A One-Stop Shop for Coastal Topics

April 3, 2015 |

Susan White, North Carolina Sea Grant executive director, explains why she's looking forward to North Carolina's Coastal Conference, #NCCoastConf, on April 14. And she invites you to join her there....

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Knauss Fellowship: Opening New Career Paths

February 6, 2015 |

Andrea Dell'Apa, a 2014-2015 Knauss fellow, reflects on the experience and the new avenues that opened to him through the fellowship....

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On the Water Collecting Data and Debris

February 3, 2015 | Gloria Putnam

Gloria Putnam describes her ride on the water with Outer Banks fishermen to find lost crab pots. Along the way, she also collected data that could help future efforts to retrieve these pots....

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Turning the Tide on Trash

January 30, 2015 | Sara Mirabilio

Photo by Sara Mirabilio. Along with 31 other volunteers, Sara Mirabilio helped collect marine debris from two sites on Roanoke Island in the middle of January. In this post, she offers a pictorial journey — and an education on what washes up on our shores....

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Blue Crabs and Environmental Pollutants

January 20, 2015 |

On Jan. 21, 2015, UNC-TV's North Carolina Science Now segment will highlight research on blue crabs and environmental pollutants at the University of North Carolina Wilmington — and funded by North Carolina Sea Grant....

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