North Carolina football fans will experience a more colorful and modernized game day atmosphere when they cheer on the Tar Heels at Kenan Stadium this season. The 96-year-old stadium in the heart of Carolina’s campus is undergoing significant lighting upgrades … Read more
A new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study finds significant disparities between households that test and treat drinking water from their private wells.
The Center for Public Engagement with Science gets North Carolinians involved in UNC-Chapel Hill research — including a unique project with NASA that educates volunteers about lakes in their own communities. Why? That’s the main question Grant Parkins gets from … Read more
The 39th annual International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Applications (ITM) hosted by the UNC Institute for the Environment (IE) brought more than 100 scientists and stakeholders from across the world to the Friday Conference Center in … Read more
Highways like the Durham Freeway and I-885 have helped Downtown Durham flourish, bringing more people into the city than ever before. But in the summer, these roadways also bring dangerous heat and air pollutants into neighboring communities. Bonita Green is … Read more
North Carolina leads the nation for most households relying on private wells as a primary source of drinking water, with one in four households on private wells. These wells are not regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, and most … Read more
After several days without rain, Paula noticed the soil around her neighborhood becoming extremely dry and starting to crack. “We will sometimes go days without rain, even weeks, which is extremely abnormal considering my county is somewhat like a rainforest,” … Read more
EPA develops software models and tools to address a range of environmental issues. These developments have exploded with the advent of technology since the turn of the century. The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system is one of EPA’s … Read more
“What am I even doing?” I kept asking myself this question during my ascent of Yellow Mountain. As my 50-pound pack shifted on my back and my sweat continued to glue my t-shirt to my skin, I focused on the … Read more
A warm, salty breeze blew through my hair as I stood on the deck of the Albatross III, which sat about 40 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. I looked down into the deep, clear blue of … Read more
