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Project Summary
Principal Investigator(s):
- Jia Hu (University of Arizona)
Co-Investigator(s):
- Anita Govert (University of Arizona)
- Richard Ambrose (University of California, Los Angeles)
- Michelle Baker (Utah State University)
- Tim Brown (Desert Research Institute)
- Dan Cayan (University of California, San Diego)
- Erica Fleishman (University of California, Davis)
- Alexander Gershunov (University of California, San Diego)
- Nancy Huntly (Utah State University)
- Glen MacDonald (University of California, Los Angeles)
- Alison Meadow (University of Arizona)
- Beth Rose Middleton (University of California, Davis)
- Mark Schwartz (University of California, Davis)
- Bradley Udall (Colorado State University)
- Tamara Wall (Desert Research Institute)
Fiscal Year: 2018
Start Date: 09/08/2018
End Date: 09/07/2024
Project Overview
Summary:
The Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center supports conservation and management of the Southwest’s natural resources and cultural heritage by building partnerships between scientists and decision-makers, fostering development of research products to inform decisions, and assisting American Indian communities in adapting to climate change in the southwestern United States.
Our vision it to help to maintain and sustain the Southwest’s unique biodiversity, its ecosystems’ contributions to human welfare, and its many cultures (both indigenous and adventitious) as the region’s climate undergoes change in the coming years and decades.
The SW CASC is hosted by the University of Arizona. Other consortium members include: Colorado State University, Desert Research Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego, University of California-Davis, University of California-Los Angeles, and Utah State University.
The consortium of fourteen co-investigators continue to address the science research themes of climate science and forecasting, hydroclimate and water availability, ecological responses and vulnerabilities in order to contribute to create better informational exchange practices.
Each CASC is a formal collaboration between the USGS, a regional host university, and a multi-institution partner consortium. Through this agreement, the host and consortium institutions undertake a number of activities, including conducting research science projects, supporting fellows and engaging with resource management partners. To learn more about the work of the Southwest CASC, visit: https://www.swcasc.arizona.edu/.