Do Water Snakes Get Thirsty?

December 13, 2021 | Lauren Pharr

A research team enters swampy terrain to hand-capture snakes and measure the reptiles' sensitivity to dehydration....

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Skedaddling Sea Turtles: How Loggerheads React to Hurricanes

December 10, 2021 | Lauren Pharr

Not only do these turtles dive longer and change locations, but their new behaviors linger after the storms have passed....

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In Full Bloom

December 8, 2021 | Lauren Pharr

North Carolina Sea Grant welcomes Haley Plass to our advisory board. Plaas is a Ph.D. student in environmental sciences and engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City. She received the joint Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership – North Carolina Sea Grant Fellowship in 2019 and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2020. Here, she talks about some of her groundbreaking research....

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How Sea Grant Fueled My Passion for Environmental Engineering

December 2, 2021 |

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....

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Above and Below: The Impacts of Weather Events on Water Quality and Quantity

December 1, 2021 | Lauren Pharr

North Carolina Sea Grant celebrates Black in Marine Science Week with a look at Alex K. Manda's wide-ranging research interests, which address a critical resource many people on the East Coast often take for granted: water. ...

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