Spat-On-Shell Demonstration Project Will Benefit Oyster Harvests and Coastal Ecosystems
North Carolina Sea Grant, the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and industry collaborators have joined forces on a new project to produce and deploy “spat-on-shell” to restore wild oyster populations for future harvest....New Study Reveals Antibiotics in Rural Streams and Drinking Water Wells
Antibiotics consumed by humans and animals can end up in the environment through a number of different pathways, including wastewater treatment facility effluent, septic leaching, and runoff....Continue reading "New Study Reveals Antibiotics in Rural Streams and Drinking Water Wells"
Reconstructing the Past to Understand Impacts on Water Quality
Lise Montefiore, a WRRI and North Carolina Sea Grant joint fellow, studies decades of satellite data to see where and how industrially-owned hog facilities may be impacting water quality. ...Continue reading "Reconstructing the Past to Understand Impacts on Water Quality"
Statewide ‘Water/Ways’ Exhibit Launches in May
The North Carolina Humanities Council will launch the Smithsonian’s “Water/Ways” exhibit statewide in 2020-2021....Continue reading "Statewide ‘Water/Ways’ Exhibit Launches in May"
Predicting the Locations of Contaminated Drinking Waters
Lead threatens water security in low-income and African American communities....Continue reading "Predicting the Locations of Contaminated Drinking Waters"