Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.
Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)
Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.
Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.
Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- The University of North Carolina at Wilmington is at the center of an international program studying cold-water coral ecosystems in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Star-News of Wilmington reported Monday that scientists from Canada, Brazil, Europe and the U.S. recently gathered at the university to discuss the developing Trans-Atlantic Coral Ecosystem Studies project.
Leading scientist Murray Roberts of the Scottish Association of Marine Science will spend a year at the university to jump-start the program. And over the next two years, Roberts will lead exploration and research of coral ecosystems that he said can live at depths of 3,000 feet.
UNC-Wilmington associate research professor Steve Ross will be working closely with Roberts. Ross said such a program could attracting more projects and scientists.
