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Fall 2021

Sunrise over water in Kitty Hawk

Sep 20, 2021

This Wet and Water Loving Land

Bland Simpson, North Carolina's oft-honored voice of our state’s coast, has written a new tribute to our state, titled North Carolina: Land of Water, Land of Sky. We’re delighted to provide these short excerpts that capture just a few of his book’s many flavors -- a blend of personal and collective history as only he can tell it.
Aerial view of a North Carolina salt marsh fringing the upland forest. At the boundary, notice the dead and dying trees. This ghost forest is evidence of salt marsh transgression. Clockwise from the boat, researchers include Joshua Himmelstein, Antonio Rodriguez, Naomi Nice, Yasamin Sharifi, and Molly Bost. Photo: Joshua Himmelstein

Sep 16, 2021

Digging Up a Stormy Past

Sediment samples hundreds of years old reveal how hurricanes and nor’easters affect the landward migration of salt marshes.
An aerial view of Kill Devil Hills in the Outer Banks.

Sep 16, 2021

Model Behavior

Drawing on lifeguard expertise and artificial intelligence, researchers are improving rip current forecasting for beachgoers nationwide.