Daniel R Simmons, assistant secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, announced in this video Friday that the last of the five-stage Waves to Water prize, a challenge to produce clean water using the power of waves, will be on the open water at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, in partnership with Coastal Studies Institute, or CSI.
Drone footage taken April 27 in Emerald isle shows renourishment work that’s part of the second phase of a $28 million project to repair Hurricane Florence’s damage to the beach in 2018. Greg Rudolph of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office told Coastal Review Online Monday that there are several phases of the project and, having completed the sand pumping that started Feb. 8 and ended Wednesday, they will begin planting sea oats this week on the dunes. Video: Carteret County Shore Protection. Story by Jennifer Allen
In this video produced by the Outer Banks Hospital, Chief of Staff Dr. Dan Dwyer emphasizes the importance of social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, commends Dare County officials for the recently enacted “Stay Home – Stay Healthy” declaration and encourages social media civility.
Because oysters are filter feeders, they are effective at removing nutrients and improving water quality, and researchers see opportunities to expand their economic value. Suzanne Bricker and her colleagues with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science are measuring the amount of nutrients removed by oysters along the East Coast to help states develop nutrient management plans that include oyster farms.
Professor Howard Kunreuther discusses the processes and biases in decision-making under uncertainty in the video “Human Biases: Why People Underprepare for Disasters” released Tuesday by FEMA and its emergency management partners.
This month in Outer Banks History looks at the Battle of Roanoke Island that took place in the early stages of the Civil War. Outer Banks History Center Director Samantha Crisp details the February 1862 battle in this video produced by Dare County’s CurrentTV.
“I wonder: What will you tell your children was the reason to fail and leave them facing a climate chaos that you knowingly brought upon them? That it seemed so bad for the economy that we decided to resign the idea of securing future living conditions without even trying?” Seventeen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg posed these questions this week to world leaders at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
A new course offering at the University of North Carolina approaches the topic of the changing Carolina coastline in a different way, through a mix of marine sciences and creative writing. UNC professors Bland Simpson and Brent McKee seek to inspire a new generation of writers to discuss coastal issues and young scientists to effectively communicate their research. In addition to reading scientific articles and creative fiction, the course also includes excursions to explore the North Carolina coast firsthand.
The Outer Banks History Center explores the early experiments of radio pioneer Reginald Fessenden on the state’s coast on This Month in Outer Banks History, produced by CURRENTtv.
The newly constructed aluminum research and survey vessel, R/V Shearwater, both a research platform and classroom at sea, is expected to dock by the end of November at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, giving the university the capability to travel longer distances offshore or able to support overnight operations for the first time since the university’s two larger vessels were retired more than five years ago.
Rob Ruiz, a chef and restaurant owner in San Diego, California, talks sustainability in this National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries video recognizing October as National Seafood Month 2019. Throughout the month, NOAA Fisheries will be publishing seafood stories, including science features, culinary Q&As, seafood videos and a podcast.
Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg scolded world leaders Monday at a United Nations summit calling for climate action, saying people are suffering and dying from the effects of global warming and that all the leaders have are empty words. She said the science has been clear for 30 years, and still they are not doing enough. The 16-year-old warned the more than 60 presidents and prime ministers gathered in the General Assembly hall for the summit that the youth would not let them “get away with this.” Video: Voice of America
