Hurricane Preparedness Week Begins Season of Storm Awareness
The National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will raise awareness from May 5 through May 11 with Hurricane Preparedness Week....Continue reading "Hurricane Preparedness Week Begins Season of Storm Awareness"
Model Predicts Storm Impacts on Beaches and Dunes
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....Continue reading "Model Predicts Storm Impacts on Beaches and Dunes"
Wave Gauges Provide Florence Flood Modeling Data
Spencer Rogers, North Carolina Sea Grant’s coastal erosion and construction specialist, supplied the United States Geological Survey (USGS) last fall with wave gauge data to help build a flood map model of Hurricane Florence....Continue reading "Wave Gauges Provide Florence Flood Modeling Data"
NC Sea Grant-Funded Scientist Receives Best Paper Honor
Hans W. Paerl, an aquatic ecologist at the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences, led a team that conducted groundbreaking research on nutrient over-enrichment and its negative effects on coastal ecosystems....Continue reading "NC Sea Grant-Funded Scientist Receives Best Paper Honor"
NC History Book Features Blackbeard and Other State Icons
Blackbeard rises again, this time in "This Day in North Carolina History." ...Continue reading "NC History Book Features Blackbeard and Other State Icons"