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Summer 2025

Inside the summer 2025 issue…

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A New World for Microbes

Investigating the Plastisphere

Former Sea Grant fellow Austin Gray is exploring what happens when microbes meet microplastics…

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Why Are Bonnethead Sharks on the Move?

What 44 Sharks from the North Edisto River Can Tell Us

Water temperatures may hold the answer…

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PFAS, Arsenic, and Trade-Offs

North Carolina’s Deeper Well Solution

“Comparatively, a bedrock well is the most cost-effective option…”

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Will North Carolina’s Blue Crabs Go Extinct?

The Future of the State’s Most Valuable Commercial Fishery 

Environmental stressors may push blue crab populations to their breaking point…

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Turtle Road

Coastal NC Turtles — and More — from Bland Simpson

“He had just tried to get a snapper off of Old Greensboro Highway with a stick and his bare hands and arms, and that beast had bitten and slashed him till he looked as if he had been in a knife fight…”

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Flooding, Hurricanes, and Community Perspectives

Carteret County and Ocracoke, North Carolina

“If you’re really trying to make change in a place, you have to know the people. Otherwise, it’s just not going to work…”

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Across the Atlantic

Marine Protected Areas: Ghana’s Dance with Conservation Efforts

Funding cuts, policy delays, and climate pressures threaten to derail Ghana’s first marine protected area, putting livelihoods and biodiversity at risk…

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Waste Not, Want Not

Recycling Wastewater for Potable Use

A new project explores wastewater renewal…

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Hook, Line & Science

The Award-Winning Series for Anglers

Landing the biggest dolphinfish, finding black sea bass, predicting tournament winners, and more…

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The Rip Currents Safety Poster

Print it out, put it up, or share the link. And save a life…

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Mariner’s Menu

Summertime Delights

Enjoy summer with choice fish cakes and easy shrimp rolls…

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Coastal Currents

News and Research

The South Atlantic Release Rodeo kicks off, land-based sensors offer a new look at coastal flooding, and more…

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