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.
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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.