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A photo of Kathie Dello speaking to students at Morehead Planetarium's Teen Science Cafe

Aug 28, 2025

Six Years of Service and Science: Honoring our Departing Director, Kathie Dello

This week, we at the State Climate Office say farewell to our director, Dr. Kathie Dello, and wish her all the best as she begins a new chapter in her service to the state of North Carolina as the Assistant Secretary of Resilience at the NC Department of Environmental Quality. When Kathie arrived in North…

Jan 31, 2025

Road trips, mountains and a whole lot of data: An NC State senior’s internship with the State Climate Office

NC State University senior Jack Kendrick spent last summer studying mountain inversions as an ECONet Summer Undergraduate Student Intern.
A photo of a woman walking a dog down a snow-covered road in Cary

Jan 24, 2025

Raleigh’s Record Snow Surprised Everyone in January 2000

It started with something familiar, at least by our wintry weather standards in North Carolina. But it didn’t take long to turn into a winter storm like the Triangle area had never seen before. On the evening of January 24, 2000 – a Monday, although that hardly mattered in the storm that warped time by…
The sun over NC State's campus

Jun 18, 2024

Baby, it’s Hot Outside. New Toolkit to Help Reduce Heat-Related Health Problems

the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) has issued a heat action plan toolkit for local governments to help their citizens avoid heat-related injury.
A photo of the NHL's mobile refrigeration unit truck parked outside Carter-Finley Stadium

Feb 9, 2023

An Ice Storm Brewing: Previewing the NHL Stadium Series Game in Raleigh

An outdoor ice rink might not be a common occurrence around North Carolina, but next weekend, tens of thousands of fans – plus a few dozen talented National Hockey League players – will gather at NC State’s Carter-Finley Stadium to witness such a sight. This year marks the 20 years since the NHL played its…
An aerial photo of a bridge over water in eastern North Carolina

Jul 21, 2022

Our Curious Coast: Adaptation and Resilience

If this blog post series so far has taught us anything, it’s that in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain, the land has always been in a delicate dance with water, from the sea’s retreat millions of years ago through the carving and shifting of our coastal rivers over hundreds of thousands of years to the erosion…
A photo of the Cape Fear River near Wilmington

Jul 20, 2022

Our Curious Coast: Rivers and Wetlands

You’d never confuse them for the rapid-filled rivers snaking through our Mountains, but the flat, straight rivers of the North Carolina Coastal Plain also have a tumultuous history and an occasional angry streak, turning into raging and flooding torrents during our worst storms. Alongside these rivers, and next to our turbulent ocean, are delicate wetlands…
A satellite image showing the Outer Banks and Pamlico Sound

Jul 19, 2022

Our Curious Coast: The Ocean and Coastline

Simply taking a walk along one of North Carolina’s beaches is enough to show how shifting its sand truly is. As the fine grains shuffle between your toes, get pushed around in the surf, and are whisked away by the winds, it’s easy to see that they rarely stay in one place. Continuing our blog…
A photo of corn growing in Pamlico County

Jul 14, 2022

Our Curious Coast: Soils and Agriculture

Drive or fly across the Coastal Plain and you’re sure to find farms of all forms. Many grow cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, and corn. Some raise animals, including livestock and poultry. And others specialize in aquaculture, like clams and oysters. Altogether, agriculture accounted for more than $10 billion in statewide revenue in 2020,…