Category: Expertise
Aug 9, 2024
Extending Climate Projections Beyond 2100
In a letter in Nature Climate Change, NCICS’s Dr. Kenneth Kunkel and his coauthors emphasize the need for longer-term climate model projections. Most climate model…
Jul 22, 2024
High Temperatures Linked to Psychiatric Emergencies in Pregnant Women
Short-term exposure to extreme heat is associated with mental health problems during pregnancy, according to a new paper from NCICS researcher Dr. Jennifer Runkle and…
Jan 29, 2024
Climate Change Town Hall—February 8, 2024 at UNC Asheville
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tom Maycock, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies Town Hall: Climate Change and Resilience in Western North Carolina: Lessons from the…
Jan 26, 2024
Climate Change Town Hall—February 8, 2024, at UNC Asheville
Climate Change and Resilience in Western North Carolina: Lessons from the Fifth National Climate Assessment We invite you to join us for a Town Hall…
Nov 14, 2023
Technical Support for the Fifth National Climate Assessment
Building on a decade of experience and innovation, CISESS staff at the NOAA Assessments Technical Support Unit made major contributions to the Fifth National Climate…
Nicholas Shanahan
Nicholas Shanahan joined NCICS as an outreach and engagement specialist in March 2023. Previously, Nicholas attended North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, where he…
Xiangdong Zhang
National Climate Assessment
Dr. Xiangdong Zhang is a senior scientist at NCICS and a research professor at the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State…
Charlie Reed
Climate Justice & Community-Driven Epidemiology
Charlie Reed joined NCICS in 2022 as a Research Associate focusing on environmental epidemiology. He is currently working with communities in both North and South…
Sep 27, 2022
Billion-Dollar Disasters Are Happening More Often
Climate and weather events cause billions of dollars of economic damages every year in the United States. The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Billion-Dollar…
May 10, 2022
Projecting Changes in Heavy Precipitation for Infrastructure Design
New design values for the intensity, duration, and frequency of heavy precipitation account for the projected effects of climate change. An interactive website provides easy…