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Roberto Camassa (left) and Rich McLaughlin (right) give a tour of the UNC Fluids Lab

Young Punks, Big Waves

Roberto Camassa and Rich McLaughlin pushed for creation of a fluids lab at Carolina in...
Julianne Davis holds a drone in Alaska

The Lifecycle of a River

Julianne Davis writes about her last two field seasons in Alaska, waiting for river ice...
A man carries a drone out of a marsh.

Mapping Marsh Futures

Researchers from the Carolina Drone Lab use aerial imagery to assess marsh health in the...
a leaf in a stream

A Stream of Data

Amanda DelVecchia and her lab measure greenhouse gas emissions from local streams to uncover how...
Don Nonini laughs while holding an apple

The Faces Behind Our Food

Donald Nonini and Dorothy Holland interviewed sustainable farmers and food activists across N.C. to develop...
Alan Weakley searches for plants

The Green Thumb’s Guide to Taxonomy

Alan Weakley explains how botanists identify new plant species, their names, and the stories behind...
Lindsay Dubbs

Anchoring Communities

Lindsay Dubbs conducts research in the Outer Banks to protect marine ecosystems...
Patricia Gensel

Adventures in Ancient Plants

Patricia Gensel has spent her career studying 400-million-year-old plants at Carolina and across the globe...
Two researchers document a live stingray on a research boat.

Oceans of Knowledge

From the Caribbean to the Gulf of California to the Pacific, Salomé Jaramillo Gil is...