Check out the recent media mentions of sustainability-related programs, practices, people at UNC:
... our oil defenses (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
...So now let's talk about man-made disaster. Specifically, in terms of a what-if, suppose there is a large oil spill from an offshore rig in the Gulf region, and oil from that spill drifts up to North Carolina. How would we respond? Which agencies of state government would be called together to coordinate that response? Who among our experts in residence (looking especially to our universities such as Duke, N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill) would know what to do?
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Report finds some good news for Great Barrier Reef
"AM" Australian Broadcasting Corporation
After facing what appeared to be a gloomy outlook, there's finally some good news for the Great Barrier Reef. After a hot summer, and a series of heatwaves last year, scientists say late monsoonal conditions protected much of the coral from a major bleaching event. But a new study shows mortality in the world's tropical oceans is increasing, and as bleaching becomes more common, corals simply aren't getting enough time to recover. ...And a study by John Bruno from the University of North Carolina now shows between one and two per cent of the world's tropical corals are being lost each year.
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On the hunt for life in oil spill
The Charlotte Observer
In the midst of the largest oil spill in U.S. history, scientists from UNC Chapel Hill are scouring the Gulf of Mexico for an almost invisible life-form that may be crucial to the cleanup. Marine microbiologist Andreas Teske and his team are hunting for a group of microbes that feed on oil, breaking down the hydrocarbons into carbon dioxide. ...Luke McKay, one of Teske's doctoral students, was aboard one of the first research vessels to reach the site, 35 miles off the coast of Louisiana. He said evidence of the spill was already clear.
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Oil spill puts N.C.'s coastal riches in new light
The News & Record (Greensboro)
Chances remain slim to none that oil or the now-familiar “tar balls” from the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 workers in the Gulf of Mexico will reach the North Carolina coast this summer, experts say. But it is in the blue water offshore — the same depths where the BP well continued to gush oil a mile below the ocean’s surface last week — that damage to Tar Heel marine life may lurk. ...Getting a first-hand look at the spill, the jointly operated Duke University/UNC-Chapel Hill research vessel Cape Hatteras rounded the Dry Tortugas and entered the Gulf late last week.
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Researchers Sail to the Spill Site (Blog)
The New York Times
One journey I’ll be following closely over the next week is the voyage of the Cape Hatteras, a 135-foot research vessel operated by the Duke/University of North Carolina Oceanographic Consortium. As we reported here last week, scientists from these and other universities are sailing into the heart of the oil spill to study its environmental impact. After a stop in Gulfport, Miss., the crew departed Saturday for the spill site in the Gulf of Mexico and is blogging from the boat.
Click here to read more.
-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
... our oil defenses (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
...So now let's talk about man-made disaster. Specifically, in terms of a what-if, suppose there is a large oil spill from an offshore rig in the Gulf region, and oil from that spill drifts up to North Carolina. How would we respond? Which agencies of state government would be called together to coordinate that response? Who among our experts in residence (looking especially to our universities such as Duke, N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill) would know what to do?
Click here to read more.
Report finds some good news for Great Barrier Reef
"AM" Australian Broadcasting Corporation
After facing what appeared to be a gloomy outlook, there's finally some good news for the Great Barrier Reef. After a hot summer, and a series of heatwaves last year, scientists say late monsoonal conditions protected much of the coral from a major bleaching event. But a new study shows mortality in the world's tropical oceans is increasing, and as bleaching becomes more common, corals simply aren't getting enough time to recover. ...And a study by John Bruno from the University of North Carolina now shows between one and two per cent of the world's tropical corals are being lost each year.
Click here to read more.
On the hunt for life in oil spill
The Charlotte Observer
In the midst of the largest oil spill in U.S. history, scientists from UNC Chapel Hill are scouring the Gulf of Mexico for an almost invisible life-form that may be crucial to the cleanup. Marine microbiologist Andreas Teske and his team are hunting for a group of microbes that feed on oil, breaking down the hydrocarbons into carbon dioxide. ...Luke McKay, one of Teske's doctoral students, was aboard one of the first research vessels to reach the site, 35 miles off the coast of Louisiana. He said evidence of the spill was already clear.
Click here to read more.
Oil spill puts N.C.'s coastal riches in new light
The News & Record (Greensboro)
Chances remain slim to none that oil or the now-familiar “tar balls” from the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 workers in the Gulf of Mexico will reach the North Carolina coast this summer, experts say. But it is in the blue water offshore — the same depths where the BP well continued to gush oil a mile below the ocean’s surface last week — that damage to Tar Heel marine life may lurk. ...Getting a first-hand look at the spill, the jointly operated Duke University/UNC-Chapel Hill research vessel Cape Hatteras rounded the Dry Tortugas and entered the Gulf late last week.
Click here to read more.
Researchers Sail to the Spill Site (Blog)
The New York Times
One journey I’ll be following closely over the next week is the voyage of the Cape Hatteras, a 135-foot research vessel operated by the Duke/University of North Carolina Oceanographic Consortium. As we reported here last week, scientists from these and other universities are sailing into the heart of the oil spill to study its environmental impact. After a stop in Gulfport, Miss., the crew departed Saturday for the spill site in the Gulf of Mexico and is blogging from the boat.
Click here to read more.
-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
