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Dave Shaw

Aug 19, 2025

Coast to Coast: Community Engaged Internships

Coming soon. Check back here.
image: view from inside a well.

Jul 10, 2025

PFAS, Arsenic, and Trade-Offs

A bedrock well is the most cost-effective option.
image: irrigation for farmland.

Jul 9, 2025

Waste Not, Want Not

A new study explores wastewater renewal.

Jul 7, 2025

Killer Whales Swim NC Waters

A killer whale, also known as an orca, was spotted off the coast of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, back in mid-March. This was the first sighting in five years of a killer whale in the area, renewing interest into the complex — and largely unknown — migration patterns of the species.
logo: Release Rodeo.

Jun 25, 2025

Coastal Currents

The South Atlantic Release Rodeo kicks off, land-based sensors offer a new look at coastal flooding, and more...

image: snapping turtle.

Jun 23, 2025

Turtle Road

"One time, a strong early-middle-aged man showed up at my cabin, shirt and arms all covered in blood. He had just tried to get a snapper off of Old Greensboro Highway with a stick and his bare hands and arms, and that beast had bitten and slashed him till he looked as if he had been in a knife fight..."
image: Erosion at the north end of Ocracoke Island.

Jun 19, 2025

Flooding, Hurricanes, and Community Perspectives

As North Carolina’s coastal communities continue to feel the impact of more frequent and severe storms, as well as accelerated sea level rise, these Sea Grant researchers can help foster important new collaborations.
image: bonnethead shark.

Jun 11, 2025

Why Are Bonnethead Sharks on the Move?

Water temperatures could be the key.
Austin Gray with a student conducting fieldwork at a creek.

Jun 9, 2025

A New World for Microbes

Former Sea Grant fellow Austin Gray is exploring what happens when microbes meet microplastics.
image: Choice Fish Cakes.

Jun 4, 2025

Mariner’s Menu

Enjoy summertime with these recipes for fresh local seafood.