App State faculty conducted weather station maintenance on Mount Everest as part of an expedition supported by the National Geographic Society and Rolex.
Climate change and the rise of CO2: App State scientists contribute to 2020 Global Carbon Budget
Appalachian State University scientists Dr. Gregg Marland, left and Dr. Dennis Gilfillan ’08 are among 86 scientists worldwide who contributed their expertise to the Global Carbon Project’s 2020 Global Carbon Budget an annual, in-depth report on the amount of CO2 produced by the world’s nations and how much enters the ocean, is taken up by growing plants or accumulates in the atmosphere. Marland holds a dual appointment as an adjunct research professor in App State’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences and Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics (RIEEE). Gilfillan is a postdoctoral research scholar in RIEEE and a staff member in the university’s Appalachian Energy Center. Photos by Chase Reynolds
Grant-funded studies by App State analyze COVID-19’s economic impact on Northwestern NC
COVID-19’s economic impact on Northwestern NC
According to preliminary reports released in May by App State’s Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis (CERPA), COVID-related restaurant and bar closures in April alone cost the Northwestern North Carolina region an estimated
$52.4 million in lost gross regional product.
This $52.4 million translates to
more than 8,000 full-time jobs lost in the month of April and a corresponding
$17.2 million in lost income for laborers. Edited by Jessica Stump
Posted Dec. 21, 2020 at 9:14 a.m.
BOONE, N.C. Appalachian State University was awarded nearly $98,000 in grant funding from the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory to conduct studies that analyze the economic impact of COVID-19 on the Northwestern North Carolina region. The grant was administered by App State’s Center for Economic Researc