Coastal Communities

image: teacher hoisted onto frying Pan Tower.

Feb 25, 2025

Coastwatch Publishes the Winter 2025 Issue

The Winter 2025 issue of North Carolina Sea Grant’s award-winning Coastwatch magazine covers a new threat to the oyster industry, an innovative project that took teachers out to Frying Pan Tower, how volunteers helped responders find survivors after Hurricane Helene, and much more.

Apr 9, 2024

Coastwatch Covers New Findings on Sea Level Rise and Coastal NC Land Elevations

The Spring 2024 issue of Coastwatch magazine reports new findings that show accelerating sea level rise is outpacing increases in land elevations along coastal North Carolina. As a result, the state faces an unavoidable loss of over 98,000 acres of saltmarsh by 2100.

Aerial view of residential area along the shoreline in Carolina Beach, North Carolina.

Feb 15, 2024

Graduate Student Funding Available Now for Interdisciplinary Research

North Carolina Space Grant and North Carolina Sea Grant are offering a joint funding opportunity for graduate student interdisciplinary research. Full-time graduate students at colleges and universities in North Carolina…

image: a group of people tour a stormwater facility with a New Bern official.

Jan 12, 2024

NC Sea Grant Among Programs Advancing Resilient Coastal Communities

Sea Grant programs across the nation are scaling up capacity to support additional hands-on, collaborative engagement to advance the sustainability of coastal and Great Lakes communities. Sea Grant awarded $4…

A picture of an estuary taken overhead, at either dusk or dawn

Dec 8, 2023

Applications Open for the 2024 Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowship Program

The NOAA Office for Coastal Management is recruiting candidates for the 2024 Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowship Program. Application packages must be submitted by Friday, January 26, 2024 to the Sea Grant…