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Dave Shaw

image: graphic of a magnifying glass over water with bubbles that say "PFAS".

Mar 26, 2024

Emerging Contaminants: Mystery in the Cape Fear

New testing reveals eight previously unrecorded forms of PFAS

Mar 26, 2024

Are Fishing and Boating Regulations Protecting Endangered Whales?

The North Atlantic right whale is a critically endangered species, with fewer than 400 estimated alive today. Two leading causes of right whale mortality are fishing gear and vessels.
image: flooded residential street at sunset.

Mar 26, 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: bow of a sailboat heads towards a cloudy horizon.

Mar 26, 2024

The Straits by Skipjack

From the short dock along Lida Pigott’s cut in Gloucester off the north side of The Straits, on as blustery a Sunday summer afternoon as one might want, the 28-foot skipjack Natty Lou headed out, her mainsail reefed.
image: parasitic worm and lobster eggs.

Mar 25, 2024

Creature Feature: Conan O’Brien Worms, Sea Dragons, and Ocean Aliens

Recent research from the Caribbean to the U.K. to Antarctica proves the ocean contains no shortage of curiosities.
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: Buxton, NC, shoreline.

Mar 24, 2024

Coastal Currents

Quick news and research updates.
image: rip currents safety poster.

Mar 24, 2024

The Rip Currents Safety Poster

Share this poster. Print it out and put it up -- and save a life.
image: offshore wind turbines in front of a sunset.

Mar 24, 2024

Hook, Line & Science

Fishing at Wind Farms, Live Imaging Sonar, and More...