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The National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center annual report for 2013

Circular 1402
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https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1402

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Abstract

In 2008, Congress created the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC) within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The center was formed to respond to the demands of natural resource managers for rigorous scientific information and effective tools for assessing and responding to climate change. Located at the USGS National Headquarters in Reston, Va., the NCCWSC has invested more than $93 million (through FY13) in cutting-edge climate change research and, in response to Secretarial Order No. 3289, established and is managing eight regional Department of Interior (DOI) Climate Science Centers (CSCs). In 2013:

 

  • The DOI CSCs awarded nearly $7 million in funding to universities and other partners for climate and land-use change research.

 

  • The scientific work of the NCCWSC-CSC enterprise moved toward projects that focus on ‘Science Infrastructure and Capacity Building’ and ‘Thematic Science’.

 

  • A permanent director, David Helweg, Ph.D., was hired for the Pacific Islands CSC (PI CSC), completing the CSC leadership team.

 

  • Staff scientists were hired at the Alaska (AK), Northeast (NE), and Southeast (SE) CSCs.

 

  • Each of the eight CSCs completed the formation of regional Stakeholder Advisory Committees (SACs) and a national advisory committee (ACCCNRS) was created to oversee the NCCWSC-CSC enterprise.

 

  • NCCWSC staff worked on creating a searchable public database on climate change vulnerability assessments.

 

  • NCCWSC scientists authored articles in a special issue of the Ecological Society of America’s journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, which was devoted to an assessment of climate change effects on biodiversity and ecosystems, and the consequences for people.

 

Learn more about these achievements in The National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center Annual Report for 2013.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title The National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center annual report for 2013
Series title Circular
Series number 1402
DOI 10.3133/cir1402
Year Published 2014
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center, National Climate Adaptation Science Center
Description v, 31 p.
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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