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Letter from the Executive Director<\/em><\/a><\/span>
<\/b>“We prepared this issue of Coastwatch <\/i>before responses to COVID-19 quickly escalated. Many of the stories here will be much more relevant and meaningful when our lives return to ‘normal.'” <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE GREATEST SHOW ON THE EAST COAST<\/a><\/span>
<\/span><\/b>New Journeys into the Heart of North Carolina\u2019s Darkness
<\/span><\/b>The Outer Albemarle Peninsula offers some of the darkest skies on the U.S. Atlantic seaboard and a nightscape full of wildlife.  <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAPTURING THE CULPRIT<\/a><\/span>
<\/span><\/b>Carbon Sequestration and the Battle Against Climate Change
<\/span><\/b>We can take advantage of nature\u2019s own tools for capturing carbon from <\/span>the atmosphere \u2014 and help to slow down global warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AT THE DAWN OF FLIGHT<\/a><\/span>
<\/span><\/b>The Earthscape and Climate of the Outer Banks
<\/span><\/b>Torrential winds, wild ponies, marauding pigs, and an ever-shifting <\/span>coast all made a perfect lab for learning how to fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS<\/a><\/span>
<\/span><\/b>Zoom In on Aquaculture<\/em>
<\/span><\/b>A blue crab starts life as a microscopic larva that drifts through the <\/span>water eating zooplankton and plant materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOOK, LINE & SCIENCE<\/a><\/span>
<\/span><\/b>The Surf Zone, Summer Spawning, and Seafood Sleuths<\/em>
<\/span><\/b>Citizen scientists collected seafood samples to help determine seafood mislabeling \u2014 and they did it as well as the experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NORTH CAROLINA\u2019 S BLUE ECONOMY<\/a><\/span>
<\/span><\/b>Coastal Landscaping: The Next Blue Economy Sector?<\/em>
<\/span><\/b>In the Southeast, the use of native plants by landscape architects and contractors has increased \u2014 as has consumer interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARINER\u2019 S MENU<\/a><\/span>
<\/span><\/b>Springtime Sensations<\/em>
<\/span><\/b>These delightful dishes work for warmer weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SEA SCIENCE<\/a><\/span>
<\/span><\/b>An Underwater Soundscape Is Worth a Thousand Words<\/em>
<\/span><\/b>What can we learn by eavesdropping on the underwater conversations <\/span>of fish?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COASTAL CURRENTS<\/a><\/span>
<\/span><\/b>Mercury on the Rise<\/em>
<\/span><\/b><\/b>As Hurricane Dorian made its way to the coast, one scientist collected samples in the field while local towns were evacuating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Back Cover<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download the full issue (2-page spreads)<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download the full issue (single pages)<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

front cover: <\/strong>Like a searchlight on premiere night, Bodie Island Lighthouse shines outside our state\u2019s amazing theater of the dark. Photo by JamieZink\/CC-BY-SA 4.0 International. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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