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Stan Riggs, an East Carolina University distinguished research professor, has spent thirty years trekking through soggy swamps, muddy marshes, and hot beaches to gather data on erosion rates along North Carolina's 4,000 miles of coastal and estuarine shorelines. His work has ranged through state, national, and international projects. In 1983, he received the O. Max Gardner Award, which is presented annually to the University of North Carolina system faculty member \"who has made the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race.\" Green interviews Riggs about his lifelong coastal research.
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Dr. Stan Riggs and his colleagues at East Carolina University have just turned out a first-class study and prognosis on North Carolina's coast. In the most recent piece, NORTH CAROLINA'S COAST IN CRISIS: A VISION FOR THE FUTURE, Riggs has gone from observing to predicting--the seas are rising at an increasingly rapid rate and believes the Outer Banks will become a series of islands rather than a narrow barrier island.
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