March 25 Webinar Explores Climate Change Impact on Indigenous Peoples

March 18, 2020 | Chloe Tenn

The Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center's Fourth National Climate Assessment Webinar Series will explore the impact of climate change on tribes and indigenous peoples. The session will be March 25 at noon....

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Reconstructing the Past to Understand Impacts on Water Quality

March 3, 2020 | Chloe Tenn

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. ...

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Predicting the Locations of Contaminated Drinking Waters

February 25, 2020 | Chloe Tenn

Lead threatens water security in low-income and African American communities....

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Mercury on the Rise

December 5, 2019 | Danielle Costantini

As sea levels continue to rise, researchers consider how coastal wetlands may be impacted. Until now, few studies have addressed how rising sea levels may affect mercury deposits in the coastal region. Check out new research funded by North Carolina's Sea Grant and Water Resources Research Institute programs. ...

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Community, Ecosystem Resilience Highlighted at 2019 NC Coastal Conference

December 2, 2019 | Katelyn Vause

North Carolina Sea Grant hosted the 2019 Coastal Conference in Wilmington at the Hotel Ballast. ...

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