Drones flying along miles of rivers in the steep, mountainous terrain of central Taiwan and mapping the rock properties have revealed new clues about how water helps shape mountains over geological time. The researchers, including EMES Department Chair Dr. … Read more

$2.5m NSF Grant for Center for Galapagos Studies Researchers   UNC researchers Adrian Marchetti and Harvey Seim in the Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, alongside researchers from MBARI and University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, recently received a … Read more

Toxic Algae Blooms are the New Normal as the World Warms and CO2 Levels Keep Rising   Click here to read the Wired Magazine Article! Click here to read the ARS Technica Article!

Study of Estuaries Finds Lower Acidification than in Oceans Research Assistant Professor Nathan Hall with the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City and co-author of the study explained that eutrophication is effectively causing, … Read more

Thank you for making the 2023 PerkinElmer Student Research Symposium a successful and memorable event.  It was a rare opportunity for the EMES community to spend the day together and focus on student research.  We enjoyed oral and poster presentations … Read more

As extreme weather events become more often and intensify, the number of people and places exposed to flooding events is likely to grow. But until now, surprisingly little was known about how floodplain development patterns vary across communities. A new … Read more