PhD candidate Carter Smith discusses combating erosion and property loss from storms

Date: June 21, 2017

Carter Smith (PhD candidate, Peterson lab, MASC) appeared live on WTKFL107’s Coastal Daybreak to discuss about her new paper: “Hurricane damage along natural and hardened estuarine shorelines: Using homeowner experiences to promote nature-based coastal protection” and how that research may help people combat erosion and property loss from storms. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=TbpRG7YaPl8

Dr Rodriguez talks about the causes of rip currents

Date: June 19, 2017

Coastal Geologist Dr. Rodriguez is interviewed by WITN about rip currents and the factors that influence where they form.

http://www.witn.com/content/news/Coastal-geologist-describes-factors-that-increase-rip-current-risks-429528503.html

Noble and Piehler labs stormwater research project with the Town of Beaufort

Date: June 16, 2017

Coastal Review Online article about the stormwater research project the Noble and Piehler labs are working on with the Town of Beaufort.
https://www.coastalreview.org/2017/06/runoff-study-aims-better-water-quality

Dr Peterson clarifies his work regarding the misguided war on rays in the Chesapeake Bay

Date: June 14, 2017

Hakai Magazine interviewed Dr Peterson about his 2007 Science paper “Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean” and what it means for rays of Chesapeake Bay.

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/chesapeake-bays-misguided-war-ray

Research on a new oyster reef design by Dr Lindquist may help save shoreline from erosion

Date: June 6, 2017

Coastal Review Online article about Dr Lindquist’s research on whether his new oyster reef design curbs erosion in a high-energy wave environment.

IMS Research Technicians Jasmine and Anna talk King Tides on Fox News Radio

Date: June 2, 2017

Jasmine McAdams and Anna Clabaugh, Research Technicians in the Peterson lab at UNC’s Institute of Marine Sciences talked with local Fox News radio about their citizen science efforts on the King Tides project.

Dr Mike Piehler selected as Interim Director of the Coastal Studies Institute

Date: May 31, 2017

ECU has announced that Dr. Mike Piehler has been selected as the Interim Director of the Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) effective July 1, 2017, for the upcoming year.  For the past 12 years Mike has been a cornerstone of CSI’s multi-institutional research, education and engagement programs.  As Interim Director, he will help ECU continue to build its coastal programs and help recruit the next permanent CSI Director.

Dr Rick Luettich on federal weather forecasting law HR353 and the implications for NC

Date: May 30, 2017

IMS’s Dr. Rick Luettich on WNCT9 talking about the new federal weather forecasting law HR353, and it’s implications for North Carolina.

Living shorelines more cost effective way to control coastal erosion

Date: May 29, 2017

Carter Smith (PhD candidate, Peterson lab, MASC) interview with WNCT9 about her latest paper looking at homeowners perceptions of damage risk to their properties during hurricanes, and better options available to them.

UNC researchers gather information on Jordan Lake

Date: May 17, 2017

A photo essay on the Luettich lab’s work in Jordan Lake by UNC Endeavors and Mary Lide Parker

Using state-of-the-art instrumentation and lab analyses, UNC researchers gather information on Jordan Lake

http://endeavors.unc.edu/a-deep-dive-into-jordan-lake/