation to sea level rise and its associated impacts. The geographic focus is US Atlantic coastal regions stretching from New Jersey to Georgia.LOIs should detail how CRF funds would be used to expand the capacity of institutions or collaboratives that provide climate services to communities and/or resource managers within the described topical and geographic focal areas. LOI Submission Deadline September 15, 2017
U.S. FWS | Coastal Program
Funding to provide direct technical assistance and financial assistance to coastal communities and landowners to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat on public and private lands. Projects should specify benefits for species and habitats considering the expected effects of climate change. FWS will favor conservation activities and projects that incorporate ecosystem adaptation and help coastal ecosystems and communities adapt to the effects of sea level rise and greenhouse gases. Applications Due: September 30, 2017.
Miscellaneous
Open Call for NCA4 Review Editors. Please encourage friends, colleagues, and other relevant experts to nominate themselves or others to be a prestigious NCA4 Review Editor! Nominations are being accepted through Friday, September 8 via https://contribute.globalchange.gov/. In particular, we could use folks with expertise on the following chapters: Water; Energy, Tribal & Indigenous Communities; Climate Effects on U.S. International Interests, Northeast, Southeast, U.S. Caribbean, Northern Great Plains, Southern Great Plains, Hawai’i and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. Learn more.
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