2014 | Coastwatch

Jun 1, 2014

FROM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR: Making Connections: Sea Grant Research and Outreach

Greetings and salutations. Susan White is taking a break from her letter-writing duties this summer. This affords me the chance to step in and address our Coastwatch readers. I am…

Jun 1, 2014

COME CYCLE IN COASTAL CAROLINA

Oriental’s waterfront was the starting point for the Cycle North Carolina 2014 spring weekend. Photo by Charlie Hall/New Bern Sun Journal. Lovely summer mornings are prime times for bicyclists to…

Researchers placing water-quality monitoring equipment in a marsh.

Jun 1, 2014

SENSING THE FUTURE: A New Technique to Monitor Water Quality

A salt marsh is ever changing. Here it behaves like a stream, there a wetland. Now it is salty, later it is brackish. Tides, storms, wind and evaporation all act upon marsh systems, making them highly dynamic and difficult to study.

Jun 1, 2014

SEA SCIENCE: Gene Groups Key to Embryo Development

A team of scientists from North and South Carolina has discovered that interactions among a small group of genes influence egg quality, a key part of all vertebrates' ability to reproduce, including humans. Results of this research, funded in part by North Carolina Sea Grant and the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, are published in the Open Access Journal, Plos One.

Apr 2, 2014

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Cultivating Innovative Responses to Coastal Challenges

My last note to you described our renewed commitment to engaging and supporting the activities of the North Carolina Sea Grant Advisory Board. This month, Sea Grant is hosting a research symposium as significant step, in a series of strategic initiatives, to seek stronger, renewed and sustained engagement with the range of stakeholders the program has served for decades. In addition, Sea Grant is seeking new partners who have a growing interest in collaborations that focus on the state’s coastal resource science and outreach needs in new ways.

Mar 1, 2014

AROUND THE NEXT CURVE: Report Considers Estuarine Shoreline Management Strategies

North Carolina’s thousands of miles of estuarine shoreline — edging sounds, bays and other areas where fresh and salt waters meet — are known for their rugged beauty and bountiful wildlife. But as more people move to this inner coast, the region is increasingly experiencing pressures associated with development.

Mar 1, 2014

MARINER’S MENU: Spring into Seasonal Seafood

NORTH CAROLINA’S COASTAL WATERS OFFER AN ABUNDANCE OF SEAFOOD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN SPRING, BLUE CRABS MOLT, OFFERING SOFT-CRAB SPECIALTIES. SNAPPER IS AMONG THE FINFISH HARVESTED. CLAMS MAY COME FROM WILD HARVEST OR MARICULTURE OPERATIONS.

Mar 1, 2014

Sea Science: Exploring Science: UNC-TV Expands Research Coverage

A red drum flops into the deck of a research boat as a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill frees it from a net. Waves of…

image: aerial view of marsh and seashore.

Mar 1, 2014

Sea Grant Investments and Opportunities

White cites a multitude of partnerships, including with community leaders, internationally recognized experts, new faculty and resource managers making policy decisions. “They all will be key in helping us identify our path forward,” she adds.

Mar 1, 2014

Coastal Science Serves North Carolina: Sea Grant Funds New Research Projects

Headquartered at North Carolina State University, Sea Grant is recognized as an interinstitutional program of the University of North Carolina system. Researchers across the state are eligible to compete for Sea Grant support. The 2014-16 funding cycle features projects with scientists from East Carolina University, NC State, NC Central University, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC Coastal Studies Institute and UNC Wilmington, as well as Duke University. The listing also includes a regional project that couples in-state researchers with out-of-state colleagues.