UNC Marine Sciences faculty member Adrian Marchetti comments on the new National Microbiome Initiative recently enacted by The White House office of Science and Technology (OSTP). “We need to mine the wealth of knowledge and depth of experience already present … Continued

Carter Smith, a researcher at UNC Institute of Marine Sciences spoke to WNCT about how utilizing living shorelines prevent coastal erosion. On May 17th, 2016 WNCT’s Pierce Legeion spoke with Carter Smith about how recent research indicates that installation of living habitats along … Continued

Dr. Arnosti is doing the English translation for the group’s posts, you can keep up with Dr. Arnosti’s research on the BacGeoPac research cruise blog. The scientists aboard the research vessel Sonne will be in the middle of the Central … Continued

Spring Newsletter – Spotlight: Megan Schutt and Joel Fodrie Megan Schutt Seim Lab, M.S. Candidate What made you decide to study marine sciences? I studied engineering for my undergraduate degree. I joined this marine science department because of the NC … Continued

(Originally posted on the Carolina Chronicle) Samantha Joye, a leading researcher on the impact of oil and gas seepage in deep ocean environments, will give the keynote address at UNC-Chapel Hill’s 2016 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony. The event recognizes graduate students … Continued

2015 APS/DFD Milton van Dyke Award winning poster presented at the DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion: Variable Density Vortex Ring Dynamics in Sharply Stratified Ambient Fluids (P0050) Vortex rings are commonly found in nature when a flow is impulsively started … Continued