2020

Nov 10, 2020

Suburban Backyards are Food Sources and Shelter for Wildlife

Nature World News
To see wildlife in the Triangle, all you sometimes need is to look in your backyard. Researchers recently published a new study that shows why wild animals frequent suburban places. This is because people feed them, whether deliberately or accidentally, and inadvertently provide shelter to some degree.

Nov 9, 2020

Graduation to Vocation: Giving Back to the Land Through Research

Clayton Lynch was driven to natural resources research because of his Native American roots and love for the land.

Nov 6, 2020

Sport and the Environment: What is the Connection?

Sport can negatively impact the environment, something teams and colleges across the country are working to remedy.

Nov 5, 2020

The Climate Crisis is Breaking Open Generational Rifts in Families

Grist
Climate change is visceral for young people, says Kathryn Stevenson, an academic at North Carolina State University who has studied how educating children on climate change raises the level of concern among their parents. “They can see this coming down on them in their future.”

Nov 5, 2020

Graduation to Vocation: Using Biomaterials Sustainably

Salonika Aggarwal will use her Ph.D. to research sustainable ways of extracting resources from biomaterials.

Nov 4, 2020

Should Gray Wolves Be Removed From the Endangered Species List?

NC State experts say the species has made an impressive recovery and no longer needs federal protection to avoid extinction.

Nov 3, 2020

NC State Forestry Professor Named to Ecological Society of America’s Diversity Task Force

Zakiya Leggett is working to improve diversity and inclusion at one of the largest environmental organizations in the United States.

Nov 2, 2020

Getting The Most Bang For Your Conservation Buck

Climate change is complicating conservation efforts. New approaches are needed.

Oct 29, 2020

Our Clothes Are Polluting the Environment. Here’s a Solution.

The clothing that ends up in landfills can emit greenhouse gases and leach chemicals into the ground.

Oct 28, 2020

COVID-19 Sheds Light on Park Inequities, Importance of Investment

KSAT
KangJae “Jerry” Lee, an assistant professor of parks, recreation and tourism management at NC State who has studied racial diversity and inclusion issues in parks and recreation for more than a decade, believes that our nation’s past created park inequities that still exist today.