Shell, the multinational energy company that is one of the world’s leading suppliers of oil and gas products, doesn’t want to go the way of Kodak — a once-dominant company that lost its market share because it failed to anticipate … Read more
Numerous University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate programs received high rankings — 19 were among the top 10 in the nation in their respective categories — as part of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” list.
Stephanie Caddell is an intern with the Institute’s Center for Public Engagement with Science. She also participated in the Morehead City Field Site. She is a sophomore studying environmental science in the Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Science within … Read more
Join us on Mar. 29 for #GiveUNC, Carolina’s 24-hour giving challenge. Please enjoy our take of the #dronetrend #tiktokchallenge. We have a drone! Actually, we have a whole drone lab! Follow along Mar. 29 to see all of the innovative … Read more
Not many teenagers get to meet members of the U.S. Congress. Before she even began college, Caitlin Flanagan used her voice to encourage federal policymakers to fight climate change. Some of the policymakers included Rep. Ted Budd (NC-13), former Rep. … Read more
Climate change is one of the biggest threats to our planet and our way of life. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released its 2022 Climate Report, which features a stern warning that human-induced climate change is already … Read more
Urban areas are often drained by underground pipes that convey stormwater runoff downstream when it rains, but coastal urban areas can experience recurrent “high-tide” flooding (HTF) that may block stormwater pipes from draining. We estimated where stormwater pipes may be … Read more
Diego Riveros-Iregui has been awarded a 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Ecuador to investigate the coupling of greenhouse gas emissions, hydrologic dynamics, and the ecology of tropical alpine environments of the Northern Andes. The award will allow Riveros-Iregui to … Read more
Follow graduate students Meredith Meyer and Melanie Cohn for the day.
Monitoring data from wastewater allows better tracking of COVID-19 and new variants in communities.
