CONGRATS to Peng Gao, in UNCW's Earth and Ocean Sciences, who is one of 19 global experts contributing to a new article published in @nature.com, outlining how nature-based climate solutions (NBS) can be more effective in fighting climate change. bit.ly/GaoForest

The mini-Secchi disk and (B) the midi-Secchi disk.

@insituphile.bsky.social recent paper: Water color & clarity: key indicators of aquatic health. New hand-held device—mini & midi formats—developed to measure parameters easily & ideal for citizen science. >900 devices thru 6 projects w/shared data. Methods. Data. Validation. doi.org/10.3389/fenv...

The TODAY new paper that is a collaboration b/w UNCW's DrugDiscovery & National Institutes of Health. They discovered aridomycin, a natural compound made by bacteria that strongly fights dangerous Staphylococcus aureus infections & the emerging fungus Candida auris. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Alumna Liz Farquhar with Phil Bresnahan, PhD, recently published a paper on how to cost-effectively measure how much CO₂ moves between the air and the water for locally guided decisions. Contributors: Michael Tydings, Jessie Jarvis, Rob Whitehead & Daniel Portelli. www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25...

Context-dependent allelopathy in algal interactions: Insights from laboratory and natural phytoplankton communities A key aspect of algal biology is the production of chemicals used for communication and regulation of interactions. Allelopathic chemicals can facilit…

Congrats to post-doc Kristy Syhapanha (1st-author) & Remington Poulin’s, Chem & Biochem, paper w/an intern'l team who looked at the impact of lab-based culture conditions of phytoplankton & how conditions influence chemically mediated competition amid naturally co-occurring species.
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Congrats to the UNCW's Professor Patrick Erwin, Biology & Marine Biology, doctoral student Brenna Hutchings and Dr. Susanna Lopez-Legentil on the recent paper about how delayed preservation may change the diversity & comp of microbiome in marine invertebrates. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

PNAS News published Matthew McLean's research on protecting the beauty of coral reefs. Reef beauty depends on number of species and colorful or uniquely shaped fish, highlighting the need for marine protection for fish species and economic benefits. 📸 Rick Stuart-Smith bit.ly/McLeanPNAS

#TEALSHIPS Expedition #2! @tolarchaeota.bsky.social is at the forefront of research of the critical habitats that span from the NC coastal shelf to the Gulf Stream, ~50 miles. 🌊 Gulfstream
🐙 collected samples from 1400m below
🔬interdisciplinary science - multi-institutes & programs
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Researchers race to understand new disease killing Caribbean corals at unprecedented rates This May, divers found stony coral tissue loss disease on corals in Laughing Bird Caye National Park, Belize, for the first time. The team from Fragments of Hope, a nonprofit, regularly monitors the s...

"Mongabay" article with important updates about the race with SCTLD. The article highlights @vibriosoup.bsky.social's research on identifying the cause of this disease. 🪸https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/researchers-race-to-understand-new-disease-killing-caribbean-corals-at-unprecedented-rates/

Another FIRST! Microbiologist Blake Ushijima @vibriosoup.bsky.social developed a probiotic paste treatment for SCTLD. The research team at the Smithsonian Marine Station in Fort Pierce, Fla. tested the paste in the wild with success! Here's the study! CONGRATS team!

Big Eyes, Blurry Vision: Why Humpback Whales Struggle to See Clearly Learn more about why humpback whales can’t really see that well and how it is putting them in danger.

Discover Magazine features how Dr. Lori Schweikert, University of North Carolina Wilmington, & colleagues found that humpback whales can’t see as well as previously believed. It all started when undergrad Jacob Bolin, chose to research whale vision for his Honors thesis. bit.ly/DiscoverWhal...

Last week, grad student Ali Zelaya & members of Dr. Nikki Fogarty's REEF lab outplanted >300 preconditioned brain coral in the FL Keys. Changing the world one coral at a time… Zelaya shares, "The coral have been preconditioned and exposed to thermal stress in the lab (32°C)." www.nicolefogarty.com

What BIG eyes! Study by Dr. Lori Schweikert & colleagues find new knowledge of the humpback whale eye, revealing that these iconic giants possess surprisingly limited visual acuity—raising important questions about how they see (or don't see) in their open ocean environment. doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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Congrats to Dr. Andrea Hawkes, recent paper -"Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems," ‘Elemental Geochemistry of Tidal Marsh Sediment & Its Potential as an Indicator of Sea‐Level Change in Cascadia.’ Shows that elemental composition of marsh sediment reliably reflects tidal elevation. bit.ly/45kbrLc

A new study from Microbial Ecophysiology Group, Dr. Alison Taylor lab, reveals the 1st evidence of chlorophagy in marine phytoplankton, showing how coccolithophores like "Scyphosphaera apsteinii" use a novel organelle to digest prey and recycle nutrients. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

https://agupubs-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.liblink.uncw.edu/doi/full/10.1029/2024JC022047

https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/phoc/aop/JPO-D-24-0144.1/JPO-D-24-0144.1.xml

Check out 2 Papers from Office of Naval Reasearch-funded study of rocky shorelines by our Coastal & Estuarine Hydrodynamics Group! The papers show that rocky seabeds create more friction than sandy ones, reducing wave energy and weakening nearshore currents. 1) bit.ly/3EQfAvG 2) bit.ly/3YAeOts

Increased flood exposure in the Pacific Northwest following earthquake-driven subsidence and sea-level rise | PNAS Climate-driven sea-level rise is increasing the frequency of coastal flooding worldwide, exacerbated locally by factors like land subsidence from g...

CONGRATS to Dr. Andrea Hawkes, UNCW Earth & Ocean Sciences on publishing in "PNAS," paper entitled, "Increased flood exposure in the Pacific Northwest following earthquake-driven subsidence and sea-level rise." Providing understanding for coastal resilience planning. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Ali is a member of the Fogarty Lab and the women's basketball team.

UNCW grad student Ali Zelaya with the "pseudodiploria clivosa," brain coral of her thesis. Zelaya shares, "The coral have been preconditioned & exposed to thermal stress in the lab (32°C)." In May, she will take her corals to Newfound Harbor & Looe Key, FL to outplant them. #coralresilience

Jared Wood, UNC Wilmington doctoral student, will defend his Pharmaceutical Chemistry Ph.D. Wed., April 23, 2025. Wood is the FIRST Chemistry & Biochemistry student to defend this Ph.D.

After receiving his Ph.D., Wood has a job at Merck in South San Francisco! CONGRATS!

We hosted an A-Mazing NC #STEM Expo this past weekend! We 💙 Science! Mark your calendar for October 4 with our OPEN HOUSE event!!!

UNCW's Professor Andrea Hawkes latest paper is published in "Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences." She continues to be on the forefront of sea level research! #uncwcse cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....

Check out this A-Mazing group of University of North Carolina Wilmington students and faculty at the Benthic Ecology Meeting in Mobile, AL. We 💙Science, Biology & Marine Biology! Zachary Coyne, Reece Taylor, Brenna Hutchings, Megan Laufer, Sam Shores, Kyler Sloan and MORE! 📷 courtesy Jaclyn Levine!

Check out the SEACOW, a System for the Exchange of Atmospheric CO2 with Water. The SEACOW is a low-cost delta-pCO2 device made entirely of off-the-shelf parts & microcontrollers. Development and characterization was alumna Liz Farquhar's Masters thesis at UNCW.
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UNCW doctoral student Hunter Arrington's FIRST author paper is published in enviromicro! @sciencewithhunter.bsky.social Evaluating how embryos of zooplankton resist microbial attack with limited metabolic capacity and more! enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Jared Wood '20, Ph.D.'25 Jared Wood’s path to pursue a doctoral degree in pharmaceutical chemistry at UNCW has been driven by a lifelong passion for science, particularly chemistry.

Jared Wood, the Yousry and Linda Sayed Graduate Fellowship recipient, will soon be the first Chemistry Ph.D. graduate from UNCW. Learn more about his journey.
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UNCW Represents at #ASLO2025 with a strong showing of departments, faculty, students and research. Biology & Marine Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Earth & Ocean Sciences, Physics & Physical Oceanography and Applied Coastal and Ocean Sciences, Ph.D! uncw.edu/academics/ma...

Grad student Emily Leiser with freeze-dried samples.

Portrait of Dr. Lori Sutter in UNCW Biology and Marine Biology.

@marshmucker.bsky.social Dr. Lori Sutter was awarded a NC Biotech Flash grant, March 1. MS student Emily Leiser is working w/Sutter & Ralph Mead to measure PFAS in local marshes. Where PFAS reservoirs might be in plants, soils & H2O. Do PFAS compounds degrade or accumulate on dead Spartina culms.

Check out paper by @uncwilmington.bsky.social M.S. alumni Maycol Madrid in "Diversity," that resulted from his compilation & analysis of previously unreleased DNA barcode data from a cohort of co-authors & Madrid's new data that includes 2 NEW species of red algae. mdpi.com/1424-2818/17...

NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.

ICYMI NSF posted useful info on how the institution is meeting the requirements of the new executive orders. Website is very useful for investigators, research support teams and administrators. It answers many common questions (e.g., are there keywords to avoid), and is being regularly updated.