Stories

South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium 

Two people measuring and recording temperature standing next to a red slide on a playground.

Charleston Heat-Health Research Project

The Charleston Heat-Health Research Project (CHHRP) was created by a group of health professionals, climate scientists, city planners, students, and researchers to learn more about heat impacts in the community. Learn more about how the project got started and the most recent update through the links below. 

Project website

News stories about CHHRP

New Hampshire Sea Grant

Three volunteers on the beach in New Hampshire holding a sticks with a string attached to both.

Shifting Sands

Volunteer participatory scientists from New Hampshire, Maine, and California Sea Grant programs are getting involved in beach profiling by surveying the contour (or slope) of a beach, monitoring how beaches change over time. Long-term beach profile data are then used by scientists and resource managers to better understand beach dynamics and to make important decisions about beach management. Learn more about how the teams brave sub-zero temperatures, gale force winds and packed tourist seasons to collect year-round information about our coasts’ shifting sands.

Project website

 

Washington Crab Team

Volunteers measure crabs in white tubs while sitting on the grass.
Credit: Photo by Lisa Watkins. Courtesy of WSG Crab Team, Washington Sea Grant (2025)

Washington Crab Team Turns 10!

Washington Sea Grant's Crab Team engages with volunteers and partnering organizations' staff to monitor Washington's pocket estuaries and salt marshes for the presence of invasive European green crabs. The network of 300+ dedicated monitors contribute valuable data to tracking populations of green crabs and understanding their impact on the ecosystem. Learn about Crab Team's accomplishments and impacts over the past 10 years.

Project website