New Zone-Based Evacuation System Established for Coastal NC

June 25, 2020 | Dave Shaw

Know Your Zone, North Carolina’s new system of coastal evacuation zones, launched earlier this month. This tiered evacuation system focuses on areas most vulnerable to impacts from hurricanes, tropical storms and other hazards....

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Reconstructing the Past to Understand Impacts on Water Quality

March 3, 2020 | Chloe Tenn

Lise Montefiore, a WRRI and North Carolina Sea Grant joint fellow, studies decades of satellite data to see where and how industrially-owned hog facilities may be impacting water quality. ...

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Community, Ecosystem Resilience Highlighted at 2019 NC Coastal Conference

December 2, 2019 | Katelyn Vause

North Carolina Sea Grant hosted the 2019 Coastal Conference in Wilmington at the Hotel Ballast. ...

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What Can Homeowners Tell Us About How to Protect Shorelines?

July 9, 2019 | Dave Shaw

Homes with natural shorelines actually had less hurricane damage than homes with bulkhead shorelines....

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Model Predicts Storm Impacts on Beaches and Dunes

April 26, 2019 | Dave Shaw

During storms, strong waves and currents can erode beaches and dunes and create low-lying areas vulnerable to flooding. We use field surveys and a computer model called XBeach to predict this erosion, as well as to understand its interactions with storm-driven flooding of larger regions....

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