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Dave Shaw

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.

Jun 3, 2025

Rip Currents Safety

Share this poster and save a life.
image: The view from the ruins of the old lighthouse (built in 1875) at Cape Three Points, Ghana. Credit: Friedmut Abel/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0.

Jun 3, 2025

Across the Atlantic

Funding cuts and policy delays threaten to derail Ghana’s first marine protected area, putting livelihoods and biodiversity at risk.
image: dolphinfish.

Jun 3, 2025

Hook, Line & Science

Two decades of fishing data raise concerns about mahi-mahi -- and much more.

Apr 14, 2025

Mariner’s Menu

MARINER’S MENU, NORTH CAROLINA SEA GRANT ’S POPULAR ONLINE SEAFOOD GUIDE, INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF FREE RECIPES. VANDA LEWIS’S SHORT VIDEOS ABOUT HOW TO PREPARE EACH OF THESE FALL FAVORITES ARE…

Apr 14, 2025

Was Hazel North Carolina’s Worst-Case Hurricane?

NO DISCUSSION ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA’S SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL HURRICANES IS COMPLETE WITHOUT HAZEL, WHICH HIT THE STATE 70 YEARS AGO THIS FALL.  In terms of intensity, Hazel is in a league…

Apr 4, 2025

Rip Currents Safety

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