S.C. Sea Grant Consortium

Coastal Heritage Archive

Coastal Heritage is the quarterly publication of the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium, a science-based state agency supporting research, education, and outreach to conserve coastal resources and enhance economic opportunity for the people of South Carolina.

Summer 2019

Citizen Science: Encouraging Public Engagement

Spring 2019

Coastal Museums: Showcasing Homegrown History

Winter 2018

Designing for Water: Strategies to Mitigate Flood Impacts

Fall 2018

First Impacts: Natural Systems Face Sea-Level Rise

Summer 2018

Tank to Table: How Single Oyster Mariculture Works

Spring 2018

Passing the Torch: Mentoring the Next Generation

Fall 2017 / Winter 2018

Stormwater Ponds: The Coast Re-Plumbed

Summer / Fall 2017

Love for Natural Places: How It Shapes Our Coast and Affects Us All

Spring 2017

New Technology: Driving Advances in Coastal Science

Winter 2017

Trailblazers of the Reconstruction Era

Fall 2016

Communities Under Water: Lessons Learned from Extreme Floods

Summer 2016

S.C.’s Working Waterfronts: Fishing Villages Evolve

Spring 2016

Career Jump-Start: Cultivating the Future Workforce

Spring 2015

The Wonders of Discovery: Reviving Interest in Natural History

Fall 2014

Water Cities: Can We Climate-Proof the Coast?

Summer 2014

The Global Plastic Breakdown: How Microplastics Are Shredding Ocean Health

Spring 2014

On the Waterfront: Can Traditional Industries Survive Explosive Change?

Winter 2014

Carolina’s Gold Coast: The Culture of Rice and Slavery

Fall 2013

Red Lionfish: A “Super-Invader” for Supper?

Spring / Summer 2013

Climate Change and Extreme Weather

Winter 2013

Lowcountry Living Shorelines: Restoring Carolina’s Reefs

Fall 2012

Emancipation Day: The Freed People of Port Royal

Summer 2012

No Worries? The New Science of Risk and Choice

Spring 2012

Lowcountry’s Fishing Future: Are Locavores the Answer?

Winter 2012

Calm After the Storm? Disasters and Mental Health

Fall 2011

Urban Thinker with an Ecologist’s Eye: Jane Jacobs’ Legacy

Summer 2011

Water’s Edge: Managing Coastal Runoff

Spring 2011

Carolina Diarist: The Broken World of Mary Chesnut

Winter 2011

The Arts of Science: A Search for Visual Ecology

Summer/Fall 2010

Coastal Heritage: Celebrating 30 Years

Spring 2010

The Dynamic Coast: Living with Shoreline Change

Winter 2010

Offshore Wind: Testing the Waters

Fall 2009

The Lowcountry’s Jazz Age: Gift of Story and Song

Summer 2009

Sea-Level Rise: Adapting to a Changing Coast

Spring 2009

Disaster Resilience: 20 Years After Hugo

Winter 2009

Cold-Water Corals: Ancient Life in the Deep, Dark Sea

Fall 2008

Exploring Early Carolina’s Natural Riches

Summer 2008

Climate Change and Ocean Health

Spring 2008

Slowing Stormwater: Improving Water Quality by Imitating Nature

Winter 2008

Breaking the Chains: The End of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Fall 2007

Our Changing Waterfronts

Summer 2007

Will Climate Change Devastate Coastal Property Insurance?

Spring 2007

Knocking Back Biological Invaders

Winter 2007

Rising Tide: Will Climate Change Drown Coastal Wetlands?

Fall 2006

Discovery Learning Comes of Age

Summer 2006

African Roots, Carolina Gold

Spring 2006

After the Storm

Winter 2005-2006

Building Green: A New Path

Fall 2005

Keeping Watch: Technologies Track Forces of the Sea

Summer 2005

Old Cities, New Life

Spring 2005

Ancient Tools: Searching for the First Americans

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Winter 2004-2005

Gullah’s Radiant Light

Fall 2004

The Coast’s Great Leap

Summer 2004

Hanging in the Balance: America’s Fishing Industry

Winter 2003

A Line in the Sand: Nourishing South Carolina’s Beaches

Summer 2003

Hothouse Planet

Spring 2003

Nature or Nurture?

Winter 2002-2003

The Freeway City

Fall 2002

Rise and Fall and Rise: South Carolina’s Maritime History

Summer 2002

Floyd Follies: What We’ve Learned

Spring 2002

Where Have all the Joiners Gone?

Winter 2001

Triumph of the Weed

Fall 2001

Coastal Growth Hits Home

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Summer 2001

Shrimp Aquaculture: Challenges and Potential

Spring 2001

The Bird Chase

Winter 2000

The Salty Dogs

Fall 2000

The Beauty of Sprawl

Summer 2000

S.C. Sea Grant Consortium: Five-Year Report

Spring 2000

Living Soul of Gullah

Winter 1999-2000

Reviving Eden

Fall 1999

Riches to Ruin: Pharaohs of the New World

Summer 1999

Storm Front

Spring 1999

Nature’s Lessons: A Closer Look

Winter 1998-1999

You Are Here: New Horizons for Geography

Fall 1998

Pfiesteria Hysteria: Just When You Thought it Was Safe

Summer 1998

Early Europeans in America: Hurricanes Steer the Course of History