Coastal Heritage Magazine
Our award winning quarterly magazine that focuses public attention on coastal themes.

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 22, No. 2, Fall 2007
Our Changing Waterfronts By John H. Tibbetts
An unprecedented demand for new homes along estuaries and tidal creeks is diminishing water access for commercial fisherman and recreational boaters alike. 16 pp. FREE VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 22, No. 1, Summer 2007
Will climate change devastate coastal property insurance? John H. Tibbetts. 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. 16 pp. FREE VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 21, No. 4, Spring 2007
Knocking Back Biological Invaders. John H. Tibbetts. Global trade and travel are moving biological invaders around world, causing billions of dollars in damage and displacing native species. 16 pp. FREE VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 21, No. 3, Winter 2007
Rising Tide: Will Climate Change Drown Coastal Wetlands? John H. Tibbetts. 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. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 21, No. 2, Fall 2006
Discovery Learning Comes of Age. John H. Tibbetts. Many teachers are struggling with “discovery learning,” the strongest trend in science education. But help is on the way. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 21, No. 1, Summer 2006
African roots, Carolina gold. John H. Tibbetts. The African contribution to the immensely lucrative South Carolina rice industry. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 20, No. 4, Spring 2006
After the Storm. John H. Tibbetts. Why do so many coastal homeowners fail to purchase flood insurance? 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 20, No. 3, Winter 2005-06
Building Green: A New Path. John H. Tibbetts. A new era of green design and construction has arrived on South Carolina campuses. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 20, No. 2, Fall 2005
Keeping Watch: Technologies Track Forces of the Sea. John H. Tibbetts. A revolution is coming to ocean science, allowing researchers to study the marine environment in a more detailed, timely fashion than ever before. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER 

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 20, No. 1, Summer 2005
Old Cities, New Life. John H. Tibbetts. Innovative developers and civic leaders are drawing residents back to older suburbs and formerly blighted areas. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 19, No. 4, Spring 2005
Ancient Tools? Searching for the First Americans. John H. Tibbetts. Small stone pieces excavated at the Topper site in Allendale County could be central to the story of Homo sapiens. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 19, No. 3, Winter 2004-05
Gullah's Radiant Light. John H. Tibbetts. Gullah history is revealed in lowcountry land held by families for generations. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 19, No. 2, Fall 2004
The Coast's Great Leap. John H. Tibbetts. How fast is too fast? In a single generation, the South Carolina coast has been transformed. 16 pp.  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 19, No. 1, Summer 2004
Hanging in the Balance: America’s Fishing Industry. John H. Tibbetts. It’s getting tougher for American fishermen to compete against overseas producers who flood the U.S. market. 16 pp. VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 18, No. 4, Spring 2004
Program Highlights 2000–2004. John H. Tibbetts. This special double issue describes the major research, education, and outreach projects of S.C. Sea Grant. 40 pp.   ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 18, No. 3, Winter 2003-04
A Line in the Sand: Nourishing South Carolina's Beaches. John H. Tibbetts. Many beach communities want to stop erosion in its tracks. How long can they hold back the sea's advance? 16 pp. VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 18, No. 2, Fall 2003
Rebuilding a Green Old Party? John H. Tibbetts. It’s a man-bites-dog story: some conservatives are avid environmentalists. 16 pp. ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 18, No. 1, Summer 2003
Hothouse Planet. John H. Tibbetts. Which wild creatures can adapt to accelerating climate change? 16 pp. VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 17, No. 4, Spring 2003
Nature or Nurture? John H. Tibbetts. Driven out of their habitats, many wildlife species are flourishing in America's urbanized areas, thriving on our handouts and causing nuisances. 16 pp. VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 17, No. 3, Winter 2002-03
The Freeway City. John H. Tibbetts. The South–where sprawl is king and where spread-out growth accelerates faster and farther than anywhere else. 16 pp. VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 17, No. 2, Fall 2002
Rise and Fall and Rise: South Carolina's Maritime History. John H. Tibbetts. South Carolina's maritime history has been a roller coaster of success and failure. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 17, No. 1, Summer 2002
Floyd Follies: What We've Learned. John H. Tibbetts. A four-state evacuation from Hurricane Floyd caused massive traffic foul-ups. But South Carolina has since worked hard to improve evacuation planning. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 16, No. 4, Spring 2002
Where have all the joiners gone? John H. Tibbetts. Advocacy organizations have taken over American political and civic life. Is it a good thing? 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 16, No. 3, Winter 2001
Triumph of the Weed. John H. Tibbetts. The biological invaders are coming! The Earth, conservationists say, could become increasingly dominated by hardy, prolific, adaptable exotic species such as the zebra mussel and the fire ant. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 16, No. 2, Fall 2001
Coastal Growth Hits Home. John H. Tibbetts. Rural neighbors, developers, and conservationists wrangle over development and property rights. 16 pp FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 16, No. 1, Summer 2001
Shrimp Aquaculture: Challenges and Potential. John H. Tibbetts. Booming global trade enables animal viruses to race around the world. Now aquatic farmers and researchers are finding new strategies to contain them. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 15, No. 4, Spring 2001
The Bird Chase. John H. Tibbetts. During the twentieth century, many of South Carolina's rice plantations were turned into hunting preserves, which later became a priceless necklace of wildlife along the coast. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 15, No. 3, Winter 2000
The Salty Dogs. John H. Tibbetts. Would you notice if South Carolina's commercial fishermen disappeared? 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 15, No. 2, Fall 2000
The Beauty of Sprawl. John H. Tibbetts. If new Urbanists got their way, sprawling suburbs would become an endangered species. But the public, so far, isn't going along. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 15, No. 1, Summer 2000
S.C. Sea Grant Consortium Five-Year Report. John H. Tibbetts. This special double issue describes the major research, education, and outreach projects of S.C. Sea Grant from 1994 to 1999. 36 pp. FREE  ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 14, No. 4, Spring 2000
Living Soul of Gullah. John H. Tibbetts. Spawned by Africa and Europe, by slavery and isolation, the Gullah culture is fading into the modern world. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW PDF | VIEW TEXT | ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 14, No. 3, Winter 1999-2000
Reviving Eden. John H. Tibbetts. Are ecological restorers bringing back long-lost landscapes—or creating an artificial, costly "nature"? 16 pp. FREE  ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 14, No. 2, Fall 1999
Riches to Ruin: Pharaohs of the New World. John H. Tibbetts. Rice planters, who dominated the Lowcountry for almost two centuries, spawned the South Carolina coast's distinctive culture and its most enduring conflicts. 16 pp. FREE (Out of Print)  VIEW PDF

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 14, No. 1, Summer 1999
Storm Front. John H. Tibbetts. Since hurricanes Hugo in 1989 and Andrew in 1992, government has taken steps to reduce loss of life and property during giant storms, but citizens should also accept more responsibility to learn about their vulnerability to hurricanes. 16 pp. FREE  ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 13, No. 4, Spring 1999
Nature's Lessons: A Closer Look. John H. Tibbetts. Too many teachers, critics argue, promote a narrow ideology of doom and gloom about the planet's future. But a growing number of schoolchildren are learning important lessons about complex issues such as global warming, educators say. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW TEXT

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 13, No. 3, Winter 1998-99
You Are Here: New Horizons for Geography. John H. Tibbetts. Government planners increasingly use new geographic tools to manage development, conserve natural resources, and protect lives and property during natural disasters. 16 pp. FREE  ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 13, No. 2, Fall 1998
Pfiesteria Hysteria: Just When You Thought It Was Safe... John H. Tibbetts. A famous new species of nuisance algae, Pfiesteria piscicida, is often described as a bizarre, freakish phenomenon, but it's just one small part of an international problem. 16 pp. FREE  ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 13, No. 1, Summer 1998
Early Europeans in America: Hurricanes Steer the Course of History. John H. Tibbetts. From the Chesapeake Bay to the Carolinas to Florida, the dreams of explorers and colonialists were often capsized by giant storms, creating long-lasting impacts on our heritage. 16 pp. FREE  ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 12, No. 4, Spring 1998
New Visions for Growth: Investing in Open Spaces. John H. Tibbetts. Some South Carolina localities are considering innovative techniques to slow down suburban sprawl. 16 pp. FREE  ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 12, No. 3, Winter 1997-98
The ABC's of Science Education. John H. Tibbetts. Educators and business leaders are initiating the first stages of ambitious reforms to change how young Americans learn math and science. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW TEXT

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 12, No. 2, Fall 1997
Armoring the Coast: Beachfront Battles Over Seawalls. John H. Tibbetts. How can South Carolina balance preservation of beaches against the rights of private landowners? 16 pp. FREE  ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 12, No. 1, Summer 1997
Hurricanes 101: Lessons on Saving Lives & Property. John H. Tibbetts. Someday we could receive a double whammy: a huge storm that kills thousands of Americans and destroys more property than hurricanes Hugo and Andrew combined. 16 pp. FREE  ORDER

Coastal Heritage, Vol. 11, No. 4, Spring 1997
Exotic Species: The Aliens Have Landed. John H. Tibbetts. Exotic species are ruining crops, forests and rangelands across North America, with a pricetag of millions of dollars a year. 16 pp. FREE  VIEW TEXT | ORDER