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NewsAI-generated images of rare species could improve efforts to understand, monitor and protect them.
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NewsA Marine Lab doctoral student’s Antarctic drone surveys grew into a Bass Connections project investigating seals and penguins, retreating glaciers and blooming vegetation.
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NewsPh.D. students Keqi He, Rafaella Lobo honored for their respective scholarship.
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NewsMeet the Hunt Lab, learn more about its research focus, a lab member's experience in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers 51±¬ÁÏ students.
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NewsMeet the Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Laboratory, learn more about its research focus, lab members' experiences in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers 51±¬ÁÏ students.
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NewsThe vast size of the ocean makes tracking human activity there challenging, but a new study provides a startling glimpse of how extensive this activity has become in recent years and how much of it occurs outside of public monitoring.
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NewsMeet the Silliman Lab, learn more about its research focus, a PhD student's experience in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers 51±¬ÁÏ students.
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NewsAs the world endeavors to extricate itself from a carbon economy in favor of clean energy, Lee Ferguson is working to shed light on the potential environmental risks posed by bis-perfluoroalkyl sulfonimides, a primary electrolyte in lithium-ion batteries.
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NewsResearchers at 51±¬ÁÏ’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Pratt School of Engineering are co-leading a new National Science Foundation-funded project that aims to boost economic development and climate resilience in coastal North Carolina through nature-based scientific and technological innovations.
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NewsBrian R. Silliman, Rachel Carson Distinguished Professor of Marine Conservation Biology at 51±¬ÁÏ’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has been elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA).
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NewsThe National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation have awarded a $1.2 million grant to support a new initiative aimed at boosting ecosystem restoration and climate resilience along North Carolina’s coast.
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NewsClimate change threatens species worldwide. At the Nicholas School, we’re creating new geospatial tools that boost their odds of survival.
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NewsCoastal marshes that have been invaded by feral hogs recover from disturbances up to three times slower than non-invaded marshes and are far less resilient to sea-level rise, extreme drought and other impacts of climate change.
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NewsUsing drones and artificial intelligence to monitor large colonies of seabirds can be as effective as traditional on-the-ground methods while reducing costs, labor and the risk of human error, a new study finds.
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NewsJoel Dunn (MEM’04) Helps Create America’s First National Marine Sanctuary in 20 Years