Apr 9, 2024
The Spring 2024 issue of Coastwatch magazine reports new findings that show accelerating sea level rise is outpacing increases in land elevations along coastal North Carolina. As a result, the state faces an unavoidable loss of over 98,000 acres of saltmarsh by 2100.
Mar 10, 2022
Recent flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency might not capture the full extent of flood risk, according to research by a team from NC State University. The study was supported by the U.S. Geological Survey Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and North Carolina Sea Grant.
Mar 1, 2022
Students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected to receive funding in North Carolina Sea Grant’s first Coastal Resilience Team Competition. The team will collaborate on the project: Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Flood-Resilience Planning in New Bern, North Carolina.
Dec 1, 2021
Spencer Rogers of NC Sea Grant earned national honors from the national Sea Grant Extension Assembly and the Sea Grant Association. Rogers was presented the William Q. Wick Award for extension programming on coastal hazards and resilience.
Aug 25, 2021
The program will provide up to $20,000 for student teams to conduct two-year projects that will lead to more resilient habitats and communities on the North Carolina coastal plain.
