{"id":13875,"date":"2020-09-16T17:54:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T21:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=13875"},"modified":"2024-08-15T13:17:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T17:17:46","slug":"coastal-tidings-fall-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/coastal-tidings-fall-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal Tidings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Former joint North Carolina Sea Grant and N.C. Water Resources Research Institute Fellow Austin Gray and his colleagues have published results of research assessing the presence, quantity, and seasonality of antibiotics in the Piedmont of North Carolina, a region with a large farm animal population and high prevalence of private wells. Their study sampled 16 private wells and 16 streams across three counties in the fall, winter, and spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gray\u2019s team conducted targeted and non-targeted spectrometry to evaluate antibiotics. Analyses revealed the widespread occurrence of antibiotics in surface water, groundwater, and sediment. Veterinary antibiotics accounted for 33% of all antibiotics the team detected and occurred at the highest concentrations, highlighting the potential ecological and human health risks associated with animal husbandry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Results also showed considerable seasonality in antibiotic concentrations. Surface water and sediment concentrations were highest in the fall, and groundwater concentrations were highest in the winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gray received a joint North Carolina Sea Grant and the N.C. Water Resources Research Institute Graduate Student Research Fellowship to study antibiotic pollution, as well as subsequent North Carolina Sea Grant funding for related research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Findings from his fellowship have resulted in invited presentations in the United States and abroad. He also has written for Coastwatch<\/em> about his research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n full study<\/span> Austin Gray on his research<\/span> Sea Grant funding opportunities<\/span> \u2014 adapted from an article by Julia Guimond <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n A new Watershed Wisdom lesson plan includes activities for elementary school students at home and in class. As schools move to alternate forms of instruction due to the spread of COVID-19, Watershed Wisdom is the latest of many educational resources available through North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s online portal for at-home learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Christy Perrin, sustainable waters and communities coordinator for North Carolina Sea Grant and the North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute, says that she and her colleagues wanted to support teachers by providing them with a free and easily accessible lesson plan on watersheds that meets required N.C. Essential Standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
go.ncsu.edu\/Austin-Gray<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
go.ncsu.edu\/Gray-in-Coastwatch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
go.ncsu.edu\/Sea-Grant-funding<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nOnline Lesson Offers Watershed Wisdom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n