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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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43912
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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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44060
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"New findings about ground elevations at the coast confirm that the battle between land and sea has become increasingly one-sided -- and that an ecological transformation of coastal NC has begun." Recorded evidence already shows that a single foot in the rise of sea level is signaling an ecological transformation as marshes continue to migrate or disappear and wetlands move in to claim farmland. Conserving inland terrain will be critical in the time to come.
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44056
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"there has been a flurry of recent reports of blue land crabs in the Carolinas, which is north of the species' expected range. North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (NCDMF) biologists are requesting public assistance to help them learn more about where the species is spreading."
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44061
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"More than 90 percent of the warming we're seeing from human-caused greenhouse gasses goes into our oceans."
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44342
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"Seventy years ago, winds gusted to 90 mph in Raleigh, 110 mph in Fayetteville, and as high as 150 mph at the coast.' The author notes as the strongest hurricane based on the Saffir Simpson scale category, Hazel is an obvious benchmark on which all other storms are compared. It is possible, however, to have a Category-5 hurricane someday along North Carolina's coast.
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44343
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"She had torn the south-facing beaches of Brunswick County all to hell and gone, wrecking the crab-and-fish houses and putting great schooners up into yards in Southport, and thrown fishing boats onto main streets in Morehead City and Beaufort."
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44591
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The project was assisted with a grant from the NC Department of Justice's Ecosystem Enhancement grant, the City of Raleigh's Stormwater Department and Raleigh Arts, the City's public arts division. At Biltmore Hills Park, control measures include a bioretention area, swale along with two cisterns treating runoff, highly visible at the Biltmore Hills Community Center. Another bioretention and stabilized roadway are now in place at the park entrance.
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44592
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Meghan Agresto along with partner Luis Garcia have been lighthouse keepers for Currituck Beach Lighthouse for 20 years now. This lighthouse is currently the only North Carolina lighthouse with an acting keeper and family. The duo is also among the longest serving keepers in the beacon's history.
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44608
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"A Killer Whale, also known as an Orca, was spotted off the coast of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Back in mid-March (2025). This was the first sighting in five years of a Killer Whale in the area, renewing interest in the complex - and largely unknown - migration patterns of the species."
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44632
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Coastal communities are at greater risk to adverse effects of stormwater runoff due to extreme storms. sea level and tides. Some solutions for addressing the problem in communities involve incorporating language in HOA covenants; designation of an area in a community to become a natural stormwater management area and the use of barrels and cisterns around community buildings.
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44757
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"Researchers on a Duke University and North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute project are investigating the residual effects of lithium mining in the Catawba River Basin -- and shedding light on the potential impacts of future mining operations.'
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