UNCW Center for Marine Science

What do you do with items such as pool noodles, foam packaging and foam coolers when it's time for them to go?
DYK, you can recycle them and much more! Items can be dropped off at UNCW’s Public Recycling Depot located at 5195 Lionfish Dr. UNCW Recycling
Learn more about our AWARD-WINNING recycling depot: https://uncw.edu/news/2024/07/uncw-recycling-receives-carolina-recycling-association-award

The UNCW-Undersea Vehicles Program has been conducting ROV operations aboard the NOAA Ship Pisces since late June. Enjoy some of these highlights and follow them to learn more about the new down weight and 1000-meter capacity!!!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! UNCW's Seahawk-1 CubeSat! Unprecedented high-res images, far-reaching impact, global game-changer for ocean color scientists ... "... that's pretty good for a shoebox!" Check out more about this successful mission.
https://uncw.edu/feature/research/seahawk-1/

Yesterday, this group of amazing UNCW REU students presented their summer research at a well-attended poster session at CMS. REU = Research Experience for Undergrads. These 10 students have been hard at work in various labs all summer with scientists and fellow students. Pictured with some of their advisors and CMS leadership. WTG!!!

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NEW Parasite Found in N.C. Scallops! A team of UNCW researchers has identified a species of trematode parasite infecting native bay scallops in NC. “It’s visible when you open a scallop that’s infected. You can see it,” said Dr. Julia Buck, an assistant professor in UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department who has been working with Dr. Ami Wilbur to identify the specifics of the parasite since she came to the university in 2019. https://bit.ly/BuckParasite
The team's findings are published in the journal "Aquaculture."

Today, Trinity Landing - A Senior Living Community interns from UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department in the Benthic Ecology Lab are presenting about the importance of living shorelines and protecting our estuaries and ecosystems!

Earlier this week, CMS hosted the USACE South Atlantic Division Regional Governance Board including Brigadier General Daniel Hibner. The group included attendees representing Corps districts in the southeast from Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Mobile and Puerto Rico. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District

World-class Research! UNCW grad student Meg Van Horn was selected for the Australia NSF International Research Experience for Students summer course! Check out more about her unparalleled experience! Reproduction and Evolutionary Ecology-Fogarty Lab

Join UNCW Marine Mammal Stranding Program tomorrow night, July 18 for Ocean Trivia, 7-9 p.m. at Waterline Brewing Company. Proceeds go directly towards marine mammal conservation and outreach right here in Wilmington. 🐬🐳🌊

Today is World Emoji Day! No secret here that ours is the wave! What's yours?

Soar to New Heights with UNCW's ACOS, Ph.D. Graduate students confront real-world challenges through unparalleled opportunities with our Applied Coastal and Ocean Sciences doctorate. Flexible. Research. Solutions. Check it out! https://bit.ly/uncwACOS

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Phil Bresnahan, UNCW: Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences and co-investigators on a NC WRRI/Sea Grant Community Collaborative Research Grant! Project titled: "Hydrological Connectivity: Improving Coastal Literacy and Resilience in Classrooms and Communities in the City of Wilmington," will be a highly collaborative effort. Along with Bresnahan, the team includes: Craig Harris (City of Wilmington, NC Government), Erin Moran (MarineQuest UNCW), Joanne Halls and Lynn Leonard (EOS, CMS, and UNCW Coastal Ocean Research Monitoring Program), Troy Frensley and Meredith Hovis (UNCW Environmental Sciences Department), Mariko Polk (North Carolina Sea Grant), and Jennifer Dorton (SECOORA), as well as support from groups like Cape Fear River Watch and New Hanover County Schools.

It's Coral Reef Awareness Week! These images are shared from our Reproduction and Evolutionary Ecology-Fogarty Lab and are some of the endangered coral species in the lab. Internationally, coral reefs are facing several threats: disease, rising ocean temperatures, ocean acidification, pollution, predation and more. Our lab is one of many partnering organizations working to better understand these threats and develop innovative methods to best counteract them.

PSA: EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. With a predicted heat index of 110 today, here's a great reminder about Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke. Stay cool and hydrated! 💦💧

🌊Exciting News! UNCW's Center for Marine Science is strengthening our partnership with the University of Hull by seeking collaborations that will benefit our ocean and coastal communities worldwide! 🌊
Ken Halanych, and team with Stuart McLelland who is the Director of the Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull. L-R: Ralph Mead, Ken Halanych, Stuart McLelland, Lynn Leonard, Meredith Hovis, Stephanie Kamel and Phil Bresnahan. WTG!

Manatees have been sighted in the ICW in our area. DYK: Manatees are federally protected under the Marine Mammal Protection and Endangered Sppecies Acts?
UNCW Marine Mammal Stranding Program asks anyone who sees a manatee to report the sighting – here: https://uncw.edu/research/major-programs/marine-mammal-stranding/manatee-sighting

Do you love MarineQuest UNCW as much as we do? Cast your vote for the BEST After School/Summer Camp program!

2024 Shorepicks Community's Choice Awards Voting Ballot Vote for the top nominees in each category and be entered to win a gift card!

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PSA: CMS with our partner North Carolina Sea Grant provides guidance on breaking the "Grip of the Rip!" Know your options! 80% of all surf rescues are related to rip currents.
Options:
1) Relax, rip currents will not pull you under
2) Don't fight the current
3) Escape by swimming parallel to shore (sideways)
4) Float or tread water, the grip will release you
5) Pay attention to RED flags that warn of Rip Currents

Congrats to Dr. Lori Sutter, UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department, and colleagues on the recent publication of a study that examines phosphorus distribution in forest development from 1957 to 2017 at the Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory in South Carolina. The paper shows that long-term soil experiments inform our understanding of the role of slowly cycling P fractions in maintaining the balance between available soil P and forest demand, and more!
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/saj2.20715

Great initiative to improve water quality in the Bradley and Hewletts Creek watersheds!
“We are pleased to have this parking lot help reduce runoff and be able to showcase these techniques along with our campus rain gardens as a living classroom,” says Feletia Lee, UNCW’s chief sustainability officer.

Permeable pavement to replace some asphalt at UNCW Randall parking lot As of July 8, crews are working to replace some asphalt at the UNCW Randall parking lot with permeable pavement, per the N.C. Coastal Federation.

Sharing a clip of the beauty of UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department's Dr. Joe Pawlik's "Diving Volivoli Fiji." Check out the full video and others at https://www.youtube.com/

✂️ Pawlik Dives Fiji 15 seconds · Clipped by uncwmarinescience · Original video "Diving Volivoli Fiji" by Pawlik Lab

UNCW graduate student Ryan Besemer and undergraduate Laura Slama from the Warner lab (https://warnerlab.org/) presented their research on coral embryology at the Euro Evo Devo conference in Helsinki, Finland. The annual conference focuses on evolution and development and attracts more than a thousand scientists from around the world 🌎.

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🤩 SAVE THE DATE! Fun for the Whole Family! 🎉
CMS Open House, October 5, 2024 • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Test your ROV skills!
• Dig for fossils!
• Learn about shellfish
• Games and sea squirts
• Ocean observing network
• Sea turtle research
• Seagrass nurseries
And so much more!

DYK? 😢 July 5th is the Dirtiest Beach Day of the Year! You can help, when heading to the beach today, take along a bag to collect trash leftover from yesterday's celebration. Thanks for your efforts to protect our coastal ecosystem! 🥰 Drop a pic of your collection!

😂 (not so funny) Leave only footprints! 👣😎🌎🌊
How long does litter last?
Cigarette butts = 1-5 years
Aluminum cans = 200 years
Plastic bottles = 450 years
Single-use plastic bags = 1000's of years
Glass bottles = 1 Million years
Pack it in, Pack it OUT! And thanks for recycling when possible!

Wishing everyone a safe & HaPpY 4th! 🎉🌭🍔

UNCW: Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences shared this incredible image that Professor Andrea Hawkes recently snapped from the air over Mt. Hood, a stratovolcano (a volcano built up of alternate layers of lava and ash) in the Cascades volcanic arc of Oregon. Hawkes conducting fieldwork along the Oregon coast to investigate the history of megathrust earthquakes and tsunami along the Cascadia subduction zone. Another stratovolcano, Mt. Adams can be seen in the background to the north.