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Mariner’s Menu: Winter Wonders

Dave Shaw

image: factory smokestacks release smoke into the air during sunset.

Mar 25, 2024

Vital Signs: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit Highest Levels

50 Leading Scientists on “Unprecedented” Human-Caused Global Warming
image: aerial view of a living shoreline.

Mar 25, 2024

The Guide to Coastal Living

The Guide to Coastal Living provides North Carolinians with quick information about how to address coastal hazards and how to live in a coastal environment. The series launches with this look at living shorelines — a strategy that provides invaluable benefits to our communities and coast.
image: flooded residential street at sunset.

Mar 25, 2024

Sunny with a Chance of Floods

When people see photos of Carolina Beach’s flooded Canal Drive, they might assume those waters lapping against the doorways of a residential neighborhood mean the area had just experienced a severe storm or hurricane. Locals know, however, it is just as likely the deluge was not related to a storm at all but rather an example of “nuisance” flooding.
image: Buxton, NC, shoreline.

Mar 24, 2024

Coastal Currents

Quick news and research updates.
image: Pamlico River, water's edge.

Feb 26, 2024

Ecosystems Solutions

Reducing the Nutrient Load: How an Alternative Method of Wastewater Treatment Could Help the Tar-Pamlico Recover

Jan 17, 2024

Letter from the Executive Director

With that announcement in the "Holiday 1998" issue of Coastwatch, Katie Mosher began what would become a 25-year commitment to this magazine and North Carolina Sea Grant.
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Jan 17, 2024

Shifting Shores

Coastal hazards, such as hurricanes and sea level rise, continue to increase with climate change -- and shoreline modifications, dredging, and boating wakes can exacerbate erosion and property damage.
Cedar Point Tideland

Jan 17, 2024

Degrees of Change: Why Water Temperatures Matter

Estuaries are transition zones where land meets water, ocean meets rivers, and saltwater meets fresh. Climate change and shifting water temperatures are among the most pressing considerations for ecosystem resiliency, and estuaries are no exception.

image: Sunrise over the Neuse River.

Jan 12, 2024

Crossing the Mighty Neuse

“That boat’ll take more than you will!” -- Cap’n Jim Rumfelt
image: Broiled Striped Bass with Mediterranean Spice Rub.

Jan 12, 2024

Mariner’s Menu: Winter Wonders

Featuring Parmesan Clams, Broiled Striped Bass with Mediterranean Spice Rub, Fried Shrimp and More.