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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · 13h

Given concerns about continued availability of federal climate info, @cig-uw.bsky.social is hosting a webinar reviewing resources for supporting climate preparedness in WA & the NW, feat. @meadekrosby.bsky.social & Guillaume Mauger 👇

📊 Climate Resources Roundup
🗓️ 10/16 @ 1 pm PT
🔗 bit.ly/46R5uED

Three researchers collect data in the Padilla Bay estuary at low tide. Credit: University of Washington.

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Aug 29

A new USGS-led synthesis, supported by NW CASC, uses cutting-edge science to help the Bureau of Land Management understand how shifting precipitation patterns & rising temps are affecting big sagebrush ecosystems, helping support decisions to related to conserving big sagebrush 🔗 bit.ly/4mPkh9x

A National Park Service staff member measures the height of a big sagebrush plant in the City of Rocks National Preserve, Idaho.

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Aug 27

No lunch plans today? We got you covered!

Grab an (iced) ☕, a snack, and join us for an 11 a.m. PT webinar about ☀️ managing the ecological impacts of extreme heat in the NW ☀️

Register here >> bit.ly/41orkgY

Thank you @cig-uw.bsky.social for hosting!!

The sun sets over a road with mountains in the distance.

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Aug 26

👀 Check it out! Products from our 2025 Deep Dive, Managing the Ecological Impacts of Extreme Heat in the NW, are now available 👉 bit.ly/25DeepDive

Members from our Deep Dive team will present a webinar TOMORROW (8/27) @11am PT as part of @cig-uw.bsky.social's new series! Register 👉 bit.ly/41orkgY

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Aug 14

A new NW CASC-supported study found four threatened PNW amphibians, despite similar ecology, face very different climate futures — challenging the use of an “indicator species” approach for habitat specialists & guiding wildlife managers toward climate-smart conservation

🔗 Read more bit.ly/4mEs89v

Top left: An adult Van Dyke’s salamander (Plethodon vandykei) found under a rock near a stream in the Willapa Hills, WA. Top right: A small larval Dicamptodon salamander, identified as Cope’s giant salamander (Dicamptodon copei) based on location in the Olympic Peninsula. Lower left: An adult Coeur d’Alene salamander (Plethodon idahoensis) found sheltering in an exploratory mineshaft near a seep in Northern ID. Lower right: A vibrant adult Rocky Mountain tailed frog (Ascaphus montanus), found navigating a mossy incline in Northern ID. Source: Sky Button

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Aug 8

🌲 🌊 UW's @cig-uw.bsky.social, consortium host of the @nwcasc.bsky.social, just launched its bimonthly newsletter to share its research, data, opportunities, and stories of climate resilience in our region! Check out the first issue: bit.ly/457F8ia

August 2025

Letter from the Director I was delighted to join the Climate Impacts Group as the new director this February, and I have so appreciated the warm welcome from the CIG staff, the UW community, and all o...

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Aug 1

👀 A new NW CASC-supported study led by former Research Fellow Eileen Bates, along with researchers from UW, Puget Sound Restoration Fund & WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife explores how climate warming and ocean acidification are threatening hatchery-raised abalone in the early life stages 🔗 bit.ly/4503Voq

Underwater photo of a pinto abalone — herbivorous marine snails with a red/purple shell and a strong, muscular “foot” that is used to move as well as to grip tightly onto hard surfaces.

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Jul 15

A new webinar series on the RAD (Resist-Accept-Direct) Framework — a tool helping resource managers make informed choices for responding to change — kicks off next week!

🔎 RAD Perspectives
🗓️ Thurs 7/24 @ 12pm PT
➡️ Register bit.ly/4kEA6hu

Series hosted by the National CASC/Learn more bit.ly/4lnYUvs

Photo of six researchers walking through Padilla Bay estuary with equipment. Text describes event, including presenter list: Gregor Schuurman (National Park Service), Aaron Shultz (Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission), Nicole Ward (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources), Nifer Wilkening (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Jul 14

Want to prevent a mid-week 🐪 slump?

Register for a 🌟 stellar 🌟 panel on Driving Climate Action with Evidence-Based Solutions this Wed 7/16 @ 2pm PT, including @nwcasc.bsky.social's very own @meadekrosby.bsky.social 👉 lu.ma/7agmepme

Check out more 🌲 PNW Climate Week events 👉 pnwclimateweek.org/

UW College of the Environment @uwenvironment.bsky.social · Jun 16

Join us July 16 for “Driving Climate Action with Evidence-Based Solutions” — a virtual panel during PNW Climate Week. Hear from @uofwa.bsky.social researchers leading projects to tackle #climatechange across ecosystems, oceans and communities. @cig-uw.bsky.social

Register today! lu.ma/7agmepme

Driving Climate Action with Evidence-Based Solutions · Zoom · Luma

The UW College of the Environment in Seattle is home to cutting-edge research on climate solutions that make a difference in people's lives. This panel brings…

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Climate Impacts Group @cig-uw.bsky.social · Jun 17

"There's a lot of evidence that shows that the stronger a community's social cohesion is, the better chances they have of resilience from climate hazards," said Rishi Sugla, climate resilient scientist at the UW Climate Impacts Group. @uofwa.bsky.social @nwcasc.bsky.social

NPR @npr.org · Jun 10

Earthaven Ecovillage fared remarkably well after Hurricane Helene. The community had backup power and water systems, as well as food supplies, but members also knew how to work together in a crisis.

Why knowing your neighbors can be an important climate solution

Earthaven Ecovillage fared remarkably well after Hurricane Helene. The community had backup power and water systems, as well as food supplies, but members also knew how to work together in a crisis.

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Northwest RISCC Network @nwriscc.bsky.social · Jun 17

Join us for some fishy summer fun at our next webinar, "Something Warm in the Water: Temperature, Pathogen, and Invasive Species Impacts on Freshwater Fishes" on Tues., July 15, 11am PT, featuring speakers Jonny Armstrong and Ian Tattam!

Register at: bit.ly/NW-RISCC-July-Webinar

An underwater photo of a rainbow trout surrounded by blue water (image by Jason Ching) serve as the background for white text that says "Something Warm in the Water: Temperature, Pathogen, and Invasive Species Impacts on Freshwater Fishes, Zoom webinar, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 11 AM–noon (Pacific)." Circular image insets show portraits of the two speakers alongside talk and speaker information, as follows: "Beer and Gasoline Don't Mix—Do Bass and Steelhead? Ian Tattam, Eastern Section Science Program Manager for Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife" and "Exploring how water temperature and pathogens shape the distribution of native and non-native trout in the Upper Klamath Basin, Jonny Armstrong, Associate Professor, Oregon State University." Also included, in white, are the logos for the Northwest RISCC Management Network & Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Cente.

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Northwest RISCC Network @nwriscc.bsky.social · Jun 3

Save the date for the 2nd annual International Invasive Species & Climate Change Conference (IISCCC): December 9 & 10, 2025, 10am–2pm PT / 11am–3pm MT!

More info: risccnetwork.org/iisccc-2025

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · May 13

🗞️ Hot off the press! New NW CASC-supported publication in BioScience ➡️ 🌲🔥📍 Spatial climate analogs in climate change research, impact assessment, and decision-making
doi.org/10.1093/bios...

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · May 13

Are you faculty or a non-faculty scientist with primary investigator within the NW CASC Consortium?

If the answer's yes, grab your 🍎🥪☕ at 11am PT and join us for an info session about applying for our Faculty Fellowship Program! It's not too late to register 👉 bit.ly/2026FacultyFellowship

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · Apr 29

Welcome to Bluesky, NW Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change (NW RISCC) Network!

The NW RISCC is a program of the NW Climate Adaptation Science Center. Please give a follow 👇

Northwest RISCC Network @nwriscc.bsky.social · Apr 29

Hi Bluesky! 👋 Let us introduce ourselves!

The Northwest Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change (NW RISCC) Network (nwriscc.org) is a partnership of regional agencies and orgs connecting climate adaptation & invasive species science and management.

Check out this 🧵 to learn more!

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An invasive European green crab is held by a rubber-gloved hand

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Apr 24

✨ Curious about the program? Have questions about the application process? Join our upcoming info session on Tues. May 13 @ 11am PT! Register: tinyurl.com/2cstu366

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Apr 24

✨ Open to faculty & non-faculty scientists w/ primary investigator status at:

🌱 Boise State Univ.
🌱 Northwest Indian College
🌱 Oregon State Univ.
🌱 Portland State Univ.
🌱 Univ. of Montana
🌱 Univ. of Washington
🌱 Washington State Univ.
🌱 Western Washington Univ.

Applications due July 15!

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Apr 24

We are now accepting applications for our 2026 Faculty Fellowship Program — supporting NW CASC Consortium faculty to take research beyond peer-reviewed 📄s to formats more easily accessed, interpreted and applied by resource managers! Learn more bit.ly/2026FacultyFellowship & check out this thread ⬇️

Designed banner reading "Now Accepting Applications! 2026 Faculty Fellowship Program. A one-year, last-mile program to support NW CASC Consortium faculty in making research more easily applied to natural resource decision making! Learn more + register for May 13 info session @ 11am PT. bit.ly/2026FacultyFellowship." Bright blue, lime green, and medium green text boxes surround a photo of six researchers walking through a field with flowers in the foreground and trees in the background.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · Apr 21

The NW Climate Adaptation Science Center has delivered hundreds of projects informing resource management in a changing climate. Our training programs provide the pipeline of climate-ready natural resource workers the NW desperately needs.

Proposed cuts to USGS would eliminate the CASC program.

Trump swings budget ax at USGS biology research

Plan to eliminate $307 million ecosystem program could face obstacles in Congress

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · Apr 23

I talked to the Seattle Times about how loss of our region's Climate Adaptation Science Center and NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership would slash our capacity to support NW climate resilience.

“If the (centers) are eliminated, then our resource managers are going to be flying blind,” Krosby said."

UW climate research group braces for Trump cuts

The University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group relies heavily on federal funding to help communities adapt to climate change.

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Climate Impacts Group @cig-uw.bsky.social · Apr 23

Federal Funding Uncertainty & Potential Program Impacts: Read our letter about how #federalbudgetcuts to #climate science could impact the PNW Region 👉 cig.uw.edu/2025/04/cig-... @nwcasc.bsky.social

CIG Update: Federal Funding Uncertainty & Potential Program Impacts | Climate Impacts Group

Dear supporters of the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, We appreciate the role each of you has played in our collective efforts to help make communities, Washington state, and the Pacif...

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Apr 23

🐸 🦠 New, open-access 📄 sharing NW CASC-supported research on the vulnerability of at-risk amphibians to disease & invasives under climate change ⬇️

Amphibians reveal unexpectedly large differences in potential climate change responses among ecologically similar habitat specialists > bit.ly/4cHg43E

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Apr 23

🌊 🌿 New, open-access 📄, associated with co-author Robin Fales's 2021 NW CASC-supported project — Kelp in the Salish Sea: Understanding Temperature and Nutrient Stressors to Inform Conservation. Check it out! 👀 ⬇️

Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Mar 20

✨ New paper alert! ✨ We found that the #kelp #microbiome is disrupted in a warming ocean! 🌊🌡️ #Temperature had a larger effect than #nitrogen. Thanks to lead author Nichos Molnar, Robin Fales @intertidaleco.bsky.social & Cathy Pfister! enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Warming Seawater Temperature and Nutrient Depletion Alters Microbial Community Composition on a Foundational Canopy Kelp Species

Microbiome composition on the canopy kelp Nereocystis luetkeana in the northeast Pacific Ocean is affected by warming temperatures and nitrogen limitation. Following experimental manipulation of temp...

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · Apr 21

An update from the UW Climate Impacts Group on what proposed cuts to NOAA and USGS would mean for our work supporting climate resilience in the Northwest.

At stake: both the NW Climate Adaptation Science Center and the NW Climate Resilience Collaborative (a NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership).

CIG Update: Federal Funding Uncertainty & Potential Program Impacts | Climate Impacts Group

Dear supporters of the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, We appreciate the role each of you has played in our collective efforts to help make communities, Washington state, and the Pacif...

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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · Apr 2

🌊 ✨ 👀 Check out our exciting new story! Surprises in the Klamath: How disease, invasives, and warming waters are affecting redband trout ➡️ lnkd.in/g7Z4vpJH

📝 written by guest author Heidi Shepard, NW CASC communications graduate research assistant

Photo collage with six photos. Top row, from left - underwater photo of large redband trout; researcher holding a brown trout; researcher checking a radio telemetry station in Klamath lake, where the research team monitored fish leaving and entering. Bottom row, from left - two researchers with snorkels and equipment collecting samples in the water; redband trout captured in clear container; researcher standing in water deploying dissolved oxygen loggers in the Sprague River, the longest tributary of the Upper Klamath Basin.