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Coastal Heritage
Coastal Heritage is an award-winning, quarterly publication that covers environmental policy, science, history, and culture. Subscriptions are free upon request. To subscribe, email your name and address to Annette Dunmeyer.
 

Coastal Heritage – Fall 2009
The Lowcountry's Jazz Age: Gift of Story and Song. Vol 24 #2 – In the 1920s and ‘30s, southern white authors published best-selling novels about the Gullah people. Now the Gullah people are telling their own story.

Coastal Heritage – Summer 2009
Sea-Level Rise: Adapting to a Changing Coast. Vol 24 #1 – Climate change is accelerating faster than scientists thought possible just a few years ago, and the rate of global sea-level rise will increase as a result. How will South Carolina adapt?

Coastal Heritage – Spring 2009
Disaster Resilience: 20 years after Hugo. Vol 23 #4 – Government programs have aided numerous disaster victims toward recovery, but citizens, families, and businesses must become better prepared for future emergencies.

Coastal Heritage – Winter 2009
Cold-water corals: Ancient life in the deep, dark sea. Vol 23 #3 – Explorers have discovered a remarkable array of fragile deep-sea corals from North Carolina to east Florida.

Coastal Heritage – Fall 2008
Exploring Early Carolina's Natural Riches Vol 23 #2 – Colonial South Carolina attracted adventurers who arrived here to explore and document its remarkable biological riches.

Coastal Heritage – Summer 2008
Climate Change and Ocean Health Vol 23 #1 – Warmer, more acidic oceans threaten global fisheries.

Coastal Heritage – Spring 2008
Slowing Stormwater: Improving water quality by imitating nature. Vol 22 #4 – Innovative development practices and construction products are allowing stormwater to be filtered on-site and preventing pollution from reaching waterways.

Coastal Heritage – Winter 2008
Breaking the Chains. Vol 22 #3 – Two hundred years ago, abolitionists gained their first victory in the long struggle to abolish the ownership of human beings. This year, the lowcountry commemorates the anniversary of that initial victory.

Coastal Heritage – Fall 2007
Our changing waterfronts. Vol 22 #2 – An unprecedented demand for new homes along estuaries and tidal creeks is diminishing water access for commercial fisherman and recreational boaters alike.

Coastal Heritage – Summer 2007
Will climate change devastate coastal property insurance? Vol 22 #1 – Property insurers say that the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coastlines are increasingly becoming a more dangerous place for hurricanes – and that climate change is an important reason why.

Coastal Heritage – Spring 2007
Knocking Back Biological Invaders. Vol 21 #4 – Global trade and travel are moving biological invaders around world, causing billions of dollars in damage and displacing native species.

Coastal Heritage – Winter 2007
Rising Tide: Will Climate Change Drown Coastal Wetlands? Vol 21 #3 – Rising sea level is forcing some salt marshes to migrate inland, exposing communities to more flooding. This process will almost certainly accelerate because of climate change.

Coastal Heritage – Fall 2006
Discovery Learning Comes of Age. Vol 21 #2 – Many teachers are struggling with "discovery learning," the strongest trend in science education. But help is on the way.

Coastal Heritage – Summer 2006
African roots, Carolina gold. Vol 21 # 1 – The African contribution to the immensely lucrative South Carolina rice industry.

Coastal Heritage – Spring 2006
After the Storm. Vol 20 # 4 – Why do so many coastal homeowners fail to purchase flood insurance?

Coastal Heritage – Winter 2005
Building Green: A New Path. Vol 20 #3 – A new era of green design and construction has arrived on South Carolina campuses.

Coastal Heritage – Fall 2005
Keeping Watch: Technologies Track Forces of the Sea. Vol 20 #2 – A revolution is coming to ocean science, allowing researchers to study the marine environment in a more detailed, timely fashion than ever before.

Coastal Heritage – Summer 2005
Old Cities, New Life. Vol 20 #1 – Innovative developers and civic leaders are drawing residents back to older suburbs and formerly blighted areas.

Coastal Heritage – Spring 2005
Ancient Tools: Searching for the First Americans. Vol 19 #4 – Small stone pieces excavated at the Topper site in Allendale County could be central to the story of Homo sapiens.

Coastal Heritage – Winter 2004
Gullah's Radiant Light. Vol 19 #3 – Gullah history is revealed in lowcountry land held by families for generations.

Coastal Heritage – Fall 2004
The Coast's Great Leap. Vol 19 #2 – How fast is too fast? In a single generation, the South Carolina coast has been transformed.

Coastal Heritage – Summer 2004
Hanging in the Balance: America's Fishing Industry. Vol 19 #1 – American fishermen are battered by tough regulations intended to recover overfished stocks and by floods of cheap imported seafood.

Coastal Heritage – Spring 2004
Program Highlights 2000–2004. Vol 18 #4 – This special double issue describes the major research, education, and outreach projects of S.C. Sea Grant.

Coastal Heritage – Winter 2003
A Line in the Sand: Nourishing South Carolina's Beaches. Vol 18 #3 – Many beach communities want to stop erosion in its tracks. How long can they hold back the sea’s advance?

Coastal Heritage – Summer 2003
Hothouse Planet. Vol 18 #1 – Which wild creatures can adapt to accelreating climate change?

Coastal Heritage – Spring 2003
Nature or Nurture? Vol 17 #4 – What happens if we let wildlife go wild??

Coastal Heritage – Winter 2002-03
The Freeway City Vol 17 #3 – Is spraw outsmarting "smart growth"?

Coastal Heritage – Fall 2002
Rise and Fall and Rise: South Carolina's Maritime History. Vol 17 #2 – South Carolina's maritime history has been a roller coaster of success and failure.

Coastal Heritage – Summer 2002
Floyd Follies: What We've Learned. Vol 17 #1 – A four-state evacuation from Hurricane Floyd caused massive traffic foul-ups. But South Carolina has since worked hard to improve evacuation planning.

Coastal Heritage – Spring 2002
Where have all the joiners gone? Vol. 16, # 4 – Advocacy organizations have taken over American political and civic life. Is it a good thing.

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