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Dave Shaw

Jan 29, 2025

The Guide to Coastal Living

Eco-friendly local plants and smart gardening practices can help to create healthy and beautiful coastal landscapes.  As spring approaches, many people begin to think about their gardens and landscaping. Knowing…

Jan 27, 2025

Accounting for the Unaccounted

Volunteer operators for a Community Emergency Response Team updated a database that provided local and state responders with GPS coordinates to check as they searched mountains, valleys, and riversides. Like…

Jan 23, 2025

Coastal Currents

Applications Open for the 2026 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 19. APPLY through the eSeaGrant online portal. North Carolina Sea Grant is accepting applications from North Carolina graduate students for…

Jan 23, 2025

Teachers on the Tower

INTRODUCTION BY HANNE PARKS What better way to give educators more tools to teach about the ocean than to take them 32 miles out into the Graveyard of the Atlantic?…

Jan 22, 2025

New Sea Level Rise Projections for North Carolina

A new report predicts sea level rise in three North Carolina cities over the next century. The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission Science Panel has released a new report with projections…

Jan 22, 2025

Mariner’s Menu

Mariner’s Menu, North Carolina Sea Grant’s popular online seafood guide, includes hundreds of free recipes. Enjoy these seasonal favorites. Sautéed Tuna Steaks with Tarragon (above) In a small bowl, mix the…

Jan 22, 2025

Gearing Up

A new study shows that small gear adjustments can make a big impact.  Wire “pots” used for catching blue crabs can also unintentionally trap diamondback terrapins — a protected species.…

Jan 21, 2025

Early Warnings

A former joint North Carolina Sea Grant-Space Grant Fellow is pioneering a new method that will inform conservation planning. A new study from North Carolina State University and the United States Geological…

Jan 21, 2025

Public Trust

“If you don’t let us fish in peace, the Attorney General’s office and the News & Observer will soon learn there is a private North Carolina ocean beach not open to the…

Jan 15, 2025

Mind the Gap

As emissions reach all-time highs, far more stringent goals are necessary to keep global warming under a threshold that would make heightened climate impacts unstoppable.  The UN Environment Programme’s 2024 Emissions…