Pathways to Marine Policy

July 23, 2020 | Dave Shaw

Meet nine Knauss finalists whose past experiences with NOAA set them on a path to marine policy, including two of the four graduate students from North Carolina who are finalists this year....

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Celebrating Latino Conservation Week: Spotlight on Frank López

July 20, 2020 | Dave Shaw

Communities throughout the country are enjoying and connecting with the great outdoors during the 7th annual Latino Conservation Week, July 18 through July 26, which includes nearly 100 events nationwide. We celebrate the occasion here with Frank Lopez, extension director for North Carolina Sea Grant and the NC Water Resources Research Institute....

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Midsummer Neuse River Forecast Shows Greater Potential for Fish Kills

June 18, 2020 | Dave Shaw

The 2020 summer hypoxia forecast for the Neuse River estuary calls for dissolved oxygen levels slightly lower than the long-term average....

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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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