Given the broad interest and need to better understand and plan for ecological drought in the Southeast, the USGS Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System will convene a 3-day workshop addressing drought and low-flow in the Southeast. This workshop, "Drought and Aquatic Ecosystems in the Southeast: Informing drought response and ecological resilience to future low-flow events," will be held on January 7 -9, 2025, in Raleigh North Carolina.
This webinar provided a summary of winter and spring climate conditions in the Missouri Basin that have led to the current depiction of drought. It also included an outlook on what to expect this summer. Also, we discussed the current state of fire conditions in the Plains and the outlook for the summer.
This webinar will highlight touchpoints between the Northeast Drought Early Warning System and the mission of the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center. These touchpoints include ecological drought research and drought monitoring, work with indigenous peoples on climate adaptation, improving streamflow forecasts to enhance water management, and much more. As a part of the "whole of government" approach to climate resilience, our agencies can leverage these touchpoints to address drought impacts both in the Northeast and across the nation.
The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC) is hosting this workshop as part of its Climate Solutions Days to facilitate a discussion of basic concepts related to ecological drought; relate processes and drivers of drought to specific metrics (e.g., soil moisture, evaporative demand) and indices (e.g., SPEI, FDSI, EDDI); and demonstrate select online tools to visualize and quantify drought events in the historical period and under future climate scenarios.
