Ocracoke’s family friendly Earth Day Weekend Celebration is set for April 11 to 13 on the island.
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CAMA county governments may apply for resiliency funding
Local governments within the state’s 20 coastal counties and contractors may apply for the next round of funding for resiliency projects.
DEQ adds meetings on greenhouse gas reduction efforts
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is hosting a series of public meetings to discuss efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
State Energy Office seeks feedback on lowering emissions
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s State Energy Office will be taking suggestions in a series of public meetings to discuss how the state can further reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Adaptation planning class set for April at NOAA Beaufort lab
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration staff have scheduled the daylong “Adaptation Planning for Coastal Communities” for April 2.
Researchers to develop heat policy, risk interactive map
Duke’s Heat Policy Innovation Hub has been awarded $500,000 to design a web-based tool that is to help inform heat policies, assess heat risks in rural and coastal communities, and facilitate collaboration.
A shared resolution: Embrace nature-based solutions
Guest commentary: As we welcome 2025, let’s make this the year we reimagine our relationship with North Carolina’s coast by leveraging natural processes and resources to enhance biodiversity, protect habitats and promote resilient communities.
NOAA model designed to help assess coastal flood risks
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released an online, visual, interactive tool based on decades of modeled and historical water level and wave information for roughly every quarter mile along the U.S. coastline.
NCDOT to build drone program to improve disaster response
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has been awarded $1.1 million to build a drone program to be tested in Lumberton and then used in other communities.
Warming oceans intensified hurricanes’ strength: Studies
Human-caused climate change has pumped up peak, pre-landfall Atlantic hurricane wind speeds by an average of 13 to 18 mph in recent years, according to the authors of two companion research papers published Wednesday.
Science panel applies 2022 sea level report projections to NC
The Coastal Resources Commission’s science panel has released its “North Carolina 2024 Sea Level Rise Science Update” that applies the findings of a 2022 federal-level sea level rise technical report to North Carolina.
10K grant available for water resources research project
North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute and North Carolina Sea Grant are accepting proposals for the $10,000 Mountains to Sea Graduate Research Fellowship until 5 p.m. Dec. 16.
Ever-worsening wildfire threat burns closer to cities, towns
Longer, dryer droughts, warmer seasons year-round — the outlook for wildfires is increasingly grim as the state rapidly grows with already more acreage considered wildland-urban interface than any other state.
Caution increasingly needed as fall wildfire season arrives
Special report: People cause 99% of wildfires, and half of those are due to carelessness, according to the North Carolina Forest Service, all while climate change is making conditions worse.
Researcher tracks how species adapt to climate change
UNC’s Dr. Paul Taillie says that while there’s reason for concern about the environment, he does not share the anxiety others have, rather, “I tend to be very optimistic about things.”
PBS series explores extreme weather, climate change
“Weathered: Earth’s Extremes” features 30-minute episodes that follow host and science communicator Maiya May as she looks into the impacts of climate change and meets with the people inside communities on the frontline of extreme weather.
