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43712
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Off the shore of Hatteras Island in Dare County, North Carolina, there has long stood a mysterious ship that has welcomed locals, tourists, and scientists to its viewing. Nathan Richards, director of Maritime Studies at East Carolina University, and his team of graduate students have studied the wreckage, concluding that the mystery vessel was originally a Word War II gunboat.
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43713
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After Hurricane Florence, NC State University's School of Architecture assisted in providing affordable housing designs for Duffyfield's redevelopment project. The New Bern, North Carolina housing community also saw assistance from the North Carolina Sea Grant and students from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill's capstone class.
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43716
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The Coastal Landscapes Initiative (CLI) has created a guide known as "Plant This Instead" to inform coastal property owners, landscapers, and designers about eco-harmful plants. The guide also provides readers on suggestions on alternative choices of beautiful "eco-friendly plants that may fill the the same purpose."
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43719
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Lab results from The Cape Fear River, in North Carolina, have shown that upstream alligators in Wilmington have an increased level of per-and-polyfluoroalkyl (a group of chemicals used to resist heat, oil, stains, and water). Researchers are worried about these reptiles becoming more susceptible to infections and unhealed lesions.
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43724
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Since the 1800's the Earth has seen a steady increase in global ocean temperatures. 2022 had the highest recorded temperature, contributing to the highest global sea level since modern recordkeeping began in 1955.
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43802
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"1996 marked and abrupt uptick in Hurricane Activity in coastal North Carolina, When tropical storm Arthur and Hurricanes Bertha and Fran made landfall within a few months of each other. A plan is currently in development for the city of New Bern to incorporate ecosystems services into flood resilience planning.
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43803
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"Sea Grant is among the funders on a 50-year study of salt marsh ecology that has concluded that more than 90% of the world's salt marshes could succumb to sea level rise by the end of the century. "
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43804
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Cruise line passengers on side excursions in deep-sea submersibles can contribute to science--and they might just enjoy the raest of encounters."
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43822
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"As impacts from climate change heighten, our state finds new strategies to face new challenges." After Hurricane Florence in 2018, Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order that led to the development in 2020 of the NC Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience Plan.
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43823
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"Since the industrial revolution, the introduction of countless contaminants to the environment has led to a measurable chemical 'pollution fingerprint' that is present in soil, water, air and organisms. Most research in North Carolina connected to PFAS has centered on the Cape Fear River Basin and its tributaries.
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43906
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Since the dawn of human existence, people have used fire to shape the land. While there was a push for fire suppression during the mid-20th century, research showing the negative effects of that has given way to more recent practice involving low-intensity prescribed fire.
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"With a look back at Hurricane Florence, a new study shows how nonprofit leaders responded to the post-disaster needs of the Latina and Latino community in Wilmington, North Carolina." As regards how Wilmington nonprofit leaders responded, it was noted they fell somewhat in the middle of the spectrum with some basic level of recognition of needs had by those groups.
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43914
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Newly available data concerning concentrations of of PFAS found in the middle and lower Cape Fear River has lead North Carolina Department of Health and Human Resources to recommend limits on the consumption of certain freshwater fish in those areas.
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43913
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"Researchers find record-breaking rates of sea-level rise since 2010 - three times higher than the global average - from Cape Hatteras to the Gulf Coast."
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43333
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""After Richard Etheridge led an all African American lifesaving crew at Pea Island on a daring rescue in 1896, for the next six decades African American commanders served at the station." Etheridge was a Civil War veteran and the first Black person to be appointed Keeper of a U.S. Lifesaving Service station. A schooner, the E.S. Newman was caught in an October 1896 storm.
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