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May 27, 2021

2 Invasive Species of Bug Getting Too Close to North Carolina for Comfort, NC State Expert Says

WNCN
“They’re on our doorstep. One of them is in Virginia and the other has been found in South Carolina, so grapevines in areas that they’ve already invaded, they’re seeing a 90-percent reduction in grape crops,” said Kelly Oten, an N.C. State assistant professor and extension specialist in forest health.

May 26, 2021

Two Professors Named Goodnight Early Career Innovators

Kathryn Stevenson and Jack Wang, both assistant professors, are among the 24 NC State faculty members selected for the university's inaugural class of Goodnight Early Career Innovators.

May 26, 2021

Students Can Inspire Adults to Fight Marine Debris, Study Finds

Coastal Review
The paper, “Youth Can Promote Marine Debris Concern and Policy Support Among Local Voters and Political Officials,” published in the journal Frontiers in Political Science, suggests that young people may offer a way to raise public awareness about the dangers of marine debris and change behavior.

May 25, 2021

Where Does Your Paper Come From? The Good and the Bad News.

Popular Science
A huge chunk of paper products get recycled — but the industry isn't perfect.

May 24, 2021

The Outdoors Are So White. Here’s How Lena Waithe and Jimmy Chin Could Change That.

Fast Company
“The underlying rationale for creating parks was this idea of U.S. nationalism, to promote the American identity, and the American identity was primarily white, male and young,” Myron Floyd, dean of the College of Natural Resources at NC State, said.

May 21, 2021

Where Does Your Paper Come From? The Good and the Bad News.

Popular Science
A huge chunk of paper products get recycled — but the industry isn't perfect.

May 20, 2021

‘Tree Farts’ Increase Carbon Emissions in Ghost Forests

Scientific American
Trees killed off by encroaching seawater because of sea-level rise are a previously unappreciated source of greenhouse gases.

May 19, 2021

Hunters Could Become More Female, Less White, and More Urban, Says New Study

Outdoor Life
The study, published in The Journal of Wildlife Management, provides the kind of information state agencies and other groups need to start targeting audiences they’ve been missing, and spotlights colleges as promising places for cultivating the next generation of hunters and conservationists. It also negates some assumptions about who wants to hunt.

May 18, 2021

Why Ecologists Are Haunted by the Rapid Growth of Ghost Forests

Smithsonian Magazine
A study in North Carolina of dying trees may represent a foreboding preview of what may come to coastal ecosystems worldwide.

May 17, 2021

Ghost Forest ‘Tree Farts’ Are Releasing Greenhouse Gases, Scientists Say

CNET
Large swaths of coastal wetland forest areas in North Carolina have taken on an apocalyptic appearance, with dead trees standing out like bare sticks. A research team at North Carolina State University is studying the environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions from these "ghost forests."