Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
@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.
🌿 Researcher Spotlight – Meet Cory McKinstry!
McKinstry is a 2025-26 Global Change Research Fellow. His work on disease ecology focuses on Ophidiomyces ophidiicola (“Oo”), a fungal pathogen of snakes.
👉 Read his full story: https://loom.ly/nM0CFHI
McKinstry is a 2025-26 Global Change Research Fellow. His work on disease ecology focuses on Ophidiomyces ophidiicola (“Oo”), a fungal pathogen of snakes.
👉 Read his full story: https://loom.ly/nM0CFHI
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🌿 Researcher Spotlight – Meet Cory McKinstry!
McKinstry is a 2025-26 Global Change Research Fellow. His work on disease ecology focuses on Ophidiomyces ophidiicola (“Oo”), a fungal pathogen of snakes.
👉 Read his full story: https://loom.ly/nM0CFHI
McKinstry is a 2025-26 Global Change Research Fellow. His work on disease ecology focuses on Ophidiomyces ophidiicola (“Oo”), a fungal pathogen of snakes.
👉 Read his full story: https://loom.ly/nM0CFHI
🔦 Researcher Spotlight — Meet Asmit Neupane, 2025-26 Global Change Research Fellow
"Temperature rise and shifting rainfall matter, but extremes often determine survival or failure for ecosystems," says Neupane.
👉 Read his story: https://loom.ly/ZS7p8bA
"Temperature rise and shifting rainfall matter, but extremes often determine survival or failure for ecosystems," says Neupane.
👉 Read his story: https://loom.ly/ZS7p8bA
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🔦 Researcher Spotlight — Meet Asmit Neupane, 2025-26 Global Change Research Fellow
"Temperature rise and shifting rainfall matter, but extremes often determine survival or failure for ecosystems," says Neupane.
👉 Read his story: https://loom.ly/ZS7p8bA
"Temperature rise and shifting rainfall matter, but extremes often determine survival or failure for ecosystems," says Neupane.
👉 Read his story: https://loom.ly/ZS7p8bA
🌍 Join Our Team at Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center! We are looking for our next **Assistant Consortium Director**
📍 Location: Raleigh, NC (on-campus at NC State)
📅 Application: Open until filled: https://loom.ly/wMn5vaU
#climatejob #sciencejob #projectmanagement 🧪
📍 Location: Raleigh, NC (on-campus at NC State)
📅 Application: Open until filled: https://loom.ly/wMn5vaU
#climatejob #sciencejob #projectmanagement 🧪
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🌍 Join Our Team at Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center! We are looking for our next **Assistant Consortium Director**
📍 Location: Raleigh, NC (on-campus at NC State)
📅 Application: Open until filled: https://loom.ly/wMn5vaU
#climatejob #sciencejob #projectmanagement 🧪
📍 Location: Raleigh, NC (on-campus at NC State)
📅 Application: Open until filled: https://loom.ly/wMn5vaU
#climatejob #sciencejob #projectmanagement 🧪
🐝 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
📅 Oct. 15 at 1:00pm ET
🎙️ Dr. Hailey Shanovich, USGS
🌐 Zoom
🔗 Learn more and register: https://loom.ly/v8Xb_-s
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🐝 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
📅 Oct. 15 at 1:00pm ET
🎙️ Dr. Hailey Shanovich, USGS
🌐 Zoom
🔗 Learn more and register: https://loom.ly/v8Xb_-s
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
You can access the updated Guide (in both English and Spanish!) here: https://www.noaa.gov/regions/noaa-disaster-resilience
September 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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
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/
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/
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🌿 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/
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/
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
🚨 Submit by Nov 10: https://loom.ly/Rdtfs1A
September 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
🚨 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
Hybrid. Register for the Heat Summit here: https://loom.ly/AvoouH0
September 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
Hybrid. Register for the Heat Summit here: https://loom.ly/AvoouH0
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/
🗓️ Sept. 23 at 10:30am ET via Zoom
Register: https://secasc.ncsu.edu/2025/08/18/f25scisem-fellows/
September 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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/
🗓️ 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
Register here: https://loom.ly/wiu6Rz0
August 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
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
August 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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
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
Read more: https://loom.ly/8tBh9Wg
August 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
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
📄 Read more: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479725023953?via%3Dihub
August 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🌱 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
📄 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
📅 Aug 27 | ⏰ 1pm ET
🔗 Register: https://loom.ly/N5hpyLE
August 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
💧 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
📅 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
#NationalInternDay #ScienceCommunication #ClimateAdaptation #FutureLeaders #ThankYouInterns
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🎉 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
#NationalInternDay #ScienceCommunication #ClimateAdaptation #FutureLeaders #ThankYouInterns
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...
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...
July 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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...
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...
🔥 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
Closing on September 18th at 5 PM MT. loom.ly/3rdEi-k
July 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🔥 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
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
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
July 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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
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
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!
They (except Ernie) are helping with #science synthesis and #communication projects. Watch this space for their products!
July 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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!
They (except Ernie) are helping with #science synthesis and #communication projects. Watch this space for their products!
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... 🐝
Learn more about their recent presentation at NAFWS: secasc.ncsu.edu/science/eval... 🐝
June 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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... 🐝
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
SE CASC funded research help managers apply controlled burns effectively, reducing fuel loads and lowering wildfire risks year-round.
Read more: loom.ly/DfWWVek
June 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🔥 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
SE CASC funded research help managers apply controlled burns effectively, reducing fuel loads and lowering wildfire risks year-round.
Read more: loom.ly/DfWWVek
🎉 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
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
June 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🎉 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
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
📣 Workshop report published!
SE RISCC gathered 30+ managers & researchers to tackle invasive species movement in a warming world – what’s natural, what’s not, and how to manage the entire spectrum.
Read more 👉 southeastriscc.org/workshops/
#InvasiveSpecies #SERISCC #CASCfunded 🧪
SE RISCC gathered 30+ managers & researchers to tackle invasive species movement in a warming world – what’s natural, what’s not, and how to manage the entire spectrum.
Read more 👉 southeastriscc.org/workshops/
#InvasiveSpecies #SERISCC #CASCfunded 🧪
June 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
📣 Workshop report published!
SE RISCC gathered 30+ managers & researchers to tackle invasive species movement in a warming world – what’s natural, what’s not, and how to manage the entire spectrum.
Read more 👉 southeastriscc.org/workshops/
#InvasiveSpecies #SERISCC #CASCfunded 🧪
SE RISCC gathered 30+ managers & researchers to tackle invasive species movement in a warming world – what’s natural, what’s not, and how to manage the entire spectrum.
Read more 👉 southeastriscc.org/workshops/
#InvasiveSpecies #SERISCC #CASCfunded 🧪
🌊 The "NOAA in the Caribbean" Partners Meeting is online this June 16-18!
Discussions will range from #coral, mangrove, and #seagrass restoration, to #ocean observing and #data sharing, coastal #flooding, #fisheries management, and more!
🗓️ Register by June 12, here: tinyurl.com/noaa-caribbean
Discussions will range from #coral, mangrove, and #seagrass restoration, to #ocean observing and #data sharing, coastal #flooding, #fisheries management, and more!
🗓️ Register by June 12, here: tinyurl.com/noaa-caribbean
June 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🌊 The "NOAA in the Caribbean" Partners Meeting is online this June 16-18!
Discussions will range from #coral, mangrove, and #seagrass restoration, to #ocean observing and #data sharing, coastal #flooding, #fisheries management, and more!
🗓️ Register by June 12, here: tinyurl.com/noaa-caribbean
Discussions will range from #coral, mangrove, and #seagrass restoration, to #ocean observing and #data sharing, coastal #flooding, #fisheries management, and more!
🗓️ Register by June 12, here: tinyurl.com/noaa-caribbean
🐝🌼 Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🌼🐝
Bees are vital pollinators, supporting over 80% of flowering plants and many of the crops we rely on. Let's protect our pollinators by creating bee-friendly spaces and supporting research efforts across the Southeast!
Bees are vital pollinators, supporting over 80% of flowering plants and many of the crops we rely on. Let's protect our pollinators by creating bee-friendly spaces and supporting research efforts across the Southeast!
May 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🐝🌼 Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🌼🐝
Bees are vital pollinators, supporting over 80% of flowering plants and many of the crops we rely on. Let's protect our pollinators by creating bee-friendly spaces and supporting research efforts across the Southeast!
Bees are vital pollinators, supporting over 80% of flowering plants and many of the crops we rely on. Let's protect our pollinators by creating bee-friendly spaces and supporting research efforts across the Southeast!