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

Coastal Communities

The North Carolina National Guard in Beulaville, NC, after Hurricane Florence.

Sep 8, 2025

Storm Readiness and Recovery Basics

Practical Information for You and Your Community During and After a Major Storm
Hurricane Florence.

Sep 2, 2025

Hurricane Season Is Here

Guidance from NOAA advises people not to focus on a specific storm category. A storm's “scale” only reflects the strongest winds near the center of the storm — not potentially life-threatening flooding from storm surge or rain. 
Pier in New Bern.

Aug 20, 2025

Managing Coastal Nitrogen Pollution

A former NC Sea Grant fellow is exploring the relationships between nutrient overload, water quality, and ecosystem health -- and how to help make coastal NC more resilient.
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.
image: Swiss vista with a glacier.

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.