conservation

Sophie awarded NSF CAREER grant!

Sophie is proud and excited to begin working on her new NSF CAREER Award project, Species Interactions of Coral Reef Benthic...

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund Grant for Ethan's postdoctoral research in the Smokies

Ethan will be staying on in the McCoy Lab for his postdoctoral research, joining a project on blooms of Didymosphenia or 'rock snot' that...

New paper out: Cyanobacterial mats act as coral disease reservoirs

Check out our new paper out in Ecological Applications, and a Q&A with UNC's Kim Spurr on the importance of this study: UNC-Chapel Hill...

New paper out: Rhodoliths are not affected by sunscreen pollution

We have a new paper out in Marine Pollution Bulletin today showing no effect of the common organic sunscreen filter, benzophenone-3...

Josh awarded International Women's Fishing Association Scholarship

Josh was awarded funds from the International Women’s Fishing Association Scholarship Trust to complete his dissertation research...

New paper out: Bright spots could be key to securing the future of declining coral reefs

In recent decades, the decline of living hard coral on reefs around the world has raised concerns among marine experts. For years, the...

New paper out: Consumption of benthic cyanobacterial mats on a Caribbean coral reef

New paper out in Scientific Reports: Consumption of benthic cyanobacteria mats on a Caribbean coral reef, led by PhD students Ethan...

Sophie discusses Blue Carbon storage on WFSU/NPR

Sophie's interview with Ryan Dailey from WFSU aired today at lunchtime! Check out new insights into seaweed's contribution to Blue...

Josh and Ethan speak at STINAPA Bonaire

Josh and Ethan spoke last week to managers at STINAPA Bonaire about their ongoing research and preliminary results on the tropical reef...

New paper out: Seaweed helps trap blue carbon

Our new collaborative research shows, for the first time, the important role that the connectivity between macroalgae (seaweed) and the...

New paper out: Understanding the margin squeeze

Check out our new paper in Ecology and Evolution this month! This work was led by PhD student Regina Kolzenburg of the University of...

Abigail receives National Geographic and Smithsonian support for Coral Restoration Research

Abigail recently received a National Geographic Early Career Grant to conduct research and outreach on the use of 3D technology in coral...