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Image: Lush green photo of the Broad River in Chimney Rock, NC

Jun 29, 2026

New Mountains to Sea Fellows Will Research Coastal Resilience, Microbial Communities, and More

Six graduate students recently began new Mountains to Sea fellowship projects through NC Sea Grant and WRRI.

image: Sea to Stars fellow Madeline Payne maps the elevation of a seagrass meadow

Jun 11, 2026

NC Space Grant and NC Sea Grant Award 2026 Joint Fellowships

North Carolina Sea Grant and NC Space Grant have awarded 2026 Sea to Stars Research Fellowships to Robin Newton and Madeline Payne. Newton will investigate how new data from a recent NASA mission can inform wetland protections, and Payne will be working with aerial images to assess overlooked losses of sea grass.
Matt Bues, winner of the Coastal Research Fellowship from North Carolina Sea Grant and the North Carolina Coastal Reserve and Estuarine Research Reserve.

Jun 1, 2026

Matt Bues Wins 2026 NC Coastal Research Fellowship

Bues, a master’s student in marine biology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, is investigating how North Carolina’s estuaries support the development of commercially important fish eggs and larvae.
image: Glory Kidimbu collects samples.

Apr 16, 2026

The Disease Detective

Glory Kidimbu, a Mountains to Sea Fellow with North Carolina Sea Grant and the NC Water Resources Research Institute, is investigating the transmission of parasitic pathogens to waterways.
composite image of Coastwatch Spring 2026 cover of lighthouse and beach panorama.

Apr 14, 2026

Coastwatch Explores the NC Oyster Trail and More

The Spring issue of North Carolina Sea Grant’s Coastwatch magazine includes plans for day trips and weekend excursions on the NC Oyster Trail, a new study on blue crabs and their predators, a look at the long-term impacts of lithium mining on water quality, research on strategies for saving cold-stunned sea turtles, and much more.