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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Charlotte Neighborhoods Recognize Their Waters and Their Voices

November 16, 2021 | Lauren Pharr

Community groups in several Charlotte neighborhoods have joined Johnson C. Smith University’s Bryan Patterson to tackle long-term stormwater issues....

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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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Sea Grant/Space Grant Fellow Wins Lightning Talk Award

July 22, 2021 | Dave Shaw

Shannon Ricci, the 2020-21 North Carolina Sea Grant/North Carolina Space Grant research fellow, recently won second place for her student lightning talk "Assessment of Visitation Trends at North Carolina Artificial Reefs Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery" at the 2021 University Consortium Geographic Information Science Symposium....

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The North Carolina King Tides Project Wants Your Help

July 21, 2021 | Lauren Pharr

The King Tides Project is an international initiative to document extreme high tide events using photos....

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