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Feb 7, 2025

FER @ ISTF Conference

By: Ana Cubas Baez Four students from the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources (FER) participated in the 31st Annual Conference of the Yale Chapter of the International Society of…

Jan 30, 2025

The Bee’s Knees: An Experience in Beekeeping

By Cecille Ernst When I went onto one of the NC State student facebook pages to browse clothes, knick-knacks, and housing recommendations, a job opportunity wasn’t even on my radar.…

Jan 24, 2025

Cate Harris – Sometimes Saving Plants Takes Removing Others: The Threat Invasive Species Hold Against Forest Health

Ever since I was little, I dreamed of a job where I could spend the day outside just as I did then. It wasn’t until I was older and looking…

Jan 16, 2025

Study examines how climate change has shaped coastal forests over the last decade

A new study finds that climate change may have a range of contrasting effects on coastal forests, both slowing and enabling growth in areas where sea levels are rising and storms are more common. Researchers compared a decade of forest growth data from two types of environments across the mid-Atlantic, southeastern, and Gulf coasts of…

Jan 15, 2025

The Wild Ride of Preparing for Wildfires

Over the past week, Southern California wildfires have created an eerily similar natural disaster to the floods caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina in September.

Jan 15, 2025

Strong Winds Can Make It More Difficult, Dangerous to Extinguish Wildfires

Strong winds can carry flames and embers into areas with unburned fuel, igniting new fires that can potentially trap firefighters or force them to retreat.

Jan 9, 2025

Isabelle Zarsadias: A Summer in Charlotte Storm Water Services: Safeguarding Our City, One Storm Pipe at a Time

It was a scorching July afternoon when I found myself standing in a resident’s backyard, examining a sinkhole the size of my bedroom. As I looked down into the gaping…

Jan 6, 2025

Will the US Lumber Market Thrive or Break Under Trump?

President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on imported goods from Canada could result in a number of economic impacts on the lumber supply chain, according to one NC State expert.

Dec 20, 2024

SOARE: SWAG Summer Research Experience

Written by: Eric Martineau The annual problem of my generation is finding a good way to spend their summer vacation, but luckily for me, I didn’t have any questions about…

Dec 13, 2024

New Pollutants: Analyzing Soil Samples for a Newly Discovered PFAS Becoming Another

Written by: Sophia Cunningham The government scientist: someone whose stereotype is strange experiments in a lab you need special clearance to even get into. There are possibly cutting-edge chemicals and…