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Feb 1, 2026

Getting Attached: A Heterotrophic Nanoflagellate Mingling with Centric Diatoms

Phycology
MEAS-affiliated author: Astrid Schnetzer

Jan 31, 2026

A New Surface Rupture of the 1556 Huaxian M ∼ 8.5 Earthquake Revealed by Rock Surface Luminescence Dating of a Bedrock Fault Scarp and Colluvial Wedges

Geophysical Research Letters
MEAS-affiliated author: Lewis Owen

Jan 31, 2026

The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation

npj Biodiversity
MEAS-affiliated author: Curtis Congreve

Jan 30, 2026

Snow Storms in North America. A Record Heat Wave in Australia. Is This Climate Change?

TIME
Professor and Department Head Gary Lackmann discusses to what extent the climate influences the likelihood of severe weather events

Jan 28, 2026

Leaking Landfills

Coastwatch
Graduate student El Moore is using fluorescence to identify how much landfill leachate is present in tributary streams in the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico watersheds.

Jan 27, 2026

Why Is North Carolina’s Blue Crab Population Declining?

Coastwatch
Why Is North Carolina’s Blue Crab Population Declining? Blue crabs are North Carolina’s most valuable commercial fishery, but their numbers have fallen since the early 2000s. New research from Ph.D. candidate Erin Voigt explores why.

Jan 23, 2026

Weather influencers are going viral. How much should we trust them?

NPR
Weather influencers are going viral. How much should we trust them? Professor and Department Head Gary Lackmann discusses the role influencers can play in the dissemination of weather information.

Jan 19, 2026

Examining spin-up behaviour within WRF dynamical downscaling applications

Geoscientific Model Development
MEAS-affiliated author: Jared Bowden

Jan 7, 2026

The Heart of Weather: How Meteorologists Can Make Science Personal

NBCU Academy
Reporting on the weather means losing the jargon and focusing on impact.
Photo of Y. Stacy Zhang and Arianna Soldati

Jan 5, 2026

Two MEAS Faculty Named Goodnight Early Career Innovators

Assistant Professors Y. Stacy Zhang and Arianna Soldati will receive research support as part of this prestigious program.