Category: Expertise

Apr 30, 2019

Scott Stevens on The Weather Channel's AMHQ

On April 30, 2019, Scott Stevens appeared live on the AMHQ program on The Weather Channel, speaking with Jim Cantore and Stephanie Abrams about recent…

Apr 11, 2019

Precipitation and Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes

New research reveals that the overall risk of a fatal car crash increases by about 34% during precipitation events in the contiguous United States. Compared…

 
Mar 27, 2019

Expertise: Climate Assessments

Content Development Science Writing and Editing Science Communication Graphic Design and Visual Communication Information Design Project Management Report Scoping and Planning Project Management Communication Tools…

 
Mar 19, 2019

NCA4 Data

Data from the Fourth National Climate Assessment The following figures were created by the National Climate Assessment (NCA) Technical Support Unit (TSU) for the fourth NCA…

Feb 5, 2019

Seasonal and Regional Changes in Arctic Sea Ice

Two recent papers by a team of authors, including CICS-NC’s Ge Peng, explore the changing seasonality and regional variability of Arctic sea ice cover. This…

Sep 25, 2018

Putting Hurricane Florence into Historical Perspective

Preliminary research by NCICS’ Kenneth Kunkel indicates that Hurricane Florence was among the rainiest storms to hit the United States in the last 70 years. Based…

 
Sep 19, 2018

Carl Schreck: ACC Today Interview

GOES-16 image of Hurricane Florence, September 13, 2018. As Hurricane Florence was headed towards the North Carolina coast last week, several universities in the Atlantic…

Andrea McCarrick

National Climate Assessment Editor

Andrea McCarrick joined NCICS in 2018, where she currently serves as Scientific Technical Editor with the Assessments Technical Support Unit (TSU). Since joining NCICS, she…

Feb 21, 2018

Arctic Sea Ice Trends and Projections

Researchers from CICS-NC and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill used satellite data and various statistical models to analyze trends in Arctic sea ice…