We are exactly one month away from the ‘Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’! That’s a mouthful. But what it really means is: the 2015 United Nations Climate Submit begins November 30th. Which is kind of a big deal and could finally (?) mean an international (and even … Continue reading
As anyone who’s tried to keep a fickle houseplant alive knows, plant cultivation is not easy. While Matt Damon is growing potatoes on Mars, most of us are struggling to figure out why our bromeliads are drooping despite our unfettered attentions. Now imagine growing those plants in slightly less hospitable conditions- say, a few days … Continue reading
For the past two weeks, I feel like I have been jet setting around the country: New Orleans, Philadelphia, Atlanta. While some little part of me wishes I had been on some elaborate vacation, what I was doing in my opinion was so much better. So what could I have been doing that is better … Continue reading
Science job perk #4182: scuba diving at work. In today’s adventure, guest blogger Larisa Bennett takes the plunge into scientific diving at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences. Read more about her semester with the Institute for the Environment’s Field Site program in her first two posts! We sleepily loaded our gear onto the R/V … Continue reading
This guest post was written by Ben Maxie. Ben is an undergraduate researcher at Old Dominion University who studies zooxanthellae genetics with Dan Barshis. Aside from marine biology, he is interested in beer brewing, car modification, and hiking. All over the world, coral are under attack, and the biggest threat seems to be high sea surface temperature. … Continue reading
Graduate school is a big commitment. Often times you move to a new place and begin a new program of study. You have to take a bunch of required coursework, do research, and maybe TA (or teach). On top of that, you get a pretty meager stipend in most cases and your research may or … Continue reading
It’s UNdertheC’s second birthday!! Two years ago, we made our Internet debut with this post about open-access publishing, and it’s been quite the adventure in science communication ever since! We’d like to thank our loyal readers, from our grandparents to UNC folks to strangers who found us through Google. With over 22,500 unique visitors to … Continue reading
Welcome to the second guest post in Larisa Bennett’s series about her semester at UNC’s Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) through the Institute for the Environment Field Site program! Today, Larisa takes us out to sea for a shark research expedition. For more of Larisa’s aquatic adventures, check out her first post! Shark attacks along … Continue reading
In economics, nothing is more alluring than being on the right side of the law of supply and demand. Today, owning copper, along with some other metals commonly used in electronic devices, is certainly being on the right side. Thus, any prospect of acquiring copper has the industrial sector simply drooling. And so, back in … Continue reading
This guest post was written by Julie Geyer. Julie is a research technician in Joel Fodrie’s lab at the UNC Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences, where her work focuses on the ecology of seagrass beds. She graduated from Cornell University in 2014, where she worked in both Nelson Hairston’s lab, as well as in … Continue reading
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