A UNC team will examine the dynamics that extreme storms and flooding create, aiding in the prediction of impacts of future storms on the multiple facets of coastal habitats and inhabitants with a new UNC Research Creativity Hubs Awards.

There have been three shark bites — one quite serious — at North Carolina beaches so far this year, and summer hasn’t even officially started yet. Seventeen-year-old Paige Winter lost most of her leg from a shark bite while swimming … Read more

RENCI director Stanley Ahalt serves as the lead PI on the UNC Translator team, but points out that the team is a cross-campus intiative, including researchers from the Institute for the Environment and the NC TraCS Institute at the School of … Read more

Scientists at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are forecasting higher levels of dissolved oxygen this summer for the Neuse River Estuary. Compared to last summer, the predictive model indicates a smaller likelihood … Read more

Orange County is set to levy a quarter-cent tax on property owners specifically to fight the effects of climate change. The final budget vote is Tuesday. If approved, it would become the first tax in North Carolina for which the explicit … Read more

Three Burke County Public Schools engineering teachers were selected to participate in the 2019 N.C. Energy Literacy Fellows Program, a yearlong teacher professional development program that combines hands-on STEM investigations with place-based explorations of energy production facilities, energy research facilities … Read more

The UNC Institute for the Environment (IE) will host twenty middle and high school teachers from across North Carolina for a professional development institute to explore the future of the electric grid June 25-27. These teachers are enrolled in IE’s … Read more

So far this month, there have been two shark bites off the North Carolina coast. Paige Winter, 17, lost part of her leg to a shark bite off Atlantic Beach on June 2. On June 10, a shark bit 19-year-old … Read more

A recent report from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission recommends putting a state agency in charge of removing derelict and abandoned vessels in navigable North Carolina waters, with dedicated funding to address the problem.

Chapel Hill Transit is planning to purchase three new electric buses that run on batteries to reduce emissions and improve local air quality.