May 2016 Newsletter

 

News and upcoming events related to the Southeast Climate Science Center.
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SE CSC Director, Jerry McMahon, speaks on strengthening efforts to communicate science and the co-production of knowledge. Read More and Watch Videos 

The SE Conservation Adaptation Strategy has a new website. Find out more about SECAS and visit the website.

Nitin Singh, recent Global Change Fellow, has just published, Hydro-Climatological Influences on Long-Term Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Mountain Stream of the Southeastern United States in the Journal of Environmental Quality. Read the Paper
New Publication: USGS Open-File Report 2016–1047: An Evaluation of 20th Century Climate for the Southeastern United States as Simulated by Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) Global Climate Models.  Read the Report
New Publication: Climate Change Implications for Tropical Islands: Interpolating andInterpreting Statistically Downscaled GCM Projections for Management and Planning. Read the Publication

Colleagues, Dave Salevesen and Phil Berke, at the Coastal Resilience Center of UNC-Chapel Hill just won the 2015 Best Paper from the Journal of the American Planning Association for “Evaluation of Networks of Plans and Vulnerability to Hazards and Climate Change: A Resilience Scorecard,” JAPA is widely considered to be the top research outlet in the urban planning field. Read the Paper
First Set of Hires Appointed Under the Public Science Cluster at NC State: Caren Cooper is the first hire for the Public Science Cluster. She is a leader in innovation in citizen science, on the board of the Citizen Science Association, editor of the new Citizen Science Journal, and will serve as the joint between the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources. Learn More About the Public Science Cluster


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A specialissue of Princeton’s The Future of Children and Climate Change has been released, titled Children and Climate Change, Vol. 26, No.1, Spring 2016. The following is an exerpt from the issue’s Executive Summary: Children are largely left out of discussions about appropriate responses to climate change. But they ought to be central to such debates because they—as well as future generations—have a much larger stake in the outcome than we do. View the Full Journal Issue

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Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation delivered a presentation to the History Above Water Conference last month in Newport, Rhode Island, where she gave a unique perspective on climate change and sea level rise. The video of Queen Quet’s presentation is now available on the Gullah/Geechee Nation’s YouTube channel. View Queen Quet’s Presentation

Mapping Sound on a National Scale: Scientists made long term measurements of sound in the national parks as well as urban and rural areas across the country. This information helped predict current sound levels for the entire United States. A model was developed to understand relationships between measured sound levels and variables such as climate, topography, human activity, time of day, and day of year. The resulting geospatial sound model can also estimate how places would sound naturally, without human influence. Learn More and See the Soundmap
Watch North Carolina’s Two Coasts from PBS/WUNC’s Exploring North Carolina: A two-part episode which probes the natural forces that created our state’s coastline and the human impact on its future. Tom’s interviews include coastal specialists Dorothea Ames & Stan Riggs. Watch Part One Here
Climate in Context: Science and Society Partnering for Adaptation: This new book, published by the American Geophysical Union, explains techniques for accelerating the handoff of cutting-edge research and discovery by scientists to stakeholders and policymakers who need to act quickly and efficiently. Learn More
Climate Change and the Case of the Shrinking Red Knots: This new publication in the Science section of The New York Times examines the impact of climate change on migratory birds. Reductions in body size are increasingly being identified as a response to climate warming. Read the Article


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WEBINAR: How Will Forests Affect Mountain Snow Storage in a Warming Climate: May 24th | 3:00 PM EST | In this webinar, Susan E. Dickerson-Lange will present on Northwest Climate Science Center supported research that led to the creation of a conceptual model that paired relevant spatial datasets for considering the combined impacts of forest and climate change across the Pacific Northwest. Learn More and Register
Indigenous Environmental Justice Knowledge Sharing Symposium: May 26th | York University- Toronto, ON | The Indigenous Environmental Justice Knowledge Sharing Symposium proposes to advance the theory and practice of EJ scholarship by engaging with Indigenous peoples to more fully develop the concept of “justice” and the policies and law necessary to enable just relations. The IEJ symposium creates a forum to share ideas, knowledge and experiences to help us understand what environmental justice means. Learn More and Register

WEBINAR: Effectively Communicating Climate Change to the American Public: Challenges and Opportunities, OneNOAA Science Seminar Series, Thursday, June 2, 12:00 PM ET, delivered by Dr. Jennifer R. Marlon, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Remote Access: Mymeeting webinars use phone & internet. Audio: Dial toll-free (U.S.) 1-877-708-1667. Enter code 7028688#. Webcast: Go to www.mymeetings.com. Under “Participant Join”, click “Join an Event”, then add conf.no: 744925156. No code for web.
Four Part Webinar Series on Health Impacts of Climate Change: American Public Health Association (APHA) and ecoAmerica are proud to co-sponsor a four-part webinar series investigating the health impacts of climate change. The series explores the connection between climate change and key areas of our health: allergies and asthma; health risks in children; mental health; and transportation and healthy community design as a mitigation approach.
Part II – Making the Connection: Climate Changes Children’s Health
Thursday, May 26, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. EDT
Samantha Ahdoot, MD, FAAP, and Samuel Myers, MD, MPH Register
Part III – Making the Connection: Changing Climate through Healthy
Community Design and Transportation
Tuesday, June 7, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. EDT
Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, and James Whitehead Register
Part IV – Making the Connection: Climate Changes Mental Health
Wednesday, June 29, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. EDT
Susan Clayton, PhD, MS, and Lise Van Susteren, MD Register


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Proposals for the BIA Tribal Climate Resilience Program FY 2016 The Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Tribal Climate Resilience Program (TCRP) is pleased to announce the FY16 Climate Funding Opportunity to support tribal projects to address climate change adaptation (planning, workshops, and travel support), ocean and coastal management planning (and travel support), capacity building (new!), and to provide youth internships (research, management, or youth engagement). Contract proposals must contain the information required by 25 CPR 900.8 and all proposals must have tribal resolution(s) supporting their requests in order to receive funding. Funding are due May 23, 2016. Detailed information about the application process. Read more.
BIA Climate Change Internship. Applications Due June 13, 2016. The BIA Climate office in Washington DC is seeking a
natural resource/biological science intern to work on climate adaptation implementation advocacy for the National Fish Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy. Read more.
Tribal ecoAmbassadors Program is now soliciting grant proposals. The Tribal ecoAmbassadors Program Request for Proposals (RFP #EPA-OITA-AIEO-2016-001) is designed to assist Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) to conduct research on environmental and climate change issues within their campus and tribal communities. With this RFP, the EPA is seeking to award several grants of up to $50,000 to enable awardees to prepare course curriculum, conduct their research project, select student participants, and identify equipment and materials necessary to successfully complete their science research study within a one academic year time frame. Specific problems that may be addressed include, but are not limited to: climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, air quality, water quality, and waste management. Applications are accepted through Friday, June 17th, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST. Learn More and Apply
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Appalachian:
*Applying LCC Tools to Issues Impacting the Keystone State   Learn More
*Tennessee River Valley Science Conference   Learn More
More News from Appalachian LCC
Caribbean:
*Protected Areas Conservation Team (PA-CAT) celebrates Puerto Rico meeting its target to protect 16% of its lands  Learn More
*New Study Explores Consequences of Projected Climate Changes in Temperature and Rainfall for Puerto Rico  Learn More
More News from Caribbean LCC

Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozark:
*Wrap-up of GCPO LCC-hosted Pine Projects Science Meeting May 9-10, 2016  Learn More
*2020-2030 Renewable Energy Directive, important to America’s natural resources, public comment period open to May 10  Learn More
More News from Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozark LCC

Peninsular Florida:
*Spring-Summer Issue of Florida Land Steward Newsletter Now Available  Learn More
*Longleaf Pine Forests Reduce Disease Carrying Ticks  Learn More
More News from Peninsular Florida LCC
South Atlantic:
*Draft Blueprint 2.1 now up for review  Learn More
*Blueprint 2.0 user story roundup  Learn More
*Check out SECASsoutheast.org  Learn More
More News from South Atlantic LCC

 
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Puerto Rico Conservationist Wins Goldman Prize: Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera helped lead a successful campaign to
establish a nature reserve in Puerto Rico’s Northeast Ecological Corridor—an important nesting ground for the endangered leatherback sea turtle—and protect the island’s natural heritage from harmful development. Learn More
Community Resilience Case Study: Building Resilience in South Carolina’s Lowcountry through Regional Partnerships. Read more.
 
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Request For Proposals: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has issued a request for proposals titled Developing the Next Generation of Conservationists Regional RFP. The opportunity is for 1:1 funding match to create a 6-24 month project that contributes to the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem restoration efforts. The full proposal is due Wednesday, June 15, 2016 by 11:59 PM Eastern Time. There is $2.5 million available and most projects will receive between $50,000 to $250,000. Learn More and Apply
Climate-Smart Conservation with Scenario Planning (Classroom): July 11th – 15th, 2016 | National Conservation Training Center- Shepherdstown, WV | This five day class is based on two guides: Climate‐Smart Conservation: Putting Adaptation Principles into Practice and Considering Multiple Futures: Scenario Planning to Address Uncertainty in Natural Resource Conservation. Additionally, participants will learn how to assess the appropriateness of scenario planning for their needs and ways that the process can support existing planning and decision frameworks. Learn More and Register

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