…Dryas extinction (the same one responsible for wiping out the mammoth) to the formation of Carolina bays, suggesting that the wind and debris created from a comet colliding with the Earth near the Great Lakes region caused the depressions that became the bays. Exploding comets and mass extinctions make for…
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Cooper signs state budget, other bills
…research, has been involved in environmental issues around emerging contaminants and water quality as well as coastal efforts on shellfish leasing, oyster promotion and marine fisheries policy. In this year’s budget, the Collaboratory is charged with conduction a comprehensive study of fisheries policies. Coastal and environmental advocates praised the measure….
New Hanover discusses future of Cape Fear’s west bank
…a Coastal Area Management Act minor permit to remove debris from the property 75 feet landward of the shoreline. Cars, tires, boats and steel have been removed from the site, which is just north of the Battleship North Carolina, according to Kirk Pugh, a real estate broker and KFJ partner….
KFJ withdraws Leland annexation, rezoning request
…zoned industrial, is an eyesore. KFJ received a Coastal Area Management Act, or CAMA, minor permit to remove large debris from Point Peter, the former site of a longtime marine repair and salvage operation. So far, about 400 tons of trash and other material has been moved off the site….
Saving the Crew of the Charles C. Dame
…building trembled and the window panes vibrated in the violent gale-force gusts of the passing storm. In the tower the windows were blurred by streaks of rain. The sky begrudgingly began to barely brighten. Newton began sweeping the horizon with the station’s marine field glasses but visibility could not have…
Remembering Emily and Isabel
…They did some of the damage. But most of the damage you see was done by wave action.” Marine forecasts just before the storms predicted wave heights of 30 to 35 feet, but Chiellini, an avid surfer with 27 years’ experience with the Weather Service, felt that estimate was conservative….
Titanic’s Chilling N.C. Connection
…mariners’ distress code. “. . . . He says ‘have struck iceberg.’” For one more month, museum visitors can see the original log page of the chilling communication sent by the RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912, as well as about 240 other artifacts that help illustrate the spectacular nightmare…
Edenton culvert upgrade to open up habitat for river herring
…in big rivers typically getting more attention when it comes to the topic of improving anadromous fish passage, there are thousands of culvert barriers in smaller systems that need to be highlighted, Wilson said. Holly White, a fisheries biologist with the state Division of Marine Fisheries, explained that culverts clogged…