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A black pilot whale and calf move through blue water

Marine mammals littered with microplastics, Duke study finds

Sophie Mallinson

A graduate student鈥檚 research has uncovered plastics in tissue samples of 32 marine animals, including some from North Carolina.

Environment

All hands on deck: How researchers and divers are testing creative ways to quell the lionfish invasion

Laura Pellicer

This voracious species feeds on the juveniles of commercially important fish like grouper and snapper.

Environment

Boaters And Ship Operators Are Breaking Speed Limits, Putting Right Whales At Even More Risk

Celeste Gracia

Boats and cargo ships in the waters of North Carolina and other Southern states are exceeding speed limits in areas designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, a new report from a global non-profit group has found.

Rebecca Helm, UNC Asheville Assistant Professor of Biology

Environment

WNC Jellyfish Biologist Campaigns For High Seas

Helen Chickering

A local biologist who's been making waves for her research into jellyfish that reside in freshwater ecosystems, including some here in Western North...

an offshore drilling operation in the Gulf of Mexico

Environment

The Trump Administration Wants More Coastal Drilling. NC Environmental Group Lays Out The Risks.

Jay Price

A North Carolina environmental group has released a report detailing the potential risks of the Trump administration鈥檚 plans to open the nation鈥檚鈥�

Map of the east coast showing the outer continental shelf where drilling would occur.

Environment

State Agency Opposes Offshore Seismic Testing

Rusty Jacobs

The state Division of Coastal Management formally objected this week to a company's application for a federal permit to begin oil and gas exploration off鈥�

Science & Technology

Turning Ocean Waves Into Drinking Water

A North Carolina start-up company is testing a device that turns ocean water into fresh drinking water. Their technology uses wave energy exclusively to鈥�

The Discovery Communications Building in Silver Spring, Maryland decorated for Shark Week in August 2012.

Environment

STUDY: 'Shark Week' Exaggerates Danger, Could Undermine Conservation Efforts

Rebecca Martinez

The Discovery Channel's Shark Week marathon starts this week. But UNC Communications researchers say the footage showing sharks acting like vicious鈥�

A Dare County sheriff's deputy walks down damaged Route 12 after Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.

Science & Technology

National Geographic Report, 'Rising Seas: Will The Outer Banks Survive?'

Carol Jackson

The report cites Michael Orbach, professor emeritus of marine policy at Duke University's marine lab in Beaufort, North Carolina."All these effects that鈥�

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