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Deepfake Whales Could Be Key Conservation Tool

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Dec 10, 2025

Soul of the Soil

Researchers and the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe joined forces to assess soil contaminants, thanks to a Community Collaborative Research Grant from WRRI, Sea Grant, and NC State's William R. Kenan Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science. The CCRG Program is currently accepting proposals.
John Mallette is a fisher, charter boat captain, and seafood business owner.

Dec 3, 2025

Catching up with John Mallette

Researchers and local experts have captured the lives of several key figures in our state's seafood industry, thanks to the Community Collaborative Research Grant Program from North Carolina Sea Grant, the NC Water Resources Research Institute, and the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science. The CCRG Program is currently accepting proposals.
image: New Bern, NC, river walk.

Dec 1, 2025

New Bern at Risk of Losing up to 60% of Wetlands by 2100

A new study from North Carolina Sea Grant’s first Coastal Resilience Team Competition winners shows that preserving inland areas may help prevent the decline of environmental benefits as open water claims coastal wetlands.
IMAGE: Sea Grant interns conduct a survey for salamander mussels at Cayuga Creek in New York.

Nov 19, 2025

Coast to Coast

North Carolina Sea Grant has led a national effort that matches passionate undergraduate students with the needs of coastal and Great Lakes states.

Nov 17, 2025

Deepfake Whales Could Be Key Conservation Tool

A former NC Space Grant Research Scholar explores how AI-generated images of rare species could improve efforts to understand, monitor, and protect them.