NC Climate Report Shows Warming Temperatures, Rising Sea Levels
A new report on North Carolina's climate predicts a warmer, wetter, and more humid environment.
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L.A. Man Charged With Laundering Millions Stolen From App State
A federal grand jury has indicted a Los Angeles man on money laundering charges involving Appalachian State University. Nearly $2 million was stolen from the school.
Appalachian State Athletics Receives $10M Gift Commitment
Appalachian State University's athletics department has announced it will be receiving a $10 million donation.
Early Life And The Record Of A Rifting Rodinia
An Appalachian State University professor has used an unusual and elusive fossil to learn important facts about the geological history of our region.
Follow The Foliage!
The fall is a beautiful time of year here on the East Coast, and in North Carolina, we have a resident expert who has long been the go-to scientist for local leaf-peepers: Dr. Howard Neufeld, professor of biological sciences at Appalachian State University. He is learning how and why trees turn color in the fall, as well as why some turn red, while others turn yellow.
Alaskan Glaciers Tell A Story Of Deep Time
Rock, once a seafloor of mud, sand, and pebbles, towers into the sky, only to erode away, becoming a new and different seafloor, layered like pages in a book.
Appalachian State University's Dr. Ellen Cowan reads these pages, most recently off the coast of Alaska. They tell the full story of geological changes on the continent, as written by glaciers over millions of years.
A New Ninth Planet
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