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a young girl takes a picture of an Atlantic spotted dolphin underwater

A Day in the Life of a Dolphin Researcher

Since she was 14 years old, Liah McPherson has studied the lives of wild dolphins...
a group of young men and women plant lettuce in a raised garden

CURE-ious Chemistry

Chemistry undergraduates are developing their own research questions and projects in a new class at...

Decades of Discovery

For 70 years, the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, located in Morehead City, has provided...
a volcano steams in the distance

The Earth is Our Laboratory

UNC earth scientists have crossed oceans and traveled to far-away continents to pursue their research...

Water Over the Bridge

From the competitive ports of China, to the innovative flood gates of the Netherlands, to...

The Guava Hunter

From the time he was a child, Bryan Reatini has always held an inherent fascination...
snow melting on the Greenland ice sheet

In Sync

12,340 miles separates the North Pole from the South Pole. But many geophysicists believe the...

Conserving Rare Plants: It Takes an Army

Fort Bragg, the largest military installation in North Carolina, spans 500 square miles packed with...
One girls looks on as two other girls carry a rig out of the lake.

Measuring the Health of a Marsh

Carter Smith, a PhD candidate at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, uses underwater sonar...