Scientists and Community Partners Collaborate on New Projects
By Danielle Costantini Five new projects have received funding from the North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant Program. Topics include research related to water quality treatment in wetlands, algal blooms and cyanobacteria, and community resilience...Continue reading "Scientists and Community Partners Collaborate on New Projects"
New WRRI and NC Sea Grant Graduate Fellows Focus on Diversity
By Katelyn Vause Six graduate students across North Carolina will soon begin new coastal and water resource research projects. Four of those projects will be funded jointly through fellowships with the Water Resources Research Institute...Continue reading "New WRRI and NC Sea Grant Graduate Fellows Focus on Diversity"
WRRI to Host 2019 Annual Conference for Water Resource Industry and Academe
By Summer Walls North Carolina’s Water Resources Research Institute will host its 21st Annual Conference on Thursday, March 21 from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, March 22 from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m....Continue reading "WRRI to Host 2019 Annual Conference for Water Resource Industry and Academe"
WRRI Annual Conference Sponsor To Offer Free Data Workshop
The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), a sponsor of the 2019 WRRI Annual Conference, will host a workshop on managing data entitled Managing and Sharing Water Data Using Community...Continue reading "WRRI Annual Conference Sponsor To Offer Free Data Workshop"
Researchers’ Predictions of Neuse River Oxygen Levels Prove Correct
Last June, a team of researchers used an experimental model to forecast that hypoxia — low levels of dissolved oxygen — would be more severe than average in the Neuse River Estuary during midsummer 2018....Continue reading "Researchers’ Predictions of Neuse River Oxygen Levels Prove Correct"
From Floyd to Matthew: Vulnerable Populations Respond to Flooding in Eastern N.C.
Guest post by Jasmine Hayes I am a recent Master of Public Health graduate from East Carolina University. I was born and raised in the small rural town of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. My career...Continue reading "From Floyd to Matthew: Vulnerable Populations Respond to Flooding in Eastern N.C."
WRRI Graduate Fellow Finds Opportunity in Setback
Story by Justine Neville, 2018 North Carolina Sea Grant – WRRI Graduate Research Fellow, NC State University Throughout this post, I refer to the river as “Lumbee” in observance of the 2009 Lumbee Tribal Government...Continue reading "WRRI Graduate Fellow Finds Opportunity in Setback"
WRRI Partner PEJ Hosts Celebration at Walnut Creek Wetlands
On Saturday, Partners for Environmental Justice (PEJ) and the Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) will host a celebration of the renaming of Southeast Raleigh’s Walnut Creek Wetland Center as the Norman & Betty Camp Education...Continue reading "WRRI Partner PEJ Hosts Celebration at Walnut Creek Wetlands"