How Sea Grant Fueled My Passion for Environmental Engineering
North Carolina Sea Grant celebrates Black in Marine Science week with Delandra Clark's article about how real-world experiences informed her decision to pursue environmental engineering....Continue reading "How Sea Grant Fueled My Passion for Environmental Engineering"
Digging Up a Stormy Past
"We decided to look back in time to see how past storms have affected salt marsh movement along coastal North Carolina."...Sea Grant/Space Grant Fellow Wins Lightning Talk Award
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....Continue reading "Sea Grant/Space Grant Fellow Wins Lightning Talk Award"
Update: The Effects of Upstream Plastic Pollution on Coastal NC
“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.”...Continue reading "Update: The Effects of Upstream Plastic Pollution on Coastal NC"
Balancing Green and Gray Infrastructure Solutions to Mitigate Coastal Flooding
Above: Front Street in Beaufort, North Carolina, during a particularly high tide known as a king tide. Nuisance flooding causes such public inconveniences as frequent road closures, overwhelmed storm drains and compromised infrastructure. Photo by...Continue reading "Balancing Green and Gray Infrastructure Solutions to Mitigate Coastal Flooding"