{"id":12234,"date":"2020-03-18T14:22:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=12234"},"modified":"2020-03-26T09:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:50:00","slug":"spring-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/current-issue\/spring-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Letter from the Executive Director<\/em><\/a><\/span> THE GREATEST SHOW ON THE EAST COAST<\/a><\/span> CAPTURING THE CULPRIT<\/a><\/span> AT THE DAWN OF FLIGHT<\/a><\/span> CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS<\/a><\/span> HOOK, LINE & SCIENCE<\/a><\/span> NORTH CAROLINA\u2019 S BLUE ECONOMY<\/a><\/span> MARINER\u2019 S MENU<\/a><\/span> <\/a>SEA SCIENCE<\/a><\/span> COASTAL CURRENTS<\/a><\/span> The Back Cover<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Download the full issue (2-page spreads)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/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.'”\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/b>New Journeys into the Heart of North Carolina\u2019s Darkness
\n<\/span><\/b>The Outer Albemarle Peninsula offers some of the darkest skies on the U.S. Atlantic seaboard and a nightscape full of wildlife. \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/b>Carbon Sequestration and the Battle Against Climate Change
\n<\/span><\/b>We can take advantage of nature\u2019s own tools for capturing carbon from\u00a0<\/span>the atmosphere \u2014 and help to slow down global warming.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/b>The Earthscape and Climate of the Outer Banks
\n<\/span><\/b>Torrential winds, wild ponies, marauding pigs, and an ever-shifting\u00a0<\/span>coast all made a perfect lab for learning how to fly.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/b>Zoom In on Aquaculture<\/em>
\n<\/span><\/b>A blue crab starts life as a microscopic larva that drifts through the\u00a0<\/span>water eating zooplankton and plant materials.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/b>The Surf Zone, Summer Spawning, and Seafood Sleuths<\/em>
\n<\/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<\/span><\/b>Coastal Landscaping: The Next Blue Economy Sector?<\/em>
\n<\/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<\/span><\/b>Springtime Sensations<\/em>
\n<\/span><\/b>These delightful dishes work for warmer weather.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/b>An Underwater Soundscape Is Worth a Thousand Words<\/em>
\n<\/span><\/b>What can we learn by eavesdropping on the underwater conversations\u00a0<\/span>of fish?<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/b>Mercury on the Rise<\/em>
\n<\/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