I am honored and humbled by this recognition. I am also exceptionally grateful to all of my amazing collaborators throughout the years.

Check out Margarita’s chemostat setup to examine shifts in nutrient quotas in Galapagos diatoms throughout diel cycles. She will be sampling every three hours over the next two days!! 🥱

Are water levels in wetlands important to you? @kica22.bsky.social's new paper in GRL shows that the SWOT satellite can measure water surface elevations in the Everglades with a mean absolute error of 6.7 cm. Check it out! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Join us in thanking our #ASLO_ECC members for hosting a fun early career mixer yesterday at #ASLO25! The event was buzzing with lively conversations, networking, and the joy of reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. Share your favorite moments and tag #ASLO25 in your photos!

Great work, EMES presenters and session organizers! @flane.bsky.social @zepernickbn.bsky.social

Emma Dempsey making EMES proud with her action-oriented research on antimicrobial resistance, coastal storms and wastewater infrastructure in the face of climate change.

The dynamic duo of Margarita and Abby presenting their research on phytoplankton dynamics in the Galapagos at ASLO in Charlotte NC. #ASLO25

Taller members of the Marchetti Lab presenting their massive research findings at ASLO in Charlotte NC. #ASLO25. Go Emily!

Smaller members of the Marchetti Lab presenting massive research findings at the Aquatic Sciences meeting in Charlotte NC @aslo.org. Go Raquel!

#ASLO25 weekend recap! On Saturday morning, graduate students Emma Dempsey and Yubeen Jeong gave talks in SS45: North Carolina’s coast at the doorstep of climate change. This session, organized in part by by Drs. Hans Paerl and Rachel Noble, also featured a talk by Dr. Paerl. @aslo.org

Our #PTp latest article #EPLS Donoso-Tapia et al.. 2025 article about deserpentinization and reserpentinization in 🇪🇨 Raspas complex was feature in New Studies on Serpentinites of ⁦‪@AAPG‬⁩ CORE ELEMENTS ⁦‪@UNC‬⁩ ⁦‪@UNC_EMES‬⁩ newsletters.aapg.org/new-studies-...

We are at #ASLO25! Yesterday morning, graduate student Mary Kate Rinderle kicked of the EMES presentations with her talk, characterizing a cyanobacteria-driven regime shift within Lake Mattamuskeet, NC using long-term monitoring datasets, in session SS42A. @aslo.org

Please join us tomorrow morning to celebrate Aundre Jackson as he defends his Master's thesis! While at UNC, Aundre's research has focused on the question, to what extent does V. fischeri use T6SS weapons to invade an already colonized territory? See you at 10:30 am tomorrow in Murray Hall or Zoom!

It's giving...Earth! Marine Science! Environment! Happy #GiveUNC Day! Your donation supports the incredible work of students and faculty across disciplines in EMES, from funding research travel to awarding outstanding student accomplishments. Share your love for #UNC, share your love for Earth💙🌎

To celebrate Orange County Creek Week and World Water Day, members of the UNC Global Hydrology Lab participated in the 35th annual Haw River Clean-Up-A-Thon on Saturday! In 1.5 hours, the UNC team pulled 14 bags of trash from Booker Creek in Chapel Hill. @globalhydro.bsky.social @iarauz.bsky.social

We are thrilled to wish Aliyah Griffith a very happy (belated) Ph.D. defense day! 🪸🎉 On Monday March 17, Aliyah defended her dissertation on coral reef structure, community composition shifts, and the complexities of coral reef management across three regions in the Greater Caribbean and Florida.

The J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship is GSA's annual award for undergraduate students to attend summer field camp. Students are awarded $2,000 each to attend the #FieldCamp of their choice based on diversity, financial need & merit. Learn more & apply by 9 April here: geosociety.co/JDL

It's a double defense day! Join us at 12 pm in Murray Hall or on Zoom for the MS thesis defense of Jack Baer! Jack will be sharing his research on how design storms underestimate flood hazard and risk derived from stochastic storm transposition.

Set the coffee pot up tonight so you'll be on time for some great science in the morning! At 9 am tomorrow, please join us at the Institute of Marine Sciences or on Zoom for Nick Funnell's PhD defense. @nickfunnell.bsky.social

So proud of our PTp graduate Anna Strickland, who is laser💥 GSZ metamorphic minerals at @UCSB LASS #AGeS_Grad @UNC_EMES

Marchetti Lab has now joined Bluesky and is Standing up for Science #standupforscience2025

There is a new doctor in the EMES family! 🌧️🌊🌀 Congratulations to Lauren Grimley on the excellent defense of her dissertation research, characterizing the role of compound processes on tropical cyclone floods. @uncgradschool.bsky.social

Meet Levi Mellin '25, a #UNC student with big goals at the intersection of sustainability and business. Read all about his experience on our website ⬇️ ie.unc.edu/news/meet-th...

Happy #WorldSeagrassDay

New article in Coastwatch highlighting our work on nitrogen removal by urban landscapes during storms. Big thanks to Emma for writing it! Open access paper at doi.org/10.5194/nhes...

Happy double snow day, Tar Heels! We hope you're enjoying the snow - skiing, snowball fights, sledding or snowmen - and staying safe!❄️☃️ www.unc.edu/story/snow-d...

NEXT WEEK! We are so excited to have multiple faculty and staff presenting at Carolina Engagement Week Feb. 24-28. Mark your calendar and plan to attend! Full details on IE-led sessions: ie.unc.edu/news/join-us...

A brisk, foggy day on the Neuse River, NC with the Paerl lab ModMon team. This month’s run we encountered a bloom - 160 ug/L Chlorophyll a readings & some very yellow-brownish filters! 😊

Congratulations to PhD candidate Lauren Grimley on her recently published paper, Climate change exacerbates compound flooding from recent tropical cyclones, in NPJ Natural Hazards! doi.org/10.1038/s443... @natureportfolio.nature.com

Marine biology graduate student Aliyah Griffith studies degradation of reefs in Barbados. Her advice for future ocean scientists? “Don’t allow anyone else to change the way you feel about the field or about exploring the ocean.” eos.org/features/ali...

Women and girls belong in science, and their inclusion fosters innovation. In 2025, we join the United Nations to celebrate 10 years of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science—a key milestone in advancing gender equality and empowering women globally.

Happy International Women & Girls in Science Day 2025 #WomenInScience #womeninSTEM #IDWGS

Hard to believe it's already been two months since #AGU24. We had an incredible time at our alumni reception with 42 current and past EMES members in attendance! Thank you to our administrative staff for all your hard work in organizing this great reunion!

PhD student Aliyah Griffith will share her expertise in coral reefs, climate change and community engagement in a North Star of GIS panel at 3 pm EST today! Thank you to the organizers, panelists and moderators for creating this conversation series to celebrate Black History Month!

Converge freshwater science series! Joining freshwater scientists from across the triangle area to discuss ideas in a safe, collegial atmosphere monthly. Thank you NCSU for hosting the January meeting! And thank you to @ardonlab.bsky.social and other presenters for leading discussions.

This past fall, students at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences field site conducted research on how the Rachel Carson Reserve in Beaufort responds to change. Senior field site student Rachel Geyer writes about the experience in this NC DEQ blog post! deq.nc.gov/blog/2025/01...

Happy World Wetlands Day! From NC's Crystal Coast to the subarctic, Carolina researchers strive to understand these critical ecosystems, the habitats they provide, and how they transport water, sediment and nutrients. Learn more about wetlands research being done in EMES below! 📸 Josh Himmelstein

The inaugural recipients of @unc-ie.bsky.social's Summer Research Assistantship Awards shared their experiences in lightning talks last semester. Read more about their research and watch their presentations: ie.unc.edu/news/three-u...

Hydrology Paper of the Day @unc-emes.bsky.social on water in areas of serpentinized mantle: the Andean Raspas Complex in Ecuador; examining the geochemistry of fluid circulation in dehydration of serpentinite occurring during metamorphism; and linking fluids, geochemistry and earthquakes.

Gold goes good with Carolina blue! 🥇🟦 Congratulations to the Sustainable Carolina team and entire UNC community on helping UNC-Chapel Hill become the first R1 university to earn a gold sustainability ranking!

Members of the Estuarine Ecology lab at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences have been working with Reefgen, a blue tech company, to improve techniques for seagrass restoration. Their partnership was recently highlighted by CNN’s Going Green program! www.cnn.com/climate/reef...

New paper from the Petrology and Tectonic processes Lab at UNC!🌋 Grad student Damián Donoso-Tapia just published the second first-author paper of his PhD in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Find the link in the post below!

PhD candidate Eve Eisemann is the 2025 recipient of the Deborah M. Dexter Institute of Marine Sciences Scholarship! This award recognizes accomplished PhD students at the Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City. Congratulations, Eve!

We are thrilled for our own Dr. Kennet Flores on winning an NSF CAREER award! With this grant, he and his lab will continue working on fluid migration and fluid-rock interactions at subduction interfaces. @drchikitoo.bsky.social

Sharing on behalf of our friends at SciREN!(sciren.org) From classroom-ready lesson plans 📔to sandbox simulations of hurricane impacts on barrier islands 🏝️ to conversations with frontline educators 👩🏽‍🏫, SciREN Coast 2025 will have something for all.

This fall, the Morehead City Field Site welcomed a new director, but he is no stranger to the program. Nathan Hall, who has taken leadership of the field site, has been involved with the program for more than 16 years. Read more 🔽 ie.unc.edu/news/meet-na... @unc-emes.bsky.social

Congratulations to distinguished professor Dr. Hans Paerl, one of @clarivate.com's Highly Cited Researchers in 2024! This honor recognizes Dr. Paerl's tremendous contributions to microbiology and water quality with his published work in the top 1% by citations over the last decade.

Please join us tomorrow afternoon for Melanie Cohn's dissertation defense! There will be science, there will be (pictures of) microbes, and there will be celebration! We can't think of a better way to end the week 🎉

Happening soon!⏲️ Dr. Antonia Sebastian is at #AMS2025 today for an invited talk on urban climate risks. Don't miss it! @ametsoc.bsky.social