Gray wolf populations have been rebounding in the Great Lakes region, after being nearly extirpated from the conterminous United States. Breeding populations of wolves have established in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ...

One of the greatest threats to coral reefs of the Hawaiian Islands is sedimentation from land-based sources. Sedimentation occurs when runoff from storm events carries terrigenous sediments into the marine environment. ...

While many factors have contributed to the decline of worldwide sea turtle populations, longline fishing, in particular, has received a significant amount of attention in the past decade. However, there are still many areas ...

Stream systems in the Southern Appalachian Mountains represent the southern limit of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) distribution in the eastern United States and are home to the region’s only native salmonid, the Southern ...

The 2007 IPCC report detailed the warming of the earth is unmistakable and is most likely due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The earth’s natural processes are unable to reabsorb GHGs at the rate at which ...

North Carolina is actively pursuing electricity generation from various renewable energy technologies. In 2008 the state’s General Assembly commissioned a study by UNC-Chapel Hill researchers assessing the feasibility of ...

The US Navy has proposed construction of an Outlying Landing Field (OLF) for carrier-landing practice, at one of five potential sites in North Carolina and Virginia. The proposed Sandbanks site in Gates County, NC is opposed ...

Researchers at Duke University are working on a North Carolina Sea Grant project (R/BS-18): Changing Coastal Communities, Perspectives from Down East. The intent of this research is to better understand communities’ perceptions ...

As pressure to develop renewable energy increases, wave energy emerges as one of the potential solutions to the nation’s energy crisis. To displace fossil fuel generation, the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) is ...

Riparian zones serve an important role in the ecological landscape. They serve as habitat for wildlife, prevent erosion, and act as buffers to help reduce and filter the amount of pollutants entering surface waters. The ...