{"id":21401,"date":"2024-03-06T09:23:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=19227"},"modified":"2024-03-06T09:23:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:23:18","slug":"healthy-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/healthy-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"
SHIFTING SHORES<\/a> DEGREES OF CHANGE<\/a> Sixty Miles Off-Shore: A First-Hand Account of Research on the\u00a0R\/V Palmetto<\/em><\/a> ECOSYSTEM SOLUTIONS<\/a> HOT TAKE<\/a> THE UNTAPPED RESOURCE<\/a> SHRINKING HABITATS<\/a> SAFETY ALERT<\/a> BEHIND THE RESEARCHER<\/a> Ecology, Psychology, and the Art of Being You: An Interview with Dr. J. Drew Lanham, MacArthur Fellow<\/a> A River of Plastics<\/a> Climate Resilience: Natural Landscapes and Flood Mitigation in New Bern, NC<\/a> Vital Signs<\/em><\/a> Emerging Contaminants<\/em>: PFAS in the Tidal Creeks of Southeastern North Carolina<\/a> Resilience and Redevelopment in Duffyfield: <\/a>Revisualizing the Future of an Underserved Neighborhood in New Bern, NC<\/a> \u201cStop the Spread\u201d and<\/em> \u201cDon’t Plant a Pest\u201d- from Plant This Instead!<\/em><\/a> Emerging Contaminants<\/em>: The Autoimmune Effects of Exposure to PFAS<\/a> Science and Social Media<\/em>: Twitter and the Red Tides<\/a> Vital Signs<\/em>: The Hottest Ocean in Recorded History<\/a> Naturalist’s Notebook<\/em>: Hurricanes, People, and Piping Plovers<\/a> Healthy Ecosystems<\/em>: How Much Ocean Floor Do Natural Reefs Occupy?<\/a> Coastal Currents: New Community Research Projects Launch<\/a> Coastal Currents: Coastal Research Fellows Study Seagrass and Dredge Plumes<\/a> Is There a Future for Oyster Relaying in North Carolina?<\/a> Troubled Waters: Flooding, Contaminants, and Heightened Risks<\/em><\/a> Natural Solutions and Clean Water Future for the Cape Fear<\/a> Hook, Line & Science: Hurricanes, Blue Marlin, and Radiation<\/a> Ecofriendly Solutions<\/em>: Social Media for Sharks<\/a> Healthy Habitats<\/em>: How Do Restored Oyster Reefs Compare to Live Oyster Reefs?<\/a> Climate Resilience<\/em>: NC\u2019s State-of-the Art Warning System Strengthens Flood Planning<\/a> Coastal Currents<\/em>: Demand Rises for Native Plants<\/span><\/a> The New Pioneers: <\/span>Planning for Wastewater Treatment During Climate Change<\/span><\/a> Climate Change and Resistance to Antibiotics: <\/span>Hotter Waters, Heavy Metals, and a Growing Public Health Concern<\/span><\/a> Hook, Line & Science: <\/span><\/i>Shark Thievery, American Shad in the Albemarle Sound, and How We Fished 12,000 Years Ago<\/span><\/a> Sea Science: <\/span>Climate Change and the Northern Migration<\/span><\/em><\/a> Stream Science: <\/span>The Effects of Antibiotics on Urban Stream Ecology<\/span><\/a> Ecofriendly Solutions: <\/span>The Top 10 Most Common Types of Trash on the North Carolina Coast \u2014 <\/span>And How You Can Join the International Coastal Cleanup<\/span><\/a> Coastal Tidings: <\/span>Warming Seas Means Shorter Lifespans for Many Fish Species<\/span><\/a> Coastal Tidings: Is FEMA Underestimating Flood Damage Exposure?<\/span><\/a> Coastal Tidings: Charge Up on the Coast<\/span><\/a> Coastal Tidings: New \u201cTangled in Trash\u201d App Relies on Grassroots Reporting<\/span><\/a> Wings of Change: The Impacts of a Warming Climate on Birds of North Carolina<\/em><\/a> Sea Science: <\/span>Are Sharks Getting Smaller? <\/em><\/a> Hook, Line & Science: <\/span>Deepwater Fish and Shipwrecks, Lionfish DNA, and Ancient Sheepshead Bones<\/a> Currents: <\/span>Are Warming Seas Affecting How Blue Crabs Escape Predators?<\/em><\/a> Coastal Tidings: <\/span>New Projects Support Seafood and Aquaculture Industries<\/span><\/a> Podcasting a Wide Net<\/em>: <\/span>Student Journalists Offer Coastal Voices on Climate Change to a Worldwide Audience<\/span><\/a> Conserving a Culture<\/em>:\u00a0Land Development, Climate Change, and the Gullah\/Geechee Nation<\/span><\/a> Five Years Later: Lessons Learned from Matthew<\/span><\/a><\/em> Hook, Line & Science<\/em>: Hurricane Noise, Live Weigh-Ins, and Wind Farms<\/span><\/a> People & Places<\/em>: <\/span>My Passion for Environmental Engineering: <\/span><\/a> Coastal Landscapes<\/em>: <\/span>Native Plant Picks<\/span><\/a>
\nin the Winter 2024 issue<\/a>
\nLiving shorelines along North Carolina\u2019s waters offer the promise of more resilient coastal habitats and communities.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWhy Water Temperatures Matter
\nin the Winter 2024 issue<\/a>
\nNew research looks at long-term trends in NC estuaries \u2014 changes that could bring new species to our coast.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Winter 2024 issue<\/a>
\nA Sea Grant fellow shares his experience aboard a science vessel \u2014 deploying traps, analyzing fish, and acclimating to life on the Atlantic.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nReducing the Nutrient Load: How an Alternative Method of Wastewater Treatment Could Help the Tar-Pamlico Recover
\nin the Winter 2024 issue<\/a>
\nAre hybrid constructed wetlands part of the solution for North Carolina\u2019s impaired watersheds?<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSome Forests Need Fire
\nin the Fall 2023 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHow Students Can Help Build Community Resiliency
\nin the Fall 2023 issue<\/a>
\nAs children learn through environmental education \u2014 and pass along what they discover to adults \u2014 the process equips young and old to take informed action.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHow Have Oyster Reefs Changed Over the Last Six Decades?
\nin the Fall 2023 issue<\/a>
\nIn a crucial North Carolina estuary, scientists combed through historical data to better understand both biodiversity and seafood supply.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDanger in the Water:\u00a0\u201cForever Chemicals\u201d Have Contaminated Fish in the Cape Fear River
\nin the Fall 2023 issue<\/a>
\nThe North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has released advisories on limits for the consumption of fish from the middle and lower Cape Fear River due to the presence of PFAS. In some cases, the department recommends no consumption whatsoever.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMatt Damiano, Warming Waters, and Sustaining Iconic Fish
\nin the Fall 2023 issue<\/a>
\n\u201cWe have a rapidly changing landscape of both the ocean environment and the makeup of who is going out to catch fish.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Summer 2023 issue<\/a>
\nGrowing up on a family farm in Edgefield, South Carolina, Joseph Drew Lanham, \u201cDrew,\u201d to many, knew he wanted to be an ornithologist by the third grade.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Summer 2023 issue<\/a>
\nNew research reveals the Neuse River Basin annually delivers an estimated 230 billion particles of plastic to the Pamlico Sound.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Summer 2023 issue<\/a>
\nEcosystems, equity, and a planning success story<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMost of the World\u2019s Salt Marshes Likely Will Be Underwater by 2100.
\nin the Summer 2023 issue
\n<\/a>Sea Grant is among the funders on a 50-year study of salt marsh ecology that has concluded that more than 90% of the world\u2019s salt marshes could succumb to sea level rise by the end of the century.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Summer 2023 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2023 issue<\/a><\/span>
\nAfter Hurricane Florence flooded an African American neighborhood with a long history of strength after adversity, a team of community leaders, researchers, and students has been working to restore housing and preserve community history.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEco-friendly Alternatives to Harmful Ornamental Plants
\n<\/em>in the Spring 2023 issue<\/a><\/span>
\nHere\u2019s what not to plant \u2014 and what to plant instead.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2023 issue<\/a><\/span>
\nWhy do these alligators have infections?<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2023 issue<\/a><\/span>
\nCan social media provide a real-time map of red tide events?<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2023 issue<\/a>
\nNOAA and NASA track dramatic global changes.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2023 issue<\/a>
\nA new study looked at the long-term mating habits of these birds before and after protective measures went into effect.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2023 issue<\/a>
\nAnd how much more territory belongs to natural reefs than to artificial reefs?<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Fall 2022 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Fall 2022 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Fall 2022 issue<\/a>
\nFor years, oyster farmers in our state have been telling researchers that they have seen greater numbers of healthy oysters in areas they harvest than in those they leave alone.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Fall 2022 issue<\/a>
\nUnderserved communities in North Carolina disproportionately experience the adverse effects of flooding and poor water quality. Why is this? And what can we do about it?<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Fall 2022 issue<\/a>
\nWith more people living in the Cape Fear River Basin and climate change\u00a0<\/span>bringing heavier rains, a new project is forecasting the effects of\u00a0<\/span>stormwater runoff as well as how strategic buffers can lessen pollution.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Fall 2022 issue<\/a>
\nResearch and news for anglers<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Fall 2022 issue<\/a>
\nA new study shows that YouTube can serve as a conservation management tool when it comes to misunderstood wildlife.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Fall 2022 issue<\/a>
\nA new study shows additional benefits from oyster reef restoration \u2014 after only six months.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Fall 2022 issue<\/a>
\nOur state has faced major transportation difficulties from three major extreme climate events: Floyd, Matthew, and Florence.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Summer 2022 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Summer 2022 issue<\/a>
\nCommunities along the coastal Carolinas are taking steps to ensure residents have functioning septic systems and other types of onsite wastewater treatment \u2014 as groundwater rises and storms intensify.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Summer 2022 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Summer 2022 issue<\/a>
\nThe latest science for anglers<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Summer 2022 issue<\/a>
\nMore animals \u2014 including sea turtles, manatees, sharks, and hundreds of other fish species \u2014 will be on the move.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Summer 2022 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Summer 2022 issue<\/a>
\nLast year\u2019s coastal trash included a garter belt and a windshield \u2014 but you can help reduce debris.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2022 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2022 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2022 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2022 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2022 issue<\/a>
\nExtinction will threaten about two-thirds of America\u2019s bird species if temperatures rise by 5.4\u00b0 F before the turn of the century.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2022 issue<\/a><\/span><\/i>
\nA combination of fewer and smaller sharks in the coastal ocean has likely contributed to shifts in ecosystems and fisheries that we don\u2019t fully understand.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2022 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Spring 2022 issue<\/a>
\nAlong much of the North Carolina coast, seagrasses are a critical habitat for juvenile blue crabs, providing a refuge from predators.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
\nin the Winter 2021 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Winter 2021 issue<\/a><\/p>\n
\nin the Winter 2021 issue<\/a>
\n“The Gullah\/Geechee people have been able to hold on to their roots.”<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Winter 2021 issue<\/a><\/span>
\nTorrential inland flooding from the 2016 hurricane was a wakeup call, sparking state investment in coordinated resilience efforts.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
\nin the Winter 2021 issue<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nin the Winter 2021 issue<\/a>
\n\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to lose your home. It\u2019s another thing to be uprooted and never be able to come back to the place you know, the place you love, the place you live, the place your ancestors lived.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the Winter 2021 issue<\/a>
\nA new video series highlights beautiful \u2014 and ecofriendly \u2014 North Carolina plants.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n