NOV 12, 2013 TONI KLEMM Global temperature increases have been stalled since 2000. Meanwhile, the extreme summer droughts of 2011 and 2012 left many US farmers in ruins. Most climate models failed to project these phenomena correctly. US researchers now took a new attempt on finding a solution. The hiatus in global warming since the year … Continue reading Modeling the 2000-2012 Global Warming Hiatus
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Climate Wisconsin Project
AUG 6, 2013 ZACHARY SCHUSTER One of the big challenges with communicating climate change is the perception that the impacts will be far into the future or will affect someone else. These perceptions make it very easy to resist action to mitigate potential future impacts because there are a lot more pressing issues closer to home. … Continue reading Climate Wisconsin Project
Managing for Change: New Insights on Practitioner Challenges & Needs
MAY 6, 2013 PATRICIA TILLMANN Dynamic and beautiful coastal temperate rainforests traverse the Pacific coastline from southern Alaska to northwest California. Left: Cape Flattery, WA. Right: Auke Bay, AK. Photo credit: Patricia Tillmann North America’s resource managers and conservation practitioners protect and preserve lands, waters, and wildlife in the face of land use change, development pressure, … Continue reading Managing for Change: New Insights on Practitioner Challenges & Needs
Amphibians in Hot Water: The Role of Plasticity in Climate Change Adaptation
APR 13, 2013 LINDSEY THURMAN Pond-breeding frog life cycle What does it mean to be plastic? Plasticity refers to the variation in phenotypes under certain environmental conditions. This means that one genotype can translate into multiple phenotypes based on environmental change. Phenotypic plasticity is widespread in nature, and can significantly alter the relationship between organisms and their [abiotic and biotic] environment. … Continue reading Amphibians in Hot Water: The Role of Plasticity in Climate Change Adaptation
Changing Boreal Wildfire and Bark Beetle Outbreak: Implications for Ecosystems and People
MAR 19, 2013 WINSLOW HANSEN The following is a report of my Master’s research. To view a recording of my full defense click here. Across the North American boreal forest, warming temperature trends have led to increases in the frequency and severity of wildfire and spruce bark beetle outbreak. For example, studies suggest that, by the end … Continue reading Changing Boreal Wildfire and Bark Beetle Outbreak: Implications for Ecosystems and People
Climate, Weather and Water: A Quick Review From This Fall
DEC 29, 2012 ROSIE RECORDS Photo: gettyimages.com The evening I’m writing this, our first real snow this winter has been on the ground for barely a day. My desk (or rather, kitchen table) is in the watershed of the Cache La Poudre River, at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The Cache La Poudre is … Continue reading Climate, Weather and Water: A Quick Review From This Fall
The 2013 National Climate Assessment
NOV 21, 2012 MICHELLE STAUDINGER The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is a report released every four years (last assessment was in 2009) to inform Congress and the President on recent advances in climate change impacts in the United States. However, almost all of the components that go into the production of this report are made available … Continue reading The 2013 National Climate Assessment
Welcome to the National Climate Science Center Early Career Affiliate’s Website
OCT 3, 2012 WINSLOW HANSEN 2012 Bootcamp | Working hard This project grew out of a week long workshop known as Climate Bootcamp, sponsored by the Pacific North West Climate Science Center. Graduate students, early career scientists, and people working at the science-management interface gathered from around the country to learn about the most recent advancements … Continue reading Welcome to the National Climate Science Center Early Career Affiliate’s Website
Early Career Climate Network 