The Wave Whisperer Jana Haddad uses physics to study how living shorelines affect ocean waves and could stem the tide of coastal erosion.
Photos by Megan May All Hands on Deck Capping off a semester of hard work, students in a biological oceanography class put their lessons to the test during a two-day, hands-on field trip to the Neuse River Estuary and the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City.
Photo by Mary Lide Parker On the Front Lines To better understand the severity of this year’s El Niño, UNC oceanographers traveled to one of the hardest hit places — the Galápagos Islands