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How A Historic Drought Led to Higher Power Costs and Emissions

forestry and environmental resources

A woman in a red sweatshirt and black pants stands in a forest.

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.

a forest separated into many parts by highways

Nov 2, 2020

Getting The Most Bang For Your Conservation Buck

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

Oct 26, 2020

Wildlife Flock to Backyards for Food From People

A new study helps explain why some animals are sometimes more often found in suburban areas than wild ones.
Raccoon and deer foraging together.

Oct 9, 2020

Do Raccoons Fear Coyotes? A Research Team Used Cameras to Find Out

A new study in North Carolina caught raccoons on camera foraging with other animals, including deer.

burning wildfire - Wildfire Smoke Causes Unhealthy Air Quality Across the West - College of Natural Resources News NC State University

Sep 14, 2020

How Do Wildfires Impact Air Quality?

Wildfires can blanket the skies with heavy smoke, creating unprecedented levels of air pollution
a pine forest

Aug 28, 2020

How Climate Change May Reshape Pine Plantations

To be sustainable, and turn a profit, the forestry sector is already thinking about how to evolve in the face of climate change.
North American river otter - Study Finds Diseases In NC Otter Population Associated With Pets - College of Natural Resources News NC State University

Aug 3, 2020

Study Finds Diseases In NC Otter Population Associated With Pets

A new study co-authored by Chris DePerno in Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, detects evidence of otter diseases that may be spread by pets.
Roland Kays and the eagle Freedom - NC State Researcher Joins Global Effort to Study Impact of 'Anthropause' on Wildlife - College of Natural Resources News NC State University

Jun 22, 2020

NC State Researcher Joins Global Effort to Study Impact of ‘Anthropause’ on Wildlife

Wildlife scientists from around the globe issued a call for sharing animal behavior data amid anthropause.
Shadow, a wolf at the San Diego Zoo, when he was a pup in 2014.

Jun 22, 2020

Positive YouTube Videos of Wolves Linked to Greater Tolerance

NC State researchers saw in a new study that people showed increased tolerance for wolves after watching positive videos of them.

Jun 22, 2020

How A Historic Drought Led to Higher Power Costs and Emissions

Jordan Kern, a professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, led a study of the impact of a historic drought in California on cost and environmental impacts for electric power systems.