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NC Renewable Energy Challenge to Take Place at the Coastal Studies Institute on April 6, 2019
The Coastal Studies Institute (CSI), in partnership with KidWind, Jennette’s Pier and Appalachian State University, is gearing up to host the North Carolina Renewable Energy Challenge—a team engineering challenge and qualifying event for the national KidWind competition. The event will take place on April 6, 2019, at the Coastal Studies Institute on the East Carolina …Read More
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CSI and Regional Partners to Host “Star Party” at Jennette’s Pier on February 5, 2019
A Time for Science, North Carolina Land of Water (NCLOW), ECU Integrated Coastal Programs and the Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) have partnered to host a Star Party for the general public on February 5th from 6-9 p.m. at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head. The event will feature interactive planetarium showings led by astronomer Brian Baker …Read More
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Interdisciplinary Team of ECU and CSI Coastal Faculty Studies Impacts to Private Wells Following Hurricane Florence
An interdisciplinary team of East Carolina University (ECU) coastal scientists has been awarded rapid-response grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study exposure to and existence of contamination in private drinking water wells following Hurricane Florence. The one-year study started in December 2018 and is focused in Duplin, Sampson and adjacent rural counties …Read More
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Research Experiences of a High School Intern: Analyzing Lab Samples From Shoreline Stabilization Sills at CSI
By Julia Bachman, Photojournalism Intern The Outer Banks experiences constant challenges from shoreline erosion every year. With the continuation of coastal development, change in sea level rise, climate change, and intense storms, the configuration of our coast will change. Estuarine erosion is an obstacle that will proceed to impact coastal environments. We, humans, establish infrastructure …Read More
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Coastal Studies Institute Assists with Night Sky Research in Mainland Dare County
From the meditative hum of insects to the energetic swirls of wind and water, the nocturnal environment on the Outer Albemarle Peninsula (OAP) is a wild and beautiful frontier that remains relatively mysterious to scientists and citizens alike. In a quest to better understand the nocturnal environment and dark skies of the region, NC Land …Read More
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