The Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab regularly uses drones to map Bird Shoal and the Rachel Carson Reserve, an island and marsh complex near Beaufort, NC. The lab recently surveyed the reserve before and after Hurricane Florence in September.
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Hurricane Florence reshaped the shoreline near Beaufort, North Carolina.
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Shawna was an editor at The Scientist from 2017 through 2022. She holds a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Colorado College and a graduate certificate and science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Shawna was an editor at The Scientist from 2017 through 2022. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Colorado College and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Previously, she worked as a freelance editor and writer, and in the communications offices of several academic research institutions. As news director, Shawna assigned and edited news, opinion, and in-depth feature articles for the website on all aspects of the life sciences. She is based in central Washington State, and is a member of the Northwest Science Writers Association and the National Association of Science Writers.
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