Marsh Matters: Fieldwork Reflections from North Carolina’s Currituck Sound
Alexia Civit is a sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill majoring in Environmental Studies and Music with a minor in urban planning. She currently interns with the North Carolina Collaboratory as an Environmental Policy Intern. After half a semester’s worth of … Read more
Natural Spaces in Urban Places and Their Contribution to Coastal Resilience
By Anne Smiley Anne Smiley is a doctoral student with the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in the Piehler lab. Her research focuses on ecosystem functions and coastal habitat. Growing up on the coast Growing up in the … Read more
Carolina at the Coast: A Semester at the Morehead City Field Site
By Stephanie Caddell Stephanie Caddell is a sophomore Environmental Studies major from Charlotte, NC. During the Fall 2021 semester, I had the pleasure of traveling to Morehead City, NC, and taking my classes at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences. … Read more
Digging In: U.S. Coastal Dredging Policy
By Chelsea Brown Chelsea Brown is a Marine Lab Technician with the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City. Chelsea is an honors graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Environment, Ecology and Energy Program. Beach building I have lived in … Read more
Modeling Flood Risks in North Carolina is Critical for Community Resilience Planning
By Antonia Sebastian Antonia Sebastian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences and the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program (E3P) in the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. In 2020, NCORR released a report outlining the climate … Read more
A Semester at UNC’s Outer Banks Field Site: Adventure, Learning and Fun!
By Janis Arrojado Janis Arrojado is a Junior Environmental Sciences and Geography major at Carolina. She spent the 2020 fall semester at the Outer Banks Field Site. When I tell people I was in the Outer Banks for a semester, … Read more
Hope for coral reefs? Maybe, but only if we reduce our emissions
By Justin Baumann Justin Bauman, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral fellow in the Marine Sciences and Biology Departments at UNC-Chapel Hill and a member of the NC Scholars Strategy Network. Coral Reef Research Coral reefs are some … Read more
Environmental Restoration Helps Drive Economic Growth
Post By Todd BenDor Todd BenDor is an Associate Professor in the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning and affiliate faculty member of the UNC Institute for the Environment. Earlier this year I was invited to speak at an … Read more