Nine homes collapsed in Buxton and Rodanthe, North Carolina as water levels rose and storm waves reached shore from Hurricanes Imelda and Umberto. These homes were built decades ago. High rates of long-term chronic erosion put them, and many others, at risk. EMES Professor Laura Moore and her team are learning how coastal erosion and management decisions interact in counter-intuitive ways to shape the future of oceanfront communities. See links below for more information about the pro...| Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
The Rodriguez Lab generally uses the principles of sedimentology and stratigraphy to examine the response of coastal depositional environments to sea-level rise, changes in storminess, and human impacts. We study all coastal environments from rivers to the inner continental shelf. Research is field based and we collect a variety of different types of data, including sedimentologic, radiometric, seismic, and remote sensing.| Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Scientists from EMES lead an international expedition aboard the research vessel R/V Marcus Langseth to study plankton dynamics in the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Working out of UNC’s Galapagos Science Center on San Cristobal Island, the NSF-funded expedition aimed to analyze … Read more| Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Each spring in North Carolina, nearly all eelgrass dies off — only to regrow from tiny, sesame-like seeds. While each square meter can produce tens of thousands of seeds, only a small number of them become new plants. This discrepancy … Read more| Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
A UNC study mapped 78 flood events across roughly three-quarters of the state, revealing that more than 20,000 buildings sustained flooding on multiple occasions between 1996 and 2020. Helena Garcia, a doctoral student in Carolina’s Environment, Ecology and Energy Program, … Read more| Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
On a clear summer morning, Colin Eimers drives a boat past the seemingly endless saltwater grass that populates North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound. Ahead, rows of glistening black cages bob on the water’s surface in long tidy rows. On a nearby … Read more| Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Federation Executive Director Braxton Davis presented one of the two Lifetime Achievement Awards this year to Dr. Hans Paerl, “For a Distinguished Career Dedicated to Coastal Research, Protection, and Restoration.” Paerl, who recently retired after 47 years, is a Kenan Professor of Marine Environmental Sciences at University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City. Paerl’s accomplishments include establishing the FerryMon program, where he turned state ferries in...| Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Sally Dowd learned how to net a fish when she was 5 years old. Each summer, her family would escape the bustle of Charlotte and head to their family home in Wilmington, where their days were spent exploring and swimming … Read more| Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Prof. Laura Moore was interviewed by WRAL, and other news outlets, regarding recent work funded by the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. This work, which comprises Benton Franklin’s third dissertation chapter, is collaborative with Duke, NC State, ECU and multiple stakeholders. … Read more| Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
As the setting sun bursts with color over the estuary behind Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium in Morehead City, North Carolina, Alexis Longmire’s attention is on the water. Her team has just netted a silver- and black-striped fish that sounds like it’s … Read more| Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
“North Carolina is flooding more than ever before,” Miyuki Hino says. “It’s something we hear often from the people we interview.” “In eastern North Carolina, we’ve estimated that almost half of flooded buildings are outside of the floodplain, most of which … Read more| Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
