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2023 Energy and Water Annual Report Released
The 2023 Energy and Water Annual Report is released online showcasing continued progress in sustainability.![A portrait photograph of Nathan Crook taken in front of shelves with lab equipment.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/crook-headshot-1500x844-1.jpg)
Tiny Organisms, Transformative Outcomes
Nathan Crook, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is discovering how Earthās simplest life forms might unlock solutions to complex problems like antibiotic-resistant infections, plastic pollution and climate change.![Plant Sciences Building CALS lab space bright white tables windows with bike in background](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Sustainable-Lab-CALS-360x216.png)
New Sustainable Labs Program Launched
The new Sustainable Labs program empowers NC State researchers and lab users to adopt sustainable practices in campus lab spaces.![Galapagos](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/masha-buschujewa-1500.jpg)
Understanding Wind and Water at the Equator Key to More Accurate Future Climate Projections
Getting the winds right is key to accurately model Pacific Ocean warming.![pacific ocean](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ocean.jpg)
Using Stats to Protect Oceans
Shu Yang and Brian Reich use statistics to determine whether conservation efforts are working.![Scum-forming bloom of toxic cyanobacteria Microcystis in North Carolina coastal waters](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/chowanplanktonecologylab.jpg)
NC State Receives $6.9 Million From NSF, NIEHS to Fund New Oceans and Human Health Center
The grant will help establish the North Carolina Center for Coastal Algae, People and Environment.![researchers on a boat](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/february-2024-five-questions-with-crsi-website-image.jpg)
Five Questions with Erin Seekamp and Chris Osburn of the Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative
NC Stateās Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative envisions a future where people, ecosystems and economies are more resilient in the face of rapid social and environmental change. We spoke with Goodnight Distinguished Professor and CRSI Director Erin Seekamp and Professor and Director of the Blue Economy Innovation Program Chris Osburn about the CRSIās background, growth and how the initiative catalyzes transformation in a changing climate.![A blue heron waits for lunch in the marshland area next to Lake Raleigh on Centennial campus.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mah0085v1.jpg)
New Publication Provides PFAS Answers
PFASĀ chemicals, sometimes referred to as āforever chemicals,ā have been a big topic in North Carolina and the rest of the country in recent years, and often, it seems, there are…![Dr. Detlef Knappe works with graduate and post doc students in his lab on Centennial campus. Dr. Knappe is interested in drinking water quality and treatment, water reuse, organic micropollutants, development of water treatment processes for polar and persistent organic pollutants, and the fate of organic pollutants in solid waste landfills.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mah1998-cropped-resized.jpg)