/tags/environmental-science Environmental Science en-US Copyright Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:30:00 GMT /season-two-trailer/2022-08-23/in-the-den-of-the-lionfish-marine-invasive-conservation Worst. Marine. Invasion. Ever. Prized as pets for their mesmerizing beauty, an aquarium keeper’s dream has become an environmental nightmare as legions of venomous, voracious lionfish are now guzzling up fish and further endangering coral reefs throughout the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Researchers, inventors, divers and fishers are urgently trying to find new ways to stem the tide of these undersea marauders. Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:30:00 GMT /season-two-trailer/2022-08-23/in-the-den-of-the-lionfish-marine-invasive-conservation Elizabeth Friend, Laura Pellicer /news/2022-05-25/uncw-researchers-travel-to-antarctica-to-study-impacts-of-climate-change-and-more A team of University of North Carolina Wilmington researchers is in Antarctica studying the effects of climate change on crabeater seals — the most populous marine mammals in the world. WHQR caught up with them before they embarked on their trip. Wed, 25 May 2022 20:07:19 GMT /news/2022-05-25/uncw-researchers-travel-to-antarctica-to-study-impacts-of-climate-change-and-more Rachel Keith /environment/2020-09-17/dont-call-the-swat-team-these-9-flies-are-local-delights What makes a fly a fly? Well sure, they have wings. But importantly, only two. The larger category for flies is Diptera, which tells you this if you break… Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:38:12 GMT /environment/2020-09-17/dont-call-the-swat-team-these-9-flies-are-local-delights Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /2020-07-28/believe-it-or-not-forests-migrate-but-not-fast-enough-for-climate-change Forests "are restless things," writes Zach St. George in his new book The Journeys of Trees.He explains how, over millennia, forests creep inch by inch to more hospitable places. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:48:00 GMT /2020-07-28/believe-it-or-not-forests-migrate-but-not-fast-enough-for-climate-change Ari Shapiro /environment/2018-02-28/in-trace-the-american-landscape-holds-personal-histories Many Americans learn their history through teachers, textbooks and films. Personal histories, however, often come from stories told amongst families. But… Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:54:53 GMT /environment/2018-02-28/in-trace-the-american-landscape-holds-personal-histories Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-28/in-trace-the-american-landscape-holds-personal-histories Many Americans learn their history through teachers, textbooks and films. Personal histories, however, often come from stories told amongst families. But… Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:54:53 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-28/in-trace-the-american-landscape-holds-personal-histories Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio