Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences

Published on Oct 29, 2014

Harnessing Crowds to Analyze Clouds

Citizen scientists are helping to categorize 30 years' worth of tropical hurricane and cyclone data. 

Published on Jul 11, 2014

Learning how we learn

Dr. Karen McNeal uses high-tech tools to explore how humans understand what they’re taught about earth systems. Her recent research in geocognition and geoscience education has broken new ground determining how various audiences learn effectively about climate change. “Geoscience education is a pretty new field,” she says. “We’re still learning how people are grappling with… 

Published on Dec 23, 2013

Here Comes the Rain

There were the late­ summer floods of 2013 that devastated parts of Colorado. Seventeen inches of rain fell in just one week. There were the record Midwestern rains of 2011 that saw the Mississippi River rise to levels not seen in more than 70 years. Then there were the recent hurricanes — Sandy and Irene… 

Published on May 24, 2013

CICS-NC to host executive forum on business and climate

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is press release from the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina (CICS-NC), a unit of NC State University and PAMS. Through a grant from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina (CICS-NC) is hosting the Executive Forum on Business and Climate… 

Published on Apr 4, 2013

CICS-NC researchers: A warming world will intensify extreme precipitation events

This story originally ran April 3, 2013, as a media release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. According to a newly-published NOAA-led study in Geophysical Research Letters, as the globe warms from rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, more moisture in a warmer atmosphere will make the most extreme precipitation events more intense. The… 

Published on Feb 1, 2013

“Stewards of the Future” group begins in Carteret County

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From NC State’s Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) Fish Oil, Omega-3s and Coastal Stewardship – What is the connection? Fish oil and Omega-3s are easy to connect. Fish oil has a long history in Carteret County, considering the number of menhaden factories built here over the years. Menhaden is an oily…