I have lived in North Carolina and been near the coast my entire life, but I’ve never given much thought to dredging. I imagine that’s true for most people, but that may be changing.
Dr. Hans Paerl (IMS, EMES, ESE) is quoted in a story from the Cape Cod Times about harmful algal blooms.
A newly established drone lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has begun research on natural disasters. From characterizing floodplains and mapping invasive species, to forest management, Carolina’s Drone Lab, or CARDNL, works with interdisciplinary teams to … Read more
As an environmental science and chemistry major, Jenna Hynes spends a lot of time thinking about water and the challenges communities face with the fragile resource. “You don’t think about it when you’re swimming in a lake, but there can … Read more
Researchers here participating in a newly expanded program now have the capability through sampling and analysis of public wastewater to quickly see the emergence of COVID-19 variants of concern in specific municipalities, a potentially valuable early warning system for outbreaks … Read more
Researchers here participating in a newly expanded program now have the capability through sampling and analysis of public wastewater to quickly see the emergence of COVID-19 variants of concern in specific municipalities, a potentially valuable early warning system for outbreaks … Read more
In many low- and lower-middle-income countries, great natural wealth contrasts with a desire for economic development. Noah Kittner is an assistant professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, where he examines the … Read more
If you’re a scientist studying the health of the population, it’s one thing to know how many creatures of that species there are. It’s even better to know where those creatures are living and what they are eating. So it is with … Read more
This week millions will tune in to watch Shark Week, but a team of researchers here in Eastern North Carolina are celebrating their own type of shark week as they mark 50 years of their shark survey which is one … Read more
Before “Jaws” with its depiction of a giant, vengeful, man-eating creature of the deep; before Shark Week, Discovery Channels’ eight-day ode to all things sharks; and well before the over-the-top gratuitous sci-fi series “Sharknado” films, there was, just off the … Read more
