Staff

Dec 16, 2017

NC State Alumnus Discusses Online Learning Experience

Donta’ Fairey talks about earning his Master of Geospatial Information Science and Technology through NC State Online and Distance Education.

Dec 14, 2017

Heeding the Wolf’s Call

As a student in the College of Natural Resources, Patrick Conner's classroom studies, internships and study abroad experiences have all prepared him to work with endangered canines and large mammals.

Dec 12, 2017

Ryan Emanuel Bridges Science and Community

During his sabbatical last spring, Ryan Emanuel, Associate Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources, began working on an environmental history of the Lumbee community. It was the next step in a journey that had begun two years prior.

Nov 26, 2017

Carolina Hemlock: Isolated and Imperiled

Hemlocks are under attack. U.S. Forest Service scientists and their partners are working to save the native conifers from the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), an invasive insect from Japan. Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana) trees can survive HWA infestation for a decade or more but often die within four years.

Nov 25, 2017

New Arkansas Industrial Wood Pellet Mill Raises Green Stakes

More than 150 wood pellet manufacturing mills operate across the U.S., many supplying the domestic woodstove pellet market with home heating fuel.

Nov 21, 2017

Double The Impact

Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology majors and sisters, Olivia and Vanessa Merritt, strive to make campus more bird-friendly.

Nov 19, 2017

Research Analyzes Pokémon GO Student Players

Claudia Alberico, a graduate teacher and research assistant in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, Aaron Hipp, associate professor of community health and sustainability in the College of Natural Resources, and Oriol Marquet, researcher in parks and management, recently shared their research on video games that incorporate physical activity, including Pokemon Go.

Nov 18, 2017

What’s a Fair Price to Pay for Conserving Tropical Forests?

In a study published in World Development, NC State researchers estimated the opportunity costs of foregoing deforestation (and related activities), using surveys at 17 sites in six tropical countries.

Nov 17, 2017

Is Wood for Energy Better than Coal? It’s Complicated.

An increased European demand for turning wood into biofuel has spurred the growth of a wood-pellet industry in the United States. But is this renewable fuel source truly a good way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Some experts say yes, and some say no – and both sides can point to research proving their point.

Nov 14, 2017

Ghost Forests: More than Halloween Scenes

Ghost forests, as scientists refer to them, provide a stark visual indicator of sea-level rise. Bare, pale trunks line areas where once healthy coastal forests thrived. These coastal forests just can’t keep pace with the encroaching saltwater that is creeping farther inland into the soil and surface waters of the coastal plain.