EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (WITN) – While many across the east are picking up the pieces left from Hurricane Isaias, leaders in at least one beach community along the largely-spared coast now face concerns about increased rip currents after the storm. … Read more

Good morning, veteran hurricane reporter here. Of course you shouldn’t lose track of how powerful a storm is. That said, please don’t concentrate on categories and windspeed. North Carolina has been devastated by repeat disasters, major storms, but almost none … Read more

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) -While we continue to track Hurricane Isaias and any potential impact to Eastern Carolina, experts are giving us insight into the data that is collected to help produce the models that show us what the storm is … Read more

Scientists at the University of North Carolina’s Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City are conducting research that may change the way Covid-19 infection rates are measured. PRE’s Jamie Rodriguez has more.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will provide $100 million in funding to new artificial photosynthesis research projects, including a $40 million award to the North Carolina-based Center for Hybrid Approaches in Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels (CHASE) to accelerate fundamental research of the production of fuels from sunlight.    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads the CHASE … Read more

Haley Plaas hits the road before sunrise to get an early start on the drive from Morehead City to Edenton, North Carolina. After two hours of farmland views along country backroads, she finally arrives at her destination — a small … Read more

UNC’s Institute of Marine Sciences in partnership with the Duke University Marine Lab are using their 3-D printers to create face shields. Since April the two Carteret County-based schools have been working overtime to make as many shields as possible, … Read more

Can food animals, like cows and pigs, harbor the coronavirus? Could nanoparticles protect surfaces from COVID-19 contamination? What social factors determine who is willing to wear a mask, and who is not? These are among the questions N.C. researchers are … Read more

BEAUFORT, N.C. (WITN) – Even with the common afternoon showers during the mid-summer months, it’s been a relatively dry period across the east. But despite the lack of rain, a number of water quality advisories have been issued, leaving researchers … Read more

MOREHEAD CITY — As people take to Carteret County’s beaches and waterways in near record numbers this summer amid the coronavirus pandemic, they should rest assured it is generally safe to do so, both in terms of water quality and risk … Read more