Digging Up a Stormy Past

November 24, 2021 | Lauren Pharr

"We decided to look back in time to see how past storms have affected salt marsh movement along coastal North Carolina."...

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The Watershed Wisdom Lesson Plan

November 23, 2021 | Lauren Pharr

Watershed Wisdom is a blended lesson that combines interactive components with hands-on projects....

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Invasion on the Mudflats

November 18, 2021 | Lauren Pharr

Gracilaria strongly and positively affects the overall abundance and diversity of the benthic community....

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Are Warming Seas Affecting How Blue Crabs Escape Predators?

September 16, 2021 | Dave Shaw

A team at UNC Wilmington is conducting field surveys through 2022 in Topsail Sound and Chadwick’s Bay to assess the relative abundance of juvenile blue crabs....

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Marine Debris by the Numbers

July 19, 2021 | Dave Shaw

From 2016 to 2021, our state’s marine debris included 552,957 collected or observed items....

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