Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler announces Thursday EPA’s Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, or PFAS, Action Plan. EPA said its plan identifies both short-term solutions for addressing these chemicals and long-term strategies for providing clean, safe drinking water and addressing PFAS at the source. Critics say EPA could do more.
Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2018 were the fourth warmest since 1880, according to studies by NASA and NOAA. The planet’s long-term warming trend can be seen in this visualization of NASA’s global temperature record that shows the planet’s temperatures changing over time.
The 60-minute documentary “Sonic Sea” about the impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life will be screened Wednesday evening at Waterman’s Brewing Co. in Wilmington.
Jared Lloyd takes viewers “Behind the Lens” during a visit to the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula, home to not only the largest concentration of black bears in the world but also the physically largest black bears. It is not uncommon to find bears weighing more than 700 pounds here.
Researchers at the Australian Institute of Marine Science have conducted what they’re calling the first real-world seismic experiment to determine the effects of marine noise on fish and oysters. Using the seismic vessel the BGP Explorer, the researchers surveyed two sites off the northwest of Western Australia over the course of 10 days. The collaborative experiment involving more than 100 people took a year to design and coordinate and could provide answers on the effects of marine noise.
The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season ends Nov. 30, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noted this year will be remembered most for hurricanes Florence and Michael and the damage they caused in the Southeast. For the first time, the GOES East satellite was able to see the entire Atlantic basin, allowing for a view of storms as they form off the coast of Africa and then enter the Atlantic.
Three University of North Carolina Chapel Hill students cultivating seaweed in Sea Level say they plan to revolutionize seaweed farming to create jobs, reduce plastic pollution and clean carbon from the atmosphere.
Ann Daisey, community conservationist, explains in this video produced by Dare County how Dare Soil and Water Conservation District works to help businesses, public and private landowners and municipalities with natural resource management, specifically water quality issues, and the services offered.
Reide Corbett is the executive director for the Coastal Studies Institute in Wanchese, appointed in August, and dean of integrated coastal programs at East Carolina University.
Just before Hurricane Florence, graduate students at the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy met in Miami to present their findings and recommendations from research on how natural disasters disproportionately affect areas with significant Latino populations and the consequences for those communities when the U.S. Census is taken while residents are displaced or living in unconventional housing.
Dare County Emergency Management Director Drew Person reviews hurricane evacuation and re-entry procedures for the ordered evacuation as Hurricane Florence approaches.
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science recently worked with the Army Corps of Engineers to help Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune address sea level rise, shoreline erosion and pond formation that threaten salt marsh habitat at the base.
