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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Statewide ‘Water/Ways’ Exhibit Launches in May

February 25, 2020 | Katelyn Vause

The North Carolina Humanities Council will launch the Smithsonian’s “Water/Ways” exhibit statewide in 2020-2021....

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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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Black History Month Launches with Events at the Coast

January 31, 2020 | Chloe Tenn

Black History Month programming within the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources includes a variety of activities that are family-friendly and usually free....

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Do Oyster Farms Support More Fish?

January 17, 2020 | Dave Shaw

Researchers at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences have been studying local ecosystems under oyster farms, comparing their seagrass and fish communities to areas without oyster gear....

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