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Why is Ethan so happy?  Well, he just published a new paper in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms entitled, “Evaluating proxies for estimating subaerial beach volume change across increasing time scales and various morphologies“.  In the paper, Ethan critically evaluates … Continue reading →

In the past we have relied on aerial photography when measuring the morphology of washover fans. These fans are constantly changing shape, but we aren’t able to document these changes because images taken from a plane are only collected every couple … Continue reading →

Bayhead deltas are located where rivers flow into estuaries.  They have broad low-elevation plains that are sensitive to small increases in the rate of sea-level rise.  In the past, when sea level was rising at a rate of 1 m … Continue reading →

Ethan and Justin created SciREN, the Scientific Research and Education Network, to establish a forum through which scientists can efficiently provide teachers scientific resources for the classroom.  The first event was held at the Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium in April … Continue reading →

Anna Jalowska has been monitoring sediment storage on the Roanoke River floodplain for about three years.  She has deployed feldspar marker beds and water-level loggers from the mouth of the river near Albemarle Sound to about 15 km up river … Continue reading →

Justin Ridge just learned that he was awarded a North Carolina Sea Grant and N.C. Coastal Reserve’s Coastal Research Fellowship for his proposal entitled: LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY INFLUENCES GROWTH AND ACCRETION IN TEMPERATE BIOGENIC REEFS AND ADJACENT SALT MARSHES.  The fellowship … Continue reading →

We are taking applications from middle and high school science teachers to participate in a workshop at IMS in the Spring of 2014.  The goal is to create lesson plans using data-rich movies of intertidal habitats with emphasis on fish … Continue reading →