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Phragmites: Always a foe, or sometimes a friend?

Kim Dick

Jun 7, 2016

Creating an In-Sea Museum

John W. “Billy Ray” Morris and Greg Stratton from the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology’s Underwater Archaeology Branch present plans to turn the Condor shipwreck site into an in-sea museum, open to all divers. Just remember to "take pictures, leave bubbles," they say. This is part of an effort to create a heritage diving trail along the state's coast.

May 13, 2016

Check Out Our New Quick Links

Check out North Carolina Sea Grant's new topic-specific pages on citizen science, marine aquaculture and oysters.

May 10, 2016

Gathering Perceptions of Contaminant Risk in Fish

Liz Brown-Pickren is studying what Tyrrell County residents know about the risk related to eating fish and how they get that information. She is a doctoral candidate at East Carolina University and the inaugural North Carolina Sea Grant/Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership fellow.

Apr 15, 2016

The Faces Behind our Maritime Industry

Supriti Jaya Ghosh, the 2016 Knauss Fellow from North Carolina, learns about the women and men who are behind the marine transportation industry — and asks if you know how your breakfast got to you.

Dec 15, 2015

Flounder Regulations Got You Floundering?

North Carolina Sea Grant helps fish lovers figure out what to serve on their holiday tables this season.

Dec 8, 2015

Oyster Filter Factor: Phytoplankton and Water Quality

By BRADY BLACKBURN Posted Dec. 8, 2015 Brady Blackburn is in his junior year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is majoring in environmental studies and…

Oct 20, 2015

The Early Birder-Friendly Business Catches the Worm

Ginger Deason, a doctoral candidate at North Carolina State University, discusses the spending potential of birders. She also highlights upcoming online training that can help businesses along the North Carolina Birding Trail become birder friendly.

Oct 9, 2015

Framing Policy in the Arctic: Views of Changing Ecosystems — Part 2

Meagan Dunphy-Daly, Knauss fellow, continues her travels to Norway to attend a meeting of the working groups of the Arctic Council.

Oct 7, 2015

Framing Policy in the Arctic: Views of Changing Ecosystems — Part 1

Knauss fellow Meagan Dunphy-Daly recalls her recent visit to Alaska where she attended the conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic, visited a retreating glacier and saved a pair of belugas.

Sep 1, 2015

Phragmites: Always a foe, or sometimes a friend?

Seth Theuerkauf discusses his work studying the effects of the common reed — Phragmites australis — on the marshes at Kitty Hawk Woods and Currituck Banks reserves.