PROJECT SNAPSHOTS: Peek Into Coastal North Carolina Research
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“What is North Carolina Sea Grant?”
I field that question whenever people ask about my job.
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“We support marine and coastal research in North Carolina,” is my usual response. There’s more than that, of course.
Sea Grant has a strong commitment to outreach and education. My colleagues and I bring data and results gathered by the scientists we fund to the state’s communities, decision makers and visitors — essentially wherever that information is most needed.
What does that mean, actually? I suppose I could tell you, describe it in glorious detail.
However, here’s a lesson I learned as an aspiring writer: “Show, don’t tell.”
So in the interest of demonstrating what we do, where we are doing it, and how our work might affect the state, we reached out to several Sea Grant-funded researchers.
“Tell us what you’re doing now,” we requested. Here are some of their responses in the following articles:
- Toxic Marine Snow
- Developing Recipes, Nourishing the Community
- Seasonal Dreams and Delights
- Collaborative Research on the Outer Banks
Maybe as our scientists draw you into their research, you will develop a better idea of North Carolina Sea Grant’s work in the state — and find your own answer to that first question.
This article was published in the Winter 2017 issue of Coastwatch.
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