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Jul 26, 2024

Climate Is Most Important Factor in Where Mammals Choose to Live, Study Finds

MSN
"One of our ideas was that humans may have changed our landscape so much that we have become the primary determinants of which animals live where," said Roland Kays, who is a research professor at NC State and scientist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

Jul 26, 2024

Climate Is Most Important Factor in Where Mammals Choose to Live, Study Finds

Phys.org
While human activity has had a massive effect on the natural world, a new study from North Carolina State University finds that climate is still the most influential factor in determining where mammals can thrive.

Jul 22, 2024

NC’s Average Timber Prices See Little Improvement Since 2019

MorningAg Clips
Over the past five years, North Carolina’s state-wide standing timber prices have fluctuated from quarter to quarter with some quarters performing better than others.

Jul 19, 2024

New Study Shows Fashion Industry’s Plastic Waste Problem

Environmental Health News
Much of the plastic pollution occurs in lower-income countries where discarded clothes end up, according to NC State researchers.

Jul 18, 2024

Global Apparel Sector Leaks Millions of Tons of Plastic Waste: Study

Fibre2Fashion
NC State researchers found that synthetic apparel was by far the largest source of plastic waste, accounting for 18 million tons of waste in 2019.

Jul 17, 2024

Will Burying Biomass Underground Curb Climate Change?

Undark Magazine
“I definitely still believe that forests can be part of the solution for mitigating climate change,” said Erin Sills, a professor of forestry and environmental resources at NC State. But, she added, buyers in the carbon credit market can’t definitively claim that they’ve offset their carbon emissions.

Jul 16, 2024

Apparel Industry Leaks Millions of Tons of Plastic Into Environment Each Year, Study Finds

Phys.org
"Much of the plastic waste that leaks into the environment comes from clothes that are thrown away, especially synthetic apparel," said Richard Venditti, professor of paper science and engineering at NC State and co-author of the study.

Jul 16, 2024

Fashion Industry Leaks Millions of Tons of Plastic Into the Environment Each Year

The Engineer
A study conducted by NC State researchers found that global apparel consumption resulted in over 20 million tons of plastic waste in 2019.

Jul 10, 2024

Some Birds ‘Win’ and Some ‘Lose’ with Sea Level Rise, Expert Says

MorningAg Clips
“If you want to understand how sea level rise affects birds, you have to begin by looking at how it affects plant communities,” said Chris Moorman, a professor of fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology at NC State.

Jul 10, 2024

Paris 2024 Olympics By The Numbers

WalletHub
"One of the main reasons that countries and cities bid for the Olympics is a hope that it will boost the economy. That sometimes is the case, but there are also instances where the cost to host the Olympics did not justify the economic return," said Jonathan Casper, a professor of parks, recreation and tourism management at NC State.