The Shellfish Sleuth
August 21, 2025
Colin Eimers is investigating why so many N.C. oysters die off each year — and how to stop it before farmers lose entire harvests.
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Mucking in the Marshes
August 24, 2022
Josh Himmelstein is getting knee-deep in marshes to understand the effects of sea-level rise.
Trapped on the Surface
September 10, 2019
In the past decade, the Cape Fear River has become more susceptible to algal blooms — a potential public health concern for more than 1.5 million people relying on the river as a drinking water source. UNC researcher Nathan Hall thinks droughts and slow flows are the culprit, and aims to predict when future blooms will occur.
The Scientist and the Fisherman
March 29, 2016
What do you get when you combine new science with decades of knowledge from local fishermen? A lot of homegrown North Carolina oysters. A whole lot.
Can We Have Our Oysters and Eat Them, Too?
January 5, 2015
Undergraduate researchers study whether harvesting oysters helps or hurts coastal ecosystems.