Upcoming Events

Mar 17, 2016

Researcher Spotlight – Rachel Atkins

2015 Global Change Fellow Graduate Student, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric SciencesAdvisor: Dr. Karen McNealEvery year the SE Climate Science Center funds a cohort of Global Change Fellows. They represent…

Feb 12, 2015

Researcher Spotlight – Michael Just

2013-2014 Global Change Fellow PhD Student, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology Advisor: Dr. William Hoffman, Department of Plant and Microbial BiologyEvery year the SE Climate Science Center funds a cohort…

May 24, 2013

Researcher Spotlight – Sarah Fritts

2012-2013 Global Change Fellow PhD student, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology ProgramCo-Advisors: Chris Moorman & Dennis Hazel, Department of Forestry and Environmental ResourcesEvery year the…

Jan 10, 2013

Modeling effects of climate and land use changes on common and imperiled freshwater mussel occurrence in the Tar River Basin, North Carolina

Remember the mother-of-pearl buttons you used to find in the drawers at Grandma’s house? They have since been replaced by plastic buttons, but the freshwater pearly mussels that provided them…

Apr 17, 2011

How will climate change affect future butterfly populations and their interspecific interactions?

Global climate change has been shown to have a prominent impact on phenology, or the timing of life events such as spring flowering date or emergence from hibernation. This is…