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39994
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The author asserts that, rather than causing hurricane-related damage, trees can help prevent it, with Southern Red Oak and Live Oak as the best buffers against the wind. Not throwing caution to the wind, advice wise, Braswell suggests sacrificing old, mature trees with structural damage.
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39995
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The term shop local, usually associated with farmers’ markets, may now be applied to the growing numbers of people preferring locally harvested seafood. The sea to table movement is part of a growing trend of consuming products considered fresher, more natural, and aiding in the prevention of chronic health condition.
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39996
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This chronicle of the hurricane that left “the flood of the century” in its wake left behind a deluge of memories. Accompanying figures such as 52 deaths and over 500 million dollars in lost crops were interviews of people from Northeast, Grifton, Tick Bite, Wallace, and New Bern.
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39997
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The Old-Growth Forest in Three Sisters Swamp lives up to its name, through trees such as a Bald Cypress named Methuselah and two others possibly two millennia old. It is from these trees, among the oldest in the United States, that researchers are hoping to find the secret to conserving trees in the Black River area.
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39998
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A partnership of community members, businesses, higher educational institutions, nonprofits, and government agencies is generating solutions for coastal problems yielded by last year’s hurricanes. Goals of the Collaborative Research Grant Program include improving constructed wetland efficiency and hurricane recovery for small towns in counties such as Carteret.
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Wetlands; Wetlands--restoration; Hurricanes--recovery; North Carolina Community Collaborative Grant Research Program; Water Resources Research Institute; Algal blooms--North Carolina, Eastern; Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program ; Hurricane Florence, 2018; Hurricanes--community disaster preparedness; Garrity-Blake, Barbara; Duke University Marine Lab
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40007
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Helping individuals improve garden quality at all stages is Coastal Landscapes Initiative. Encouraging nature-friendly landscaping practices, CLI’s booklet includes information about native plants adaptable and appealing. The thirty-four species included Eastern Red Cedar, Coral Honeysuckle, and Spotted Horsemint.
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40009
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Organizations interested in becoming better caretakers to North Carolina’s 1700 watersheds created the North Carolina Watershed Stewardship Network. In addition to workshops, the Network has engaged in initiatives such as obtaining feedback from communities about research, education, and training support needed to resolve water-resource issues. Also affirming the Network’s necessity was water-related stories shared by the North Carolina Sea Grant staff and friends, told in words and photos.
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North Carolina Watershed Stewardship Network; Watersheds; Water conservation--North Carolina, Eastern; Water quality management--Coastal; Water quality management--North Carolina, Eastern; North Carolina Sea Grant ; Fishing communities ; Fishing villages--Hyde County--Engelhard; Fishing villages; Watersheds--Black Creek; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Institute for the Environment
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40562
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A hurricane’s impact can last long after it has gone back out into the sea and water levels in rivers have returned to normal. Proof perhaps more compelling than words is this collection of photographs. They reveal the havoc Hurricane Florence wreaked on inland communities such as Trenton and counties such as Harnett, as well as islands such as Bald.
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40563
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A Category 1 hurricane by the time it made landfall, Florence wreaked water-related havoc as it crawled through Coastal and Eastern North Carolina. At speeds as slow as 2mph, Florence created 1,000-year rain events in towns such as Mount Olive, dumped nearly three feet of rain in Elizabethtown, and generated a surge exceeding seven feet in Jacksonville.
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42674
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The authors consider possible factors indicating a warming trend in North Carolina. The past 30 years have seen some of the warmest years on record.
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42675
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Students at Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies conducted a study called "Student Perspectives on Coastal Change". A survey taken noted students believe climate change has affected increased storm activity among a number of questions asked.
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42676
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The authors discuss techniques for finfish, shellfish, shrimp, picked crabmeat and offer new recipes.
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42677
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Riley Mulhern has developed a model for calculating the characteristics for locations with a greater chance of lead contaminants in drinking water. Mulhern;'s team has found a marked association between high levels of lead in children and low income and African American neighborhoods in Wake County.
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42684
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A large scale study initiated through the North Carolina Sea Grant, NCDOT and other state and local government entities has determined that thoughtful planning and targeted route improvements or "resilient routes" for highways are key to dealing with eastern north Carolina's flooding issues after significant storms.
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42983
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Several hypothesizes are examined concerning the problem of saltwater intrusion into the coastal wetland system. As regards the Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve,, a study confirmed wind tides and a large constructed canal as culprits.
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