Date: July 27, 2017
Dr. Rachel Gittman was featured in an NBC news story about living shorelines.
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/walls-won-t-save-our-cities-rising-seas-here-s-ncna786811
Date: August 2, 2017
Carter Smith, UNC Marine Sciences graduate student, IMS Peterson lab PhD candidate and Royster Fellow was featured by UNC Research’s Women in Science Wednesday.
http://endeavors.unc.edu/carter-smith/
Date: August 2, 2017
Carter Smith, UNC Marine Sciences graduate student, IMS Peterson lab PhD candidate and Royster Fellow was featured in a photo essay titled “Measuring the Health of a Marsh” by Mary Lide Parker for Endeavor.
http://endeavors.unc.edu/measuring-the-health-of-a-marsh/
Date: July 31, 2017
The North Carolina Sea Grant published an article in the Summer 2017 issue of Coastwatch on Dr Lindquist’s work with oysters and the Sandbar Oyster Company.
Date: July 18, 2017
Dr Paerl was interviewed by Coastal Review Online about algal blooms in a piece titled “Summer Recipe: How to Make An Algal Bloom”.
https://www.coastalreview.org/2017/07/summer-recipe-make-algal-bloom/
Date: July 20, 2017
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Mr Hugh Porter’s book, “The Seashells of North Carolina”, NC Sea Grant and UNC Press have been getting the word out about beachcombing, shells, and the book.
https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/currents/2017/07/mr-seashells-legacy-lives-on/
Date: July 18, 2017
Raleigh ‘s Univision television has aired a two part series on sharks (in Spanish), featuring Martin Benavides (PhD student, Fodrie lab, MASC).
Link to Part One. | Link to Part Two.
Date: July 19, 2017
Avery Paxton (Peterson PhD candidate, Biology) continues to make waves with the results of her study on the potential impacts of seismic testing on fish. Her study is mentioned in an article in Vox and there is a video that goes with the story (see below).
As well, her work is cited in this letter to Secretary Zinke about oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic. (A letter signed by 103 members of Congress no less!)
Date: July 10, 2017
Recent IMS/MASC grad (and former Rodriguez/Fodrie lab member) Dr Justin Ridge talks to Coastal Daybreak about his work to study Bird Shoal before and after Hurricane Matthew.
Date: June 23, 2017
Martin Benavides (PhD candidate, Fodrie lab, MASC) talks Sharks on the NPR’s hour long call in show CoastLine. http://whqr.org/post/coastline-shark-brains-sand-tiger-sharks-and-bonnetheads#stream/0
