Category: News
Dr Hans Paerl interviewed by Coastal Review Online about algal blooms
Dr Paerl was interviewed by Coastal Review Online about algal blooms in a piece titled “Summer Recipe: How to Make An Algal Bloom”. https://www.coastalreview.org/2017/07/summer-recipe-make-algal-bloom/
Recent grad Dr Justin Ridge talks about his work to study Bird Shoal before and after Hurricane Matthew
Recent IMS/MASC grad (and former Rodriguez/Fodrie lab member) Dr Justin Ridge talks to Coastal Daybreak about his work to study Bird Shoal before and after Hurricane Matthew.
Martin Benavides talks Sharks on NPR’s CoastLine
Martin Benavides (PhD candidate, Fodrie lab, MASC) talks Sharks on the NPR’s hour long call in show CoastLine. http://whqr.org/post/coastline-shark-brains-sand-tiger-sharks-and-bonnetheads#stream/0
PhD candidate Carter Smith discusses combating erosion and property loss from storms
Carter Smith (PhD candidate, Peterson lab, MASC) appeared live on WTKFL107’s Coastal Daybreak to discuss about her new paper: “Hurricane damage along natural and hardened estuarine shorelines: Using homeowner experiences to promote nature-based coastal protection” and how that research may … Read more
Dr Rodriguez talks about the causes of rip currents
Coastal Geologist Dr. Rodriguez is interviewed by WITN about rip currents and the factors that influence where they form. http://www.witn.com/content/news/Coastal-geologist-describes-factors-that-increase-rip-current-risks-429528503.html
Noble and Piehler labs stormwater research project with the Town of Beaufort
Coastal Review Online article about the stormwater research project the Noble and Piehler labs are working on with the Town of Beaufort. https://www.coastalreview.org/2017/06/runoff-study-aims-better-water-quality
Dr Peterson clarifies his work regarding the misguided war on rays in the Chesapeake Bay
Hakai Magazine interviewed Dr Peterson about his 2007 Science paper “Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean” and what it means for rays of Chesapeake Bay. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/chesapeake-bays-misguided-war-ray
UNC Marine Sciences graduate in new class of NASA astronauts
Newly minted NASA astronaut candidate and UNC Marine Sciences graduate Zena Cardman remarks on her time at UNC, as a member of the (Andreas) Teske Lab and the path from the University of North Carolina to the National Aeronautics and … Read more
Research on a new oyster reef design by Dr Lindquist may help save shoreline from erosion
Coastal Review Online article about Dr Lindquist’s research on whether his new oyster reef design curbs erosion in a high-energy wave environment. Can New Reef Design Save Historic Shoreline?