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Jul 9, 2024

New Species of Dinosaur Unearthed by NC Paleontologists

WRAL
The newly-discovered ancestor of Thescelosaurus shows evidence that these animals spent at least part of their time in underground burrows.

Jul 9, 2024

Life Underground Suited Newly Discovered Dinosaur, Study Finds

Phys.org
The preservation of these fossils, along with some distinguishing features, alerted paleontologists to the possibility of burrowing.

Jul 9, 2024

Newly Discovered Thescelosaurine Dinosaur Lived in Burrows

Sci News
Paleontologists from North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences unearthed the fossil — and other specimens from the same species — in the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, beginning in 2013.

Jul 9, 2024

NC Museum of Natural Sciences Unearths New 100-Year-Old Dinosaur

MSN
Paleontologists from North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences unearthed the fossil – and other specimens from the same species – in the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, beginning in 2013.

Jul 9, 2024

Life Underground Suited New Dinosaur Fine

A new dinosaur, Fona herzogae, probably lived underground.

Jun 21, 2024

A Heat Wave Is Hitting NC This Week. ‘A Different Kind of Heat’ Is Coming Next

The News & Observer
To hear more about what to expect and what it all means, I spoke with state climatologist Kathie Dello, director of the North Carolina State Climate Office at N.C. State University. She didn’t open our conversation with an encouraging forecast. “Saturday is going to be terrible,” she said. But what really matters, Dello said, isn’t one blistering day. North Carolinians are used to that. What matters is that there are going to be more of them and, more significantly, there is going to be less relief at night.

Jun 20, 2024

Baby, it’s Hot Outside. New Toolkit to Help Reduce Heat-Related Health Problems

State climatologist Kathie Dello discusses the new heat action plan toolkit for local governments to help their citizens avoid heat-related injury.

Jun 20, 2024

Physicist Kemper Named Associate Dean for Research

Alexander “Lex” Kemper, an accomplished physicist who has been an NC State faculty member for nearly a decade, has been named associate dean for research for the College of Sciences.

Jun 19, 2024

What’s a Heat Dome? Here’s Why So Much of the U.S. Is Broiling This Week

AP News
It’s helpful to think of a heat dome as what’s happening in the atmosphere. A heat wave is how that affects people on the ground, said Ken Kunkel, a research professor of atmospheric sciences at North Carolina State University.

Jun 18, 2024

Meet the 2024 Award for Excellence Winners

NC State honored Wall Crumpler, teaching technician in the Department of Biological Sciences, with an Award for Excellence.