{"id":13193,"date":"2020-12-16T11:53:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T16:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=13193"},"modified":"2020-12-16T11:53:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T16:53:30","slug":"coastwatch-magazine-highlights-coastal-resilience-climate-change-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch-magazine-highlights-coastal-resilience-climate-change-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastwatch Magazine Highlights Coastal Resilience, Climate Change and More"},"content":{"rendered":"
For Immediate Release<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Contact: Coastwatch<\/em> magazine released its Winter issue today. The latest edition of North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s award-winning publication explores climate change and other coastal hazards, building resilience along our coast, and much more.<\/p>\n In \u201cPlan, Respond, Recover, Adapt<\/a>,\u201d North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s new coastal resilience specialist Sarah Spiegler tells why resilience means more than merely \u201cbouncing back.\u201d Spiegler, whose previous writing for Coastwatch<\/em><\/a> earned honors last year, offers an updated definition of resilience that can help our state address and adapt to climate change and other coastal hazards.<\/p>\n As North Carolina\u2019s shellfish aquaculture industry booms, new and established growers alike turn to Jimmy Morris for sage advice. Morris repeatedly has demonstrated resilience in adapting his family business for intensifying coastal hurricanes and economic challenges, and North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s Katie Mosher profiles his life in Sea Level, North Carolina<\/a>, on a \u201cfinger between two bays.\u201d<\/p>\n With severe flooding events on the rise, Olivia Vil\u00e1 wanted to gauge their effects on the Latina and Latino community in Wilmington. In \u201cThe Winding Path of Research<\/a>,\u201d she explains how, when nobody showed up for her study, she changed course \u2014 and her work subsequently shed new light on environmental justice.<\/p>\n In addition to affecting coastal communities and businesses, climate change also impacts the environment and species who depend on it. In \u201cSparrows and Rising Seas<\/a>,\u201d Lauren D. Pharr explores Marae Lindquist\u2019s work, which indicates that by 2060 two coastal study sites now supporting hundreds of saltmarsh and seaside sparrows might only provide suitable habitat for 25.<\/p>\n In addition to climate change, the North Carolina coast remains vulnerable to other hazards. Julie Leibach explores how plastic of all shapes and sizes taints land, air, and water<\/a>, and she describes new efforts to address plastic pollution in the state\u2019s aquatic ecosystems. Leibach\u2019s latest article caps another year of stellar writing for Coastwatch<\/em>, which already has included awards from the N.C. Association of Government Information Officers both for the year\u2019s Best Feature<\/a> and runner-up for Best Feature<\/a> for her stories in the Summer and Autumn issues.<\/p>\n From sinking sodas to seaweed in ice cream, marine education offers plenty to keep K-12 students curious, says Terri Kirby Hathaway. In \u201cScience Is Everywhere<\/a>,\u201d North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s marine education specialist, on the eve of her retirement, provides her perspectives on how to engage students.<\/p>\n Does the moon affect offshore tournament catch rates? What\u2019s that mystery fish on your plate? North Carolina Sea Grant fisheries specialists Scott Baker and Sara Mirabilio curate the latest research for anglers in Coastwatch<\/em>\u2019s new edition of Hook, Line & Science<\/em><\/a> from the popular blog series, which marks its second birthday<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n In addition, just in time for the holidays, Vanda Lewis has collected wintertime wonders for Mariner\u2019s Menu<\/a><\/em>, easy recipes for four savory dishes: classic oyster dressing, striped bass chowder, fresh spotted trout with herbs, and baked spotted trout with orange-rice stuffing.<\/p>\n As always, Coastwatch<\/em> is available in print and online. Visit ncCoastwatch.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n ##<\/p>\n Over 180,000 people read<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Coastwatch<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0online and in print.<\/strong><\/p>\n Online<\/strong>:\u00a0ncCoastwatch.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n In print:\u00a0<\/strong>go.ncsu.edu\/Subscribe-Now<\/a><\/em>. New subscriptions will start with the Spring 2021 issue.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Dave Shaw, dmshaw@ncsu.edu<\/a>
\nKatie Mosher, kmosher@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>