Marine scientist Aliyah Griffith | #BlackinMarineScience is creating opportunities for young people of color to dive into the ocean. eos.org/features/aliya… Read more in our August career issue, out now: bit.ly/Eos-Aug2024

Nadya Gutierrez, a doctoral student in UNC Dept of Earth, Marine & Environmental Sciences, was one of 50 students from around the world awarded selected the 2024 Quad Fellowship. We're proud to support our exceptional #UNC graduate students with securing funding and professional opportunities. Congratulations Nadya!

“I fell in love with it. I know for sure that I want to go into this," Geyer said. That's the magic of hands-on research + mentorship + real-world impacts! Thanks for all your hard work this summer, Rachel (and members of the Coral Ecophysiology Lab)!

We know her! PhD student Nadya Gutierrez won a 2024 Quad Fellowship to support her doctoral research. A member of Dr. Fodrie's Estuarine Ecology lab at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, Nadya studies seagrass meadow ecology. Congratulations Nadya!

Are you a student, educator, researcher, or other change agent? Mark your calendars for the Science for All Summit! February 20-21, join us for conversations and knowledge building centered around advancing access in STEM. Find more information at go.unc.edu/SFAS.

Satellites can easily see big rivers from space. But what about small rivers? First-year EMES students helped NASA answer that very question. Their ground-breaking research on water levels in California rivers might help scientists worldwide use SWOT satellite data in new ways.

Come work with us UNC IMS UNC Dept of Earth, Marine & Environmental Sciences and the MAFMC The Nye Lab is looking for a postdoc to operationalize a voluntary bycatch avoidance program for river herring in the midwater trawl survey. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/287039

Dr. Mike Piehler does it all - researcher, mentor, teacher, UNC Institute for the Environment Director and UNC-Chapel Hill Chief Sustainability Officer. Learn more about his work towards sustainability at Carolina during the Sustainable Social TODAY from 9 am - 12:30 pm at the Student Union! heellife.unc.edu/event/10265511

Barrier islands are beautiful places for a fun beach trip, but climate change is threatening homes and infrastructure on these fragile coastlines. Dr. Tony Rodriguez shares more about his thoughts on the future of Carolina's coasts in the video below!

Congratulations to M.S. student Matthew Paris! 🏆 Matthew is a 2024 recipient of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers Outstanding TA award. This honor from National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognizes excellence in teaching by graduate and undergraduate students! nagt.org/nagt/awards/ta…

Another reason to be excited for September - we get to look at Joshua Himmelstein’s photo all month long!

Would you like to learn more about #hydrology datasets from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission? In a new video, Dr. Tamlin Pavelsky, NASA's Hydrology Lead for the SWOT mission, introduces the hydrology data products. ➡️View video: go.nasa.gov/3Zc4BEs

Go SWOT! Go Kica! Our graduate students do incredible research and we love every opportunity to talk about it! National Association of Black Geoscientists