COVID-19, Plastic Production, and Marine Debris

Check in with Jenna Hartley, as she reflects on her the intersections of her North Carolina Sea Grant funded research and national, global topics. ...

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Innovative Research Looks at Flooding and the Latinx Community

North Carolina Sea Grant – WRRI Graduate Research Fellow Olivia Vilá tells how she had to shift approaches on the fly in order to study flooding and the Latinx community in Wilmington....

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Celebrating Latino Conservation Week: Spotlight on Frank López

Communities throughout the country are enjoying and connecting with the great outdoors during the 7th annual Latino Conservation Week, July 18 through July 26, which includes nearly 100 events nationwide. We celebrate the occasion here with Frank Lopez, extension director for North Carolina Sea Grant and the NC Water Resources Research Institute....

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Promoting Green Infrastructure Through Schools

A WRR I– North Carolina Sea Grant-supported student investigates perceptions of green infrastructure at schools. ...

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Reconstructing the Past to Understand Impacts on Water Quality

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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