Margot Midkiff strives to help communities hit by natural disasters.

Caela O’Connell studies how people relate to social and environmental problems.

A broad study looking at food and water insecurity in the Galápagos brings together a team of researchers to focus on an often-overlooked population.

Four students spent their summer in Colorado stalking Lincoln’s sparrows in search of answers to fundamental biological questions.

The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has been addressing the world’s biggest challenges for more than 80 years.

Mike Kunz unpacks the intricacies of rare plant species for conservation.

Junior Stephanie Caddell shares how three weeks on a research vessel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean changed her life.

Julianne Davis studies how water, sediment, and the landscape influence one another.

Josh Himmelstein is getting knee-deep in marshes to understand the effects of sea-level rise.

Jana Haddad uses physics to study how living shorelines affect ocean waves and could stem the tide of coastal erosion.

Anne Smiley maps coastal habitats and nitrogen levels to assess water quality and coastal ecosystem health, protecting communities hit by major storms.

Oysters have been dying off for the last century, and PhD candidate Mark Ciesielski wants to know why — and how to stop it.