Researchers and Robeson County Residents Unite on Project BRIDGE

Learn more about Building Resilience by Innovating through Diverse Group Engagement -- also known as the BRIDGE project -- in Robeson County. Researchers funded by North Carolina Sea Grant are gathering voices to identify diverse experiences from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, and the ongoing recovery. The team includes members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and other community partners....

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Can Fish Adapt to Pollutants in the Cape Fear?

How do Atlantic killifish respond to multiple stressors?...

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Young Minds Enjoy New Green Infrastructure

The benefits to teachers’ and students’ well-being and development, in addition to the reduced pollutant and flooding impacts on the ecosystem and downstream communities, can outweigh modest costs to maintain green infrastructure....

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Understanding River Basin Flooding in the Carolinas

It is crucial that you listen to your local emergency management officials, state agency announcements and the National Weather Service forecasts in the upcoming days. Places that have flooded before will flood again....

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Ghost Forests: More Than Halloween Scenes

Far from being frighteningly fun for Halloween, ghost forests are a growing problem along much of the East Coast. Learn more about this topic that is the focus of a North Carolina Sea Grant/Space Grant fellowship....

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