An interdisciplinary seminar presented by UNC IMS Graduate Student, Charlie Deaton. Seminar Title: Bistability and resilience in coupled bio-geomorphic coastal systems Abstract: Many coastal ecosystems, such as dunes, salt marshes, and seagrass beds, exist due to biological-geologic feedbacks that result in highly dynamic, … Continued

UNC Marine Sciences’ Assistant Professor Karl Castillo hosts a seminar presented by Dustin Kemp, Ph.D. Seminar Title: Modern challenges for coral reefs: Functional traits and genetic diversity of Indo-Pacific and Caribbean coral Presenter Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of … Continued

A Master’s Research Seminar presented by UNC Marine Sciences Graduate Student, Jessica Smith. Title: Probabilistic Track Generation for Storm Surge Prediction Abstract: Hurricanes and associated storm surges are costly and devastating natural hazards that affect populations on much of the world’s coasts. To … Continued

An interdisciplinary seminar presented by Univertisy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marine Sciences Graduate Student, Rob Lampe on Phytoplankton Thin Layers.

UNC Marine Sciences Assistant Professor, Wei Mei co-authored a new paper on the increasing intensity of typhoons titled “Intensification of landfalling typhoons over the northwest Pacific since the late 1970s” which was published in the journal Nature Geoscience  9, 753–757 (2016) doi:10.1038/ngeo2792. … Continued

Hurricane Preparation, Down to a Science by Kathleen Onorevole, UNC Marine Sciences M.S. student in Dr. Michael Piehler’s lab (Kathleen also contributes to the UNC Marine Sciences graduate student blog: underthecblog.org) As Hurricane Matthew spins toward North Carolina, most UNC employees … Continued

Restoration of estuarine habitats supports changes in N cycling and removal over time Habitat restoration is a valuable way to curtail environmental degradation.  In estuarine systems in North Carolina, oyster reefs and salt marshes are frequently restored together as living … Continued

A research seminar presented by UNC MASC Graduate Student, JP Rippe. Title: Assessing Historical Growth and Connectivity of Coral Reefs at Multiple Scales Throughout the Caribbean Basin Abstract: Over the past three decades, coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea have experienced severe … Continued

UNC Marine Sciences’ Research Assistant Professor Barbara MacGregor, Ph.D. Seminar Presentation. Seminar Title: Multiplication is vexation: A genomic perspective on DNA replication and cell division in the large sulfur bacteria Presenter Affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, UNC – Chapel Hill Summary: Bacteria … Continued

PhD candidate, Martin Benavides spotlighted on Endeavors for using drones to study sharks. “In collaboration with David Johnston, director of the the Duke Marine Lab Unoccupied Systems Facility, Benavides wants to figure out how much and what kind of information can be collected … Continued