For upcoming Webinar and Workshop announcements, see the Events page.
The Climate 101 workshops cover a variety of topics including the basics of how the climate system works, interpretation of different climate projections and resources for decision makers and climate adaptation planning. Attendees are given a chance to participate in an optional, interactive training session that focuses on making adaptation decisions based on climate projections for a given area.
Check out materials & presentations from previous Climate 101 Workshops. Climate 101 Workshops Archive.
Southern Plains Climate Science Seminar & Other Webinar Archives
View our previously recorded Southern Plains Climate Science Seminar webinars here.
2024
November 4, 2024 – FY24 Lightning Talks – Kathryn Powlen, USGS OK/TX Water Science Center, Hamed Gholizadeh, Oklahoma State University, and Jeremy Ross, University of Oklahoma
2023
March 30, 2023 – Prescribed Fire Networks in Oklahoma and North Carolina – by Dr. Aaron Russell, South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center Postdoctoral Fellow
August 1, 2023 – Time to Restore: Connecting People, Plants, and Pollinators – by Erin Posthumus, Outreach Coordinator for the USA National Phenology Network, and Jane Breckinridge, Director of the Tribal Alliance for Pollinators
November 30, 2023 – Resilient Coastal Shellfish Populations– by Dr. Megan La Peyre, USGS Cooperative Research Units, and Dr. Romain Lavaud, Louisiana State University
2022
April 21, 2022 – A Changing Rio Grande Watershed: Two Modeling Perspectives by Dr. C. David Moeser, U.S. Geological Survey New Mexico Water Science Center
November 17, 2022 – Understanding Impacts of Sea-Level Rise and Land Management on Critical Coastal Marsh Habitat by Dr. Camille L. Stagg USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center.
May 12, 2022 – Assessing Climate Variability & Adaptation Strategies for the Rio Grande Basin by Dr. Samuel Sandoval Solis.
July 7, 2022 – Wildfire Probability Mapping Based on Regional Soil Moisture Models by Dr. Matt Levi.
2021
January 29, 2021 – A Warming Arctic: How Climate Change is Impacting Future Winter Weather Events by Dr. Jason C. Furtado, University of Oklahoma.
October 28, 2021 – The Underwater Forest: A Time Capsule from the Last Ice Age by Dr. Kristine DeLong, Louisiana State University.
April 22, 2021 – Hailstorms, Flooding & Tornadoes, Oh My! How Climate Change is Impacting Severe Weather Events. A panel discussion with Debi Wagner, and Drs. Cait Rottler and Harold Brooks.
June 19, 2021: Working Together for Forest Resilience: Navigating a Path in Climate and Fire Impacted Forests by Daniel Denipah & Eytan Krasilovsky.
2020
January 29, 2020 – Towards Sustainable Water Management: Identifying Conservation Priorities, Data Needs and Barriers to Implementing Environmental Flows in the Red River Basin by Sean Wineland, University of Oklahoma.
June 17, 2020 – Integrating Climate Change into State and Federal Resource Management by Dr. Megan Friggens, U.S. Forest Services.
October 1, 2020 – Drought & Lessons Learned in Rio Grande/Bravo Basin by Dr. Jack Friedman, University of Oklahoma.
February 12, 2020 – New Insights into the Complex Drivers of Hydrometeorological and Hydroclimatological Extremes in the Great Plains of the United States by Dr. Jeff Basara, University of Oklahoma.
August 12, 2020 – Hurricanes and Storm Surge in a Changing Climate and Other SCIPP Projects by Dr. Barry Keim, Louisiana State University.
October 27, 2020 – Arizona & New Mexico Monsoon Recap and Winter Drought Outlook by the Southwest & South Central CASCs, NIDIS, NOAA & USGS.
April 22, 2020 – Future Projections of Climate Change for the South Central United States by Dr. Renee McPherson, University of Oklahoma.
September 8, 2020 – Improving Predictions of Water Supply in the Rio Grande Headquarters by Dr. David Gutzler, University of New Mexico.
2019
April 3, 2019 – Highlights from the Fourth US National Climate Assessment, and Why it Matters to the Southern Great Plains by Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University
October 9, 2019 – Whither the 100th Meridian? The Once and Future Physical and Human Geography of America’s Arid-Humidity Divide by Richard Seager, Columbia University
June 5, 2019 – Implications of Future Climate Scenarios for Water Availability in the Middle Rio Grande Basin by Ali Mirchi, Oklahoma State University
December 4, 2019 – The Conservation Conundrum of Grassland Ecosystems in a Changing World by Sam Fuhlendorf, Oklahoma State University
August 14, 2019 – Regional Climate and Soil Health Management: Delivering Science-based Climate Services at the USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub by Caitlin Rottler, USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub