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1. Rip Currents Safety

Know Your Options

Over a million people have seen this poster in 2024. Share it and save a life…

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2. The Catastrophic Power of Hurricane Helene

North Carolina’s New History of Record-Breaking Storms 

Only six years separate Florence and Helene, but these “once-in-a-thousand-year” hurricanes have much in common. Along with other storms that have hit our state, Helene offers lessons — and a warning…

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3. The Undersea Vision of Fabien Cousteau

“Building the ISS of the Ocean”

PROTEUS™ — the undersea equivalent of the International Space Station — will speed scientific discovery and may even spur medical breakthroughs…

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4. Sharks of North Carolina

A Quick Look

The sounds, estuaries, and ocean waters in and around North Carolina provide a variety of habitats for water-dwelling species, including an abundance of sharks...

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5. Ancient Oyster Fisheries

Old Practices and What They Reveal

Indigenous peoples sustained massive oyster fisheries for 5,000 to 10,000 years — or longer…

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6. Hook, Line & Science

from the Spring 2024 issue

Fishing at wind farms, live imaging sonar, and more…

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7. Seashells of North Carolina

Excerpts from the Expanded New Edition

Beachcombers and researchers alike have revered the original publication for decades. North Carolina Sea Grant and UNC Press have just released the latest edition…

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8. Ice to Ocean

From the Sources of Sea Level Rise to the Coast of NC

New findings about ground elevations at the coast confirm that the battle between land and sea has become increasingly one-sided — and that an ecological transformation of coastal North Carolina has begun.

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9. Hook, Line & Science

from the Summer 2024 issue

Saving the red snapper, angling around windmills, and the night life of oyster toadfish…

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10. NC’s True Ghost Story

A Tale of Carbon, Salt, and Sea Level Rise

A new study is using satellite imagery to predict the next ghost forests…

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11. The Guide to Coastal Living

Bulkheads: Challenges and Tips

Bulkheads sometimes are cheaper to install, but the long-term costs of maintenance can be steep…

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12. Mariners Menu

from the Summer 2024 issue

Here’s what to make — along with videos about how to make it…

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13. Catching Up with John Mallette

The Untold Stories of African Americans in North Carolina’s Seafood Industry

“As long as I was around a boat and I was on the water, I really didn’t care about anything else.”

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14. River of Time

Three Sisters Swamp

North Carolina’s famous Black River holds living bald cypresses that were saplings before Rome was an empire…

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15. Sunny with a Chance of Floods

“Sunny Day” Flooding

Researchers and the Carolina Beach community work together to address chronic flooding…

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16. The 50-Year Trend in Atlantic Hurricane Escalation

Warming Waters

More than 90 percent of the warming we’re seeing from human-caused greenhouse gases goes into our oceans…

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17. How Climate Change Affects Your Health

Infographics on Air Quality and Heat Waves

Here’s how global warming impacts human health, especially during summertime…

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18. On the Water

Save Money and Fuel by Running Your Boat by the Numbers

Plan for efficient gas usage, based on Alaska Sea Grant’s publication, Saving Fuel on Your Recreational or Charter Boat…

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19. 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…

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20. Safety Alert: Hurricane Season Is Here

Tips, Tools, and Resources

Guidance from NOAA advises people NOT to focus on a specific storm category. A storm’s “scale” only reflects the strongest winds near the center of the storm — not potentially life-threatening flooding from storm surge or rain…

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