Coastwatch Covers a PFAS Solution, Blue Crab Projections, Bonnethead Shark Migration, and More
The Summer 2025 issue of Coastwatch magazine explores a deeper-well solution to PFAS in drinking water, what happens when microbes break down microplastics, whether blue crabs will go extinct, why bonnethead sharks are on the move, and much more.
Inside this issue:
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Former Sea Grant fellow Austin Gray investigates what it means for the environment when microbes break down microplastics instead of dead plants and animals.
Research from Tiffany J. VanDerwerker, former fellow for the North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute, and her NC State University colleagues reveals the deeper bedrock aquifer could provide cost-effective access to drinking water that forever chemicals haven’t contaminated.
Research on 44 sharks from the North Edisto River in South Carolina shows that bonnethead sharks are on the move and that changes in water temperatures could explain why.
Whit Wheeler, the director of Raleigh Water, and NC State University’s Emily Berglund and Tarek Aziz have partnered on a new Community Collaborative Research Grant project to identify secondary water sources for the city, helping to make Raleigh Water more resilient to drought.
Scientists at North Carolina Sea Grant and NC State University ran computer simulations using 30 different temperature and pollution scenarios to see how changes might impact North Carolina’s blue crab population— and the results include key information for resource managers.
Bland Simpson, North Carolina’s oft-honored voice of the state’s coast, collects first-hand turtle lore, full of snappers and sliders of all sorts, for “Turtle Road.”
The award-winning journalist Emma Davies brings a new story from the other side of the Atlantic: how funding cuts and policy delays threaten to derail Ghana’s first marine protected area, putting livelihoods and biodiversity at risk.
This issue’s edition of the award-winning Hook, Line & Science looks at what it takes to land the biggest dolphinfish, locate black sea bass, predict tournament winners, and more.
Mariner’s Menu provides summertime recipes for easy shrimp rolls and choice fish cakes.
Coastal Currents offers the latest news updates, including how to participate in the South Atlantic Release Rodeo.
And more.
North Carolina Sea Grant has published Coastwatch magazine since 1979. The Summer 2025 issue is available online only. Coastwatch will return online and in print in October for the Fall 2025 issue.
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