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For immediate release<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Winter 2025<\/strong><\/a> issue of North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s award-winning Coastwatch<\/em> magazine covers a new threat to the oyster industry, an innovative project that took teachers out to Frying Pan Tower, how volunteers helped responders find survivors after Hurricane Helene, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thousands hoped for any word of family and friends after Hurricane Helene. Accounting for the Unaccounted<\/strong><\/a> takes an inside look at how volunteer operators for a Community Emergency Response Team updated a database that provided responders with GPS coordinates to check as they searched mountains, valleys, and riversides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What better way to give educators more tools to teach about the ocean than to take them out into the Graveyard of the Atlantic? The Teachers on the Tower<\/a><\/strong> video tells the story of how North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s novel new project reenergized educators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Booming Industry \u2014 And a New Threat<\/a><\/strong> explores the \u201cmass mortality events\u201d that North Carolina oyster farmers are facing, and how a cutting-edge Sea Grant project is addressing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satellite imagery may help protect coastal forests from climate change, thanks to a former North Carolina Sea Grant-Space Grant Fellow\u2019s pioneering new method. Early Warnings<\/a><\/strong> tells how her approach will provide vital information for cost-effective conservation planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former North Carolina Sea Grant-Space Grant Fellow Melinda Martinez in the field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The North Carolina Coastal Conference brought together over 330 coastal enthusiasts, and A Look Back at the Biggest NC Sea Grant Gathering to Date<\/a><\/strong> recaps the event with photos, video, resources, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engineered solutions can help to maintain coastal resilience and protect local economies. Research in New Bern from a Sea Grant-funded graduate student provides important new findings about Managing Coastal Nitrogen Pollution<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guide to Coastal Living<\/a><\/strong> reminds us Spring is right around the corner \u2014 and eco-friendly native plants can help to create healthy, beautiful coastal landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Environmental Sentinels<\/strong><\/a> introduces a new North Carolina Sea Grant project designed to provide context for findings and dispel misinformation about microplastics and metals in oysters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vital Signs<\/a><\/strong> covers marked sea level rise projections for North Carolina by 2050 from the NC Coastal Resources Commission Science Panel\u2019s latest report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mind the Gap<\/a><\/strong> summarizes findings from the UN\u2019s new Emissions Gap Report<\/em>, which concluded that keep global warming could make heightened climate impacts unstoppable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hook, Line & Science<\/a><\/strong> has the latest research and news for anglers, including why we fish where we do, as well as whether anglers are actually in competition with river otters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina\u2019s voice of the coast, Bland Simpson, recounts \u201cA Fisherman Challenged at Rich Inlet\u201d in his Public Trust<\/a><\/strong>. Spoiler alert: it wasn\u2019t just any fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, as always, Mariner\u2019s Menu<\/a><\/strong> offers up some seasonal favorites from North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s popular online seafood guide. Enjoy saut\u00e9ed tuna steaks with tarragon, baked clams with garlic butter, and oyster fritters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Winter 2025 issue<\/strong><\/a> is available online only. Coastwatch<\/em> will return in print with the Spring 2025 issue in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All issues are available at ncCoastwatch.org<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Much of the content in\u00a0Coastwatch\u00a0<\/em>is available to republish at no cost. Email dmshaw@ncsu.edu<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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