Check out the recent media coverage of sustainability-related programs and practices at UNC:
How Will Warmer Oceans Affect Sea Life?
Scientific American
This June, the world's oceans reached 17 degrees Celsius, their highest average temperature since record keeping for these data began in the 19th century. And a new experiment suggests that those balmier waters might mean big changes for the marine food chain. Marine ecologist Mary O'Connor of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and colleagues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill set up five four-liter "microcosms" of seawater filled with microorganisms from the Bogue Sound estuary on the North Carolina coast.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-will-warmer-oceans-affect-sea-life
Related Link:
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/826/3?rss=1
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2805/74/
Where to Harness the Wind
WHQR-FM (Wilmington)
A new study on harnessing offshore winds finds the waters off Dare County are ideal for wind turbines. The study's being presented Thursday to the Coastal Resource Commission. The study gauged the strongest winds off the coast of Dare County. And about eight miles out, in federal waters, the sediment is strong enough to anchor wind turbines. It's a location that would also not interfere with commercial fishing. But UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Pete Peterson, says there's a hitch.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/whqr/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1546882/Local.Interest/Where.to.Harness.the.Wind
Related Link:
http://www2.wnct.com/nct/news/state_regional/article/coastal_commission_to_hear_about_wind_study/48227/
Spize Cafe opens in Raleigh: "Ooh, that gave me a jolt!"
Independent Weekly
In another online food project, UNC-Chapel Hill students from the school of journalism and mass communication launched their latest multimedia project—Powering a Nation: The Quest for Energy in a Changing USA. It's an impressive site, which features a section titled "The High Energy Diet," that includes an interview with author Michael Pollan discussing our nation's food system and its use of fossil fuel energy.
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A400383
-Thanks to UNC News Services for finding these great stories AND compiling the summaries! You can find more UNC media coverage and stories online at:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/category/8/34/103/
