Dave Shaw

Jun 15, 2020

Currents

Seafood is an excellent source of flavorful, nutritious protein any time of the year. If you’re limiting shopping trips during the COVID-19 pandemic, consider freezing some of your fresh seafood purchases for later enjoyment.

Jun 15, 2020

Coastal Connections: Hatteras Island Students Tackle Coastal Change

Hatteras Island’s youth are strong and resilient. “Salty,” some might say. Students at Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies are noticing, in particular, that storms and weather are becoming more frequent and more intense.

Jun 11, 2020

Sea Science: Shark Facts that Might Surprise You

For decades, readers of Coastwatch have been devouring content about North Carolina’s sharks. Here’s a collection of 12 interesting tidbits from our partners at NOAA that includes information about sharks around the globe.

Jun 11, 2020

Inside the Greenhouse

We’re moving rapidly into a different North Carolina than the one we used to know. Will 2020 surpass last year and bring even more record heat?

Jun 9, 2020

Coastal Tidings

New projects study oyster, shrimp, and crab populations, StriperHub to boost the east coast seafood industry and more.

Jun 9, 2020

Whats in your Water?

As household plumbing and water pipes age, lead — an infamously potent neurotoxin — contaminates drinking water. Riley Mulhern hopes to predict where such contaminated waters are more likely to occur.

Jun 9, 2020

Letter from the Executive Director

As this issue of Coastwatch goes to press, a pandemic and long-standing injustice and racism are colliding, resulting in protests and great unrest across our nation and in our communities. Our team continues to strive to contribute to an equitable and inclusive community. Through the work of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion workgroup we try to embed these values in our expectations and daily operations.

Jun 3, 2020

New Children’s Book Tells the Story of a Longleaf Pine

Written and illustrated by Anne Marshall Runyon, "Longneedle" tells the life story of a longleaf pine in the longleaf pine savannas of the North Carolina Outer Coastal Plain.

Jun 2, 2020

Rip Currents Webinar Includes Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

On Tuesday, June 16, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., NWS Wilmington and the NC Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing will host a rip current basics and safety webinar.

May 13, 2020

Cooking at Home? Why Not Make Buying Local Your Priority?

Americans are gravitating to the familiar and the comfortable, as we cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Nothing is more comforting than making family recipes and memories using ingredients sourced from local farms, fisheries and food businesses.