Dr. Fodrie is in Carolina’s podcast “Well Said” talking about sharks and safety concerns. Well Said: Should we be afraid of sharks?

Fodrie lab PhD student Jeff Plumlee had a busy day today, speaking with both WCTI12 and WNCT9 about sharks and dispelling myths for Shark Week. WCTI 12: https://wcti12.com/news/local/shark-myths-versus-reality and WNCT 9: https://www.wnct.com/local-news/researchers-speak-on-recent-shark-attacks/

Dr. Hall and Dr. Paerl spoke with the Coastal Review Online about the current harmful algal blooms in NC. Albemarle Algae’s Return Stumps Scientists

Dr. Fodrie spoke with WITN this evening about all things Shark Week. https://www.witn.com/content/news/Eastern-NC-scientist-weighs-in-on-Discovery-Channels-Shark-Week–513365311.html

An article in a recent Carteret County News Times featured Dr. Rick Luettich’s (Marine Sciences, ESE) distinguished professorship appointment. https://ims.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/364/2019/11/Luettich_Distingushed_Professorship.pdf

Dr. Fodrie spoke with WRAL for their On The Record series about sharks, research, and debunking myths. https://www.wral.com/on-the-record-07-27-2019-sharks-and-rip-currents/18537810/

Dr. Paerl et al’s paper, “Recent increase in catastrophic tropical cyclone flooding in coastal North Carolina, USA: Long-term observations suggest a regime shift” was featured in a recent phys.org article. The paper is also featured on the NSF website. The paper … Read more

Dr. Paerl was interviewed by WITN about hurricane and climate change research in the east. More information is available at https://www.witn.com/content/news/Hurricane-and-climate-change-research-in-the-East-513121231.html

Two members of the IMS family have received the prestigious Knauss Fellowship for 2020. Congratulations to recent master’s graduate (Rodriguez & Luettich labs) Jessamin Straub, and Fodrie lab technician Grace Roskar. https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/2744/Sea-Grant-Announces-2020-Finalists-for-the-John-A-Knauss-Marine-Policy-Fellowship-Program

In today’s North Carolina Health News Dr. Nathan Hall and Dr. Hans Paerl featured about harmful algal blooms in Albemarle Sound Uncharted waters ahead for Albemarle’s returning algae blooms – UPDATED