media mentions

Feb 14, 2018

Cover Crops in Nitrogen’s Circle of Life

A new study assesses how quickly nutrients are released from two different cover crops. The goal, according to study co-author Rachel Cook, is to time nutrient release from cover crops to better match the nutrient needs of specific cash crops.

Feb 3, 2018

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Stirs Mix of Hope for Jobs, Leeriness by Native Americans

Ryan Emanuel discusses how the proposed pipeline route disproportionately targets Native American tribes and other low-income communities of color.

Jan 12, 2018

Sea Level Rise is Unlocking Decades-Old Pollution

Salt water creeping upland could release legacy fertilizer into the Chesapeake Bay.

Dec 30, 2017

Genetically Engineering the Natural World, it Turns Out, Could be a Disaster

Gene drives thwart natural selection by creating a “selfish gene” that gets passed down to offspring with more consistency than the rules of inheritance typically allow, eventually—in theory—spreading through an entire population.

Dec 29, 2017

Using Genetics to Make a More Perfect Christmas Tree

A small group of scientists have dedicated their careers to unraveling the conifer's genetic secrets.

Dec 28, 2017

The ‘Camera Trap Queen’ Who Shares Remote Wildlife with the World

Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology alumna Asia Best works as an ecologist in Madagascar and considers herself the 'Camera Trap Queen.'

Dec 26, 2017

Can Bears and People Coexist? Scientists Find Answers with Asheville Study

The five-year urban bear study focuses on Asheville and Buncombe County. That’s where the most human-bear interactions are reported. The study involves trapping bears and giving them radio-collars with which they are then tracked. Some of the bears Ruiz recorded and posted on his neighborhood website can be seen wearing the collars.

Dec 22, 2017

Ash Seeds Key to Protection of Trees

Scientists at NC State and elsewhere are working to conserve the genetic resources of native ash species so that they are available for future breeding and restoration efforts. Seeds from the Carolina ash represent a part of that conservation effort.

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.