The importance of how and why animals interact with environmental novelty continues to grow as pristine landscapes are increasingly reshaped by human activity. Floating mariculture operations (hereafter farms), a form of novel habitat that is expanding in North Carolina and … Read more
Advancing Urban Flood Risk Management through Physics-informed, Data-Driven Hazard Assessment The escalating impacts of climate change, particularly the intensification of rainfall events, pose significant challenges for fast-evolving cities. While numerous flood management strategies exist, from sponge cities and insurance … Read more
Stepping stones into the desert: an experimental test of hybridization-facilitated range expansion in spadefoot toads. Hybridization between species often results in low-fitness offspring with reduced growth, survival, or fecundity. Such low fitness in hybrids is generally thought to derive from … Read more
Delineating the characteristics, transformation and water quality impacts of landfill leachate induced dissolved organic nitrogen Renzun Zhao, PhD, PE Associate Professor Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Dept. North Carolina A&T State University Abstract: Emerging research identifies Dissolved Organic … Read more
Environmental Justice for Environmental Science Environmental scientists sometimes think about our research as informing efforts to promote environmental justice (i.e., “environmental science for environmental justice”). This framing can be true, and it often yields impactful science, but we can also … Read more
Quantifying Precipitation-Induced Uncertainty in Flood Hazard Assessment for a Coastal Urban Area Flooding is the costliest disaster in the United States, and its impacts are projected to grow under climate and land use change. To prepare for and mitigate these … Read more
Interactions of coral colony development, reef morphology and hydrodynamics Coral reefs are important structures for both human activity and coastal ecology. They are a part of a vibrant ecosystem, providing food and shelter for a wide range of species. Reefs … Read more
Wind Effects on Estuarine Circulation and Salinity Distribution Most research on estuarine dynamics to date has focused on tides as the main driver of vertical mixing. There has been less work on the role of wind, despite early predictions of … Read more
Hosted by: Dr Pavelsky
The Influence of Phytoplankton Productivity and Molecular Physiology on Biogeochemical Dynamics of Two Contrasting Ocean Environments Understanding the controls on oceanic primary production is crucial to elucidating it’s influence on global biogeochemical cycling, ocean health, and climate regulation under … Read more
Hosted by: Dr. Scott Gifford
Investigating the gene expression of mixotrophic phytoplankton under iron-limited upwelling conditions Mixotrophic phytoplankton may have significant impacts on ocean food web dynamics, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem stability. As global warming is expected to decrease iron bioavailability to phytoplankton, mixotrophs may … Read more
