Check out the recent media mentions of sustainability-related programs, practices, people at UNC:
Hurricane may help break up oil of our coast
The Havelock News
Having a hurricane take dead aim on the North Carolina coast is something coastal residents have faced often, but this year, with the slight possibility that tens of millions of gallons of oil are poised to enter the Gulf Stream, many wonder what effect such a storm would have on an oil slick. ...According to Rick Luettich, director of UNC’s Institute for Marine Sciences in Morehead City and UNC’s Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Chapel Hill, North Carolinians are benefiting from an atypical change in currents in the Gulf of Mexico that is keeping the oil spill, at least for now, from coming up the East Coast.
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Progress boosts UNC wind study
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill's planned $1 million study of offshore wind energy potential will get a $300,000 gust from Progress Energy. The UNC study, to be completed over three years, is expected to be the most comprehensive analysis of wind power potential on the state's ocean waters.
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-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
Hurricane may help break up oil of our coast
The Havelock News
Having a hurricane take dead aim on the North Carolina coast is something coastal residents have faced often, but this year, with the slight possibility that tens of millions of gallons of oil are poised to enter the Gulf Stream, many wonder what effect such a storm would have on an oil slick. ...According to Rick Luettich, director of UNC’s Institute for Marine Sciences in Morehead City and UNC’s Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Chapel Hill, North Carolinians are benefiting from an atypical change in currents in the Gulf of Mexico that is keeping the oil spill, at least for now, from coming up the East Coast.
Click here to read more.
Progress boosts UNC wind study
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill's planned $1 million study of offshore wind energy potential will get a $300,000 gust from Progress Energy. The UNC study, to be completed over three years, is expected to be the most comprehensive analysis of wind power potential on the state's ocean waters.
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
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