NCICS News

Nov 10, 2024

A Climate Institute in the Midst of a Climate Disaster

NCICS staff are safe and have returned to work, but friends, neighbors, and our region experienced devastating impacts. By Tom Maycock. Edited by Mark Essig…

Aug 22, 2024

NCICS Staff Contribute to Report on State of the Climate in 2023

The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society today published State of the Climate in 2023. The report, which is led by NOAA’s National Centers for…

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…

Aug 5, 2024

Summer 2024 Internships and Mentoring

The North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (NCICS) is hosting more than a dozen undergraduate interns this summer. These internships offer students a chance to…

Jul 24, 2024

NC State to Receive $95 Million as Part of NOAA Cooperative Agreement for Earth System Studies

A new five-year cooperative agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration renews funding for the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS), a…

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…

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…