New “Tangled in Trash” App Relies on Grassroots Reporting
The first reporting tool designed to document when and where marine debris harms animals in the Carolinas and Georgia is now available. The “Tangled in Trash” app relies on information from anyone who finds wildlife entangled or injured in marine debris and trash....Continue reading "New “Tangled in Trash” App Relies on Grassroots Reporting"
Sea Grant/Space Grant Fellow Wins Lightning Talk Award
Shannon Ricci, the 2020-21 North Carolina Sea Grant/North Carolina Space Grant research fellow, recently won second place for her student lightning talk "Assessment of Visitation Trends at North Carolina Artificial Reefs Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery" at the 2021 University Consortium Geographic Information Science Symposium....Continue reading "Sea Grant/Space Grant Fellow Wins Lightning Talk Award"
Update: The Effects of Upstream Plastic Pollution on Coastal NC
“We want to determine how far the plastic debris travels downstream and estimate how much of this waste from the upper basin makes its way to the Lower Neuse River estuary and the Pamlico Sound.”...Continue reading "Update: The Effects of Upstream Plastic Pollution on Coastal NC"
Crabitat: Juvenile Blue Crab Habitats in Pamlico Sound
Blue crabs, like many marine invertebrates, have what scientists refer to as a complex lifecycle, which means that they go through drastic changes in body shape and location as they age, similar in some ways to a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. ...Continue reading "Crabitat: Juvenile Blue Crab Habitats in Pamlico Sound"
Jimmy Morris: Life on a ‘Finger Between Two Bays’
Resilience is a key trait for Jimmy Morris, founder of Morris Family Shellfish Farms and the Mill Point Hatchery in the small village of Sea Level, located in Carteret County’s Down East communities....Continue reading "Jimmy Morris: Life on a ‘Finger Between Two Bays’ "