Sea Grant/Space Grant Fellow Wins Lightning Talk Award

July 22, 2021 | Dave Shaw

Shannon Ricci, the 2020-21 North Carolina Sea Grant/North Carolina Space Grant research fellow, recently won second place for her student lightning talk "Assessment of Visitation Trends at North Carolina Artificial Reefs Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery" at the 2021 University Consortium Geographic Information Science Symposium....

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Update: The Effects of Upstream Plastic Pollution on Coastal NC

July 14, 2021 | Dave Shaw

“We want to determine how far the plastic debris travels downstream and estimate how much of this waste from the upper basin makes its way to the Lower Neuse River estuary and the Pamlico Sound.”...

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Breaking Systemic Barriers

February 24, 2021 | Lauren Pharr

When we look at the aquatic sciences and related disciplines, from marine biology to wetland ecology to coastal resilience, we see how Black scientists are persisting and breaking barriers in white-dominated fields. While these scientists conduct the work they love, they also encounter hardships in both academic and field research settings....

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Catching Up With Daniel Obenour: Advancing the Hybrid Watershed Model

December 8, 2020 | Lauren Pharr

Daniel Obenour’s current project focuses on improving hybrid watershed modeling for central North Carolina....

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New Study Reveals Antibiotics in Rural Streams and Drinking Water Wells

July 22, 2020 | Dave Shaw

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....

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