Danielle Costantini

Dec 16, 2019

North Carolina’s Blue Economy: Rural Economic Development in the Coastal Region

Why are some coastal rural counties thriving while others are struggling?

Dec 16, 2019

Hook, Line & Science

Last year, the total recreational catch declined for North Carolina anglers — but they still pulled in nearly 79 million fish.

Dec 11, 2019

A Brief History of Sea Level Rise in North Carolina

It begins with the birth of the Atlantic — millions of years before the recent acceleration of sea level rise from human causes — and it includes a long record of how people have responded to an encroaching ocean.

Sep 19, 2019

From the Executive Director: Season-to-Season Successes

Summer was full of successes and change. Looking forward, fall will be a time of renewed efforts in priority areas.

Sep 18, 2019

Naturalist’s Notebook: Working with Nature

A new guide offers plant suggestions for sustainable — and beautiful — coastal landscaping.

Sep 18, 2019

When Science Intersects with Local Expertise

Five new partnerships are tackling pressing issues in North Carolina through the Community Collaborative Research Grant Program.

Sep 16, 2019

A Fish for All Occasions: A Quest for the Heart of the Local Seafood Lover

A Sea Grant specialist joins forces with a local distributor to learn what North Carolina’s seafood consumers really want.

Sep 16, 2019

River of Time

North Carolina’s famous 66-mile-long Black River holds living bald cypresses that were saplings before Rome was an empire.

Sep 16, 2019

The Great Deluge: A Chronicle of the Aftermath of Hurricane Floyd

“I stepped out on the back porch, and water came up to to my knees. And that woke me up.”

Mar 15, 2019

From the Courthouse Steps to Climate Change: How Lumbee History Can Inform New Social and Environmental Dialogue

The Lumbee tribe remains the largest east of the Mississippi and among the largest in the United States, living on its original homelands and maintaining a distinct identity and sense of community. Malinda Maynor Lowery’s The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle weaves together the histories of indigenous peoples and Europeans in America.