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Young Punks, Big Waves

August 27, 2024

Roberto Camassa and Rich McLaughlin pushed for creation of a fluids lab at Carolina in the late 1990s — and now it’s one of the most unique research spaces of its kind in the U.S.

The Lifecycle of a River

August 26, 2024

Julianne Davis writes about her last two field seasons in Alaska, waiting for river ice to break to study sediment shifts during springtime.

Mapping Marsh Futures

August 22, 2024

Researchers from the Carolina Drone Lab use aerial imagery to assess marsh health in the Outer Banks.

Anchoring Communities

June 20, 2024

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

Playing for Resilience

January 24, 2024

Undergraduates create an innovative game to help communities plan for and recover from climate change.

Safe Water for All

August 15, 2023

From India to Flint, Michigan, Siddhartha Roy has seen what happens when water resources are insufficient and is pushing to drastically reduce lead in drinking water by 2040.

On the Surface

July 19, 2023

Claire Johnson explains her studies of microbial communities living on seaweed mats in the Atlantic Ocean’s Gulf Stream and how they cycle nitrogen.

RUNC: Christian Chung

October 12, 2022

Christian Chung researches how to remove “forever chemicals” from drinking water.

In Hot Water

October 12, 2021

Warming ocean waters are one of many climate change consequences, and scientists have observed fish migrating to stay within their preferred temperature range. Janet Nye, a UNC-Chapel Hill marine scientist, wants to understand how a warmer environment will affect these animals to help fisheries better prepare for the future.

Donald Fejfar

September 25, 2019

Don Fejfar is a junior and Morehead-Cain Scholar majoring in biostatistics within the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. He studies how disease relates to food and water quality, security, and accessibility on Isabela Island in Galápagos, Ecuador.