NCICS News

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…

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…

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…

Jan 19, 2022

New US State Climate Summaries

New State Climate Summaries for all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands provide a concise look at observed and projected climate…

Nov 8, 2021

NOAA NESDIS Outstanding Science and Research Team Member Award

Congratulations to NCICS’s Jonathan Brannock, Ronnie Leeper, Olivier Prat, and Scott Wilkins, who were recognized as members of the 2021 Outstanding Science and Research Team…

Sep 28, 2021

Sea Level Rise at the Intersection of Race and Poverty in the Carolinas

Low-income and Black communities in the coastal Carolinas are already experiencing the effects of sea level rise, and these communities will continue to be disproportionately…

Sep 22, 2021

Grant Will Fund Climate Resilience Strategies for Frontline Communities in the Carolinas

Sept. 22, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE North Carolina State University will lead a multi-institutional effort to develop climate resilience solutions in frontline communities in the…

May 5, 2021

Exploring the New (Climate) Normal

NCICS’s Jared Rennie is exploring what NOAA NCEI’s new U.S. Climate Normals reveal about how our climate is changing across the United States. On May…

Sep 15, 2020

Hidden Damage: The Mental Health Impacts of Hurricane Florence

New research using Crisis Text Line data shows Hurricane Florence had significant mental health impacts on young people in the Carolinas and points the way…