• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-05-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

By pairing water quality and meteorological data with visible impacts, reserves can illustrate storm impacts and connect local communities to science. The project This project developed through...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-03-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Coastal researchers, fishermen, fishery managers and educators teamed up to understand changes in shrimp populations in response to shifting environmental conditions in estuaries. The...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

Changes in coastal conditions, including those associated with a shifting climate, can impact the spawning, growth, and ultimately, survival of commercially and recreationally important fisheries....

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

This project will develop, produce, and implement role-play simulation case studies for Georgetown County citizens and leaders, with the goal of starting community discussions around climate...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-09-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

The Project Home to roughly one third of the Southeast's estuarine salt marsh acreage, South Carolina faces escalating local and state concerns over marsh vulnerability due to rising sea levels....

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

Known for its beautiful beaches and marshlands, coastal South Carolina has seen a 20 percent population increase over the past decades, which in turn has led to an increase in land covered by...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

Myrtle Beach is an economic pearl in South Carolina’s grand strand, a sixty-mile stretch of beaches and resort communities that support a multi-billion dollar tourism industry. Fishing and water...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-12-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

A transfer project brought low-cost arm-and-float water level loggers and tidal calculation expertise to seven reserves to help characterize flooding dynamics for different marsh habitat features...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

Healthy tidal marshes support the food webs that underpin our fisheries; they mitigate the impact of coastal storms, and they improve water quality. However, as sea level rises, marshes are at...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

Several reserves collaborated to develop the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Tool for Coastal Habitats. The tool helps decision makers evaluate a habitat’s vulnerability to climate change...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-08-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Monitoring plays a central role in detecting change in coastal ecosystems. The National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) invests heavily in assessing changes in tidal wetlands through the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-09-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Through this project, four southeast National Estuarine Research Reserves created a region-wide student-driven program for teachers that furthered understanding of estuarine habitat restoration....

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-09-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

In this project, National Estuarine Research Reserves in North and South Carolina worked to improve local understanding of climate change effects on southeastern salt marsh and provide decision...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-09-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This project brought together oyster reef managers along the southeastern United States to evaluate the use of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones, as a novel tool for measuring changes in...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2026-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This multi-reserve catalyst project compared established and emerging methods for assessing intertidal oyster reef community structure and ecosystem function. With their partners, the project...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2021-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Twelve biogeochemically diverse reserves participated in a one -year study to standardize protocols for calibration and data management using both chlorophyll methods (extractions and in situ...

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