North Carolina Opens First Heritage Dive Site

June 13, 2017 | Danielle Costantini

North Carolina opens its first Heritage Dive Site on Friday, June 16, giving visitors the unique experience of going to a museum underwater. ...

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Glimpses from North Carolina’s Coastal Conference

April 17, 2017 |

North Carolina's Coastal Conference provided an opportunity for those involved or interested in the state's coastal issues to gather and learn about or discuss current topics. Get a glimpse of the event in this pictorial recap....

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Collaborative Research on the Outer Banks

February 9, 2017 | Staff

Researchers and students from Chowan University, along with staff from the North Carolina Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve and Pine Island Audubon Center, explore marsh resilience to sea-level rise in Currituck Sound....

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Seasonal Dreams and Delights

December 23, 2016 |

As seasonal songs abound, Danielle Keller — 2016 Coastal Research Fellow, supported by North Carolina Sea Grant and N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve Program, and a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute of Marine Sciences — turns her thoughts to seagrass and the fish that hide within. Join her as she explains her fellowship research and dreams of green grass beds....

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Toxic Marine Snow

December 19, 2016 | Staff

What happens when algae blooms die? New Sea Grant-funded research reveals the toxic nature of marine snow as it falls to the seafloor....

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