EDENTON — Scientists believe nutrients entering area waterways are making an area already prone for algal blooms worse, but where the nutrients are coming from and why they’re driving bloom production now remain unanswered questions.
Institute of Marine Sciences Ph.D. student Amy Yarnalll talks about current University research in Carteret County with bay scallops.
Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC School of Medicine Professor Rachel Noble talks about why there has been an increase in Vibrio infections.
Gillings School of Global Public Health Professor and Water Institute Director at UNC Aaron Salzberg talks about how water allocation can become political in some parts of the world.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $150,000 two-year grant to pilot a consortium of four research institutions and their public partners to study coasts, climates and the environmental humanities. The Coasts, Climates, the Humanities and the Environment Consortium … Read more
If you’ve ever been in the coastal South, you may understand the importance of oysters, but have you ever really listened to them? The bivalves are not only a favorite food served at almost every restaurant lining the Atlantic for … Read more
In case you forgot, it’s hurricane season, and let’s just say there are storm clouds on the horizon. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted more hurricane activity than normal this year, since the El Nino weather cycle (which … Read more
Climate change and warming ocean temperatures may explain why catastrophic flooding during hurricanes and tropical storms seems to be happening more frequently in Eastern North Carolina.
Property owners with bulkheads along North Carolina’s sounds and Intracoastal Waterway tend to build their homes closer to water and suffered more damage during 2016’s Hurricane Matthew, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel … Read more
In the shadow of the spot on North Carolina’s Outer Banks where the Wright Brothers launched the world’s first flight, Izzie Estes is preparing for a first of her own.
