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Resilience

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: sunset at Lake Santeetlah in Great Smoky Mountains.

May 13, 2024

“Mountains to Sea” Fellows Study Climate Change, Coastal Flooding, and More

North Carolina Sea Grant, the North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute, and the Urban Water Consortium have selected new “Mountains to Sea” research fellows who are focusing on coastal and freshwater resources across the state.
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.
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…