Search Results for oysters

Jun 30, 2024

Catching up with John Mallette

Good luck catching up with John Mallette. He’s all over the map, literally.

Jun 26, 2024

SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD: What can ancient oyster fisheries teach us about sustainable harvesting today?

Globally, oyster populations have been declining. Oyster management strategies often rely on knowledge and data from the past two centuries — a period during which many oyster fisheries collapsed due…

Jun 26, 2024

The Guide to Coastal Living

Bulkheads have been popular, but these structures come with a number of negatives.

May 14, 2024

Plastic, Plastic, Everywhere

Plastic pollution globally taints land, air, and water. North Carolina is ramping up efforts to better understand and tackle the problem in aquatic ecosystems. Use the article from Coastwatch in…

Mar 28, 2024

2022 Issues

Mar 27, 2024

Ice to Ocean

As glaciers melt and seas rise, 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 NC has begun.

Mar 21, 2024

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Mar 6, 2024

Healthy Ecosystems

Healthy Ecosystems SHIFTING SHORES in the Winter 2024 issue Living shorelines along North Carolina’s waters offer the promise of more resilient coastal habitats and communities. DEGREES OF CHANGE Why Water…

Jan 17, 2024

Degrees of Change: Why Water Temperatures Matter

Estuaries are transition zones where land meets water, ocean meets rivers, and saltwater meets fresh. Climate change and shifting water temperatures are among the most pressing considerations for ecosystem resiliency, and estuaries are no exception.

Jan 17, 2024

Degrees of Change

Cedar Point Tideland. Credit: NC Wetlands. DEGREES OF CHANGE Why Water Temperatures Matter New research looks at long-term trends in NC estuaries — changes that could bring new species to…